City: Penang, Malaysia
Remarks: Day 3, local breakfast in the morning
There are lots of morning markets in Penang. As seen from the name, they only opens in the morning, before noon, and are the best place for breakfast!! As understood from a local old man, the largest one in George Town is the Chowrasta Market. It is in the UNESCO World Heritage Core Zone, between Jalan Chowrasta and Jalan Campbell, and is just 5-minute walk from my hostel in Lebuh Chulia!! How nice!!
It is basically a wet market for the locals to buy food and groceries, and to have their breakfast. The wet market counters selling fruits, vegetables and groceries are along the roads, and behind the counters, there are a number of restaurants/ tea houses selling drinks like tea/ coffee, with different food counters in the tea houses selling different type of food, eg. congee, Hokkien Mee, Wan Tan Mee, Curring Mee, etc. The tea houses and the wet market counters are like perfect match. One can buy their stuff from the market after having their breakfast in the tea houses, or rest in the tea houses after walking around the market.
The Chowrasta Market is kind of clean. Well, not very orderly and clean since it is on road market after all, but not very messy and wet. You can comfortably walk around. Anyway, I found it very interesting to walk around the market. You can find fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, ready made food/ local food, groceries, all different kind of stuff. And you can have a glimpse of the local life and culture.
PS. The tea houses only open in the morning. You will find the food counters in the tea houses moved out to the street at night!!
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