Kuala Lumpur Day 1: Snacks from Night Market

After the BKT dinner, my father and my brother, Pong brought us to a nearby night market. Night market usually runs in an area once a week. We can’t miss out the opportunity to go.

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The above is a favourite kueh of Ben. It’s called “jin loong bao”. It is a batter cooked in a flat round pan topped with ground peanuts, sugar and butter. Some also have sweet corns.

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This was the bigger version which will be cut up into wedges. RM0.90 (CAD0.30)  per slice.

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This version is thicker and softer. I prefer the individual serving type which is thinner and crisper.

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We also bought a bag of freshly squeezed cane sugar juice to share. It was RM1.30 (CAD0.45). Drinks are usually served in plastic bag with a corner tied with raffia string for holding. I guess this the cheapest packaging method. 

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We also bought some other kueh for snacking.  The rest of the kueh was RM4.70 (about CAD1.60). The above were some huge onde-onde.

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It was filled with palm sugar shredded coconut.

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Next were large mochi like kueh.

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These were filled with coarsely chopped peanuts and sugar.

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Another Ben’s favourite. I cant recall it’s name.

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It’s glutinous rice topped with palm sugar shredded coconut and wrapped with banana leaf.

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This is how Ben eats it. He will split the palm sugar shredded coconut from the glutinous rice. He then divides both into 4 equal portions. He likes to eat each portion in one bite.

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Jen Lim

    The glutinous rice with coconut topping is called Pulut Inti.

  2. Philip

    Now I am really getting home sick. All these delicious kueh and snacks! Will have to endure the “torture” untill next year. Thanks again for sharing.

  3. cmee8

    Coconut+brown sugar=Bliss!

  4. Chris

    I think that kueh is called “pulut inti”.
    More homesick now….

  5. James

    Kue Onde-onde. I wondered where it origin’s. I had it in north Sulawesi Indonesia, but could not find it in Jakarta or any where in Java.

  6. Jean

    Very interesting..and so Asian dessert-wise. Sounds very sweet.

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