Shopping at "pasar malam", Ipoh
Visiting to the "pasar malam" or night market is one of the favourite activities for local residents or Malaysians. What's so attractive about it? There are makeshift stalls/hawkers selling various type of things at cheap price! It's truly a paradise for bargain hunters. And goods available are food, fashion wear, tidbits, vegetables, fruits, folk medicine, household utensils and many other things that you ever thought of.
"Pasar malam" is a potpourri of sights and sounds, making it a fascinating experience of a truly Malaysian identity. Try to imagine that the road is closed, stuffed with stalls and people. These "pasar malam" can be as huge as covering few roads. Therefore visiting "pasar malam" may be a great exercise too, I bet you should be sweating after one round of shopping. Hehe.
Anyway, my favourite part of visiting "pasar malam" is searching for all kinds of tidbits! Hehe. You can just skip your dinner to enjoy all kinds of delicious food there.
Oh yea, just to remind you that the operating hour of "pasar malam" is from 6pm to 10pm (just an estimation). And when it rains, the "pasar malam" has to be cancelled.
Time schedule for few pasar malam in Ipoh:
| Monday |
Ipoh Jaya (Ampang) |
| Tuesday |
Ipoh Garden East |
| Wednesday |
Stadium Perak |
| Thursday |
Taman SPPK (Pangkalan) |
| Friday |
Menglembu, First Garden |
| Saturday |
Menglembu, Ipoh Garden Easy |
| Sunday |
Cempaka |