Tanjung Bungah Tuesday Night Pasar Malam (Part 1)

Arriving on a Tuesday night means Pasar Malam night in Tanjung Bungah! Tanjung Bungah is one of the place I grew up in. And every Tuesday night, a night market is held for the villagers. When I was young, it used to be held at Jalan Concord. But since the building of the new market and bus interchange, the location has been changed, and now the village pasar malam attracts even hotel guest from the nearby beach side hotels.

My family usually take our dinner there on Tuesday night at the market area. For me, dinner was Char Koay Teow and Char Koay Kak. It's common to share food in Penang, and I shared half of the plate of Koay Teow and Koay Kak with my friend. My husband was all about fried chicken skin when it's pasar malam night. For just RM1, you get a bag of crispy fried chicken skin! A fatal luxury hard to find in Singapore! His carbo fill was made up of an indian snack called Putu Mayong which is rice flour, coconut and palm sugar. In Penang, we kinda like out drinks sour and sweet. So food was washed down with calamansi juice.

Here are some wonderful shots of how traditional Putu Mayong is made.



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Pasar Malam
Tanjung Bungah
Calamansi
Putu Mayong

*All photos in this entry is taken by my husband.

Tanjung Bungah Tuesday Night Pasar Malam (Part 2)

More sights of the pasar malam in Tanjung Bungah. Here is a compilation of some of the sellers that can be found in the night market:

As it was also the start of the 7th Lunar Month, the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival has just started. Prayers and offering were openly found around Penang during this period, even in the middle of a pasar malam.



There is also a daily night market at the tourist belt of Batu Ferringi beach. But that night market is nothing as traditional as compared to the Tanjung Bungah night market. If you're a visitor to Penang, and you want a genuine local night market, try dropping by Tanjung Bungah on a Tuesday night! Alternatively, there is also a night market at Tanjung Tokong village on Saturday night.

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Hungry Ghost Festival
Bubble Tea
Lok Lok