Ramadan Bazaars
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www.ipohecho.com.my FREE COPY IPOH echoechoYour Community Newspaper ISSUE 81 September 1-15, 2009 PP 14252/10/2009(022651) IN H1N1 DENGUE NEWS NEW NEW PERAK 27 Aug 09 Jan-Aug 09 Cases 376 2,316 TRAIPSING MALAYSIA Deaths 16 1 1 THROUGH KAMPUNG 3 - AS I SEE IT 8 11 TOWN TALES RAMADAN BAZAARS BY IPOH ECHO TEAM Ramadan is here, the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and indulging in anything that is in excess or ill-natured. From dawn until dusk, the streets and eating places are more quiet than usual. From 4.30 p.m. onwards the activity begins to pick up in various locations dotted around Ipoh as the Ramadan hawkers begin to set up their stalls in preparation for the Buka Puasa rush. continued on page 2 2 IPOH ECHO SEPTEMBER 1-15, 2009 Your Community Newspaper Food Vendors Do Brisk Business – Better Earnings in a Month Than in Whole Year s workers stream out this location and trades in clude nasi ayam/briyani/ carrot, nasi daging kebab Afrom their respective the evening. ulam, laksa, fried & soup ayam; cakoi madu (‘yau offices, having worked a noodles, mee rebus, pop- char kwai’) at RM1 for 3 full day on empty stom- Tasek iah, murtabak, sata (fish pieces; kuih muih at RM1 achs, the prospect of cook- Located on the Tasek main with coconut), otak-otak for 3 pieces; mini akok ing a meal at home appears road (Jalan Sultan Azlan (Johor style), soto, popi- Kelantan (a type of cake daunting and what better Shah) in front of Medan ah, porridge, yong taufu, with banana filling) at option than to head for the Selera Tasek, this pasar pasembor. Ikan panggang RM2 for 7; burger goreng Ramadan bazaars where Ramadan has more stalls. (barbecued fish) and ayam ; murtabak ayam & daging tempting fare awaits. Ipoh Here the murtabak is big- panggang (barbecued at RM2.50; Laksa Kuala & Echo sent its team out to ger and the usual mixture chicken) are very popular. Laksa Penang; acar buah seek out and sample what of fare is available. Most One stall sells pizza, pas- and ayam bakar is on offer and to speak stalls have been trading tries and pau, run by Chef En Rosdi who sells with the vendors. here regularly for many Faizal, who gives cooking Ayam Bakar only does so years and they appear well lessons, and another stall during Ramadan. At other Kampar patronized. sells colourfully decorated Azman Onn buying his times he is self-employed Firdaus Mohd Amin 28, erates at pasar malams ‘Ana Rock Barbeque cupcakes made by Liana buka puasa dinner while En Zailaini who sells all over southern Perak. has a degree in computer chicken’ does a catering who’s a housewife. Garden, Laksamana Cheng Kebab Ayam/Daging also Azhar sells murtabak and science from University business 11 months of the Drinks here include Ho, and Rojak Greentown, sells other days at Pasar is a regular at the Kampar Technology MARA but year, operating from the air tebu (sugarcane), cen- to name a few. Zabidin Malam. Ipoh Echo recom- pasar Ramadan. “Sales finds selling ayam pang- Klebang area. During the dol, kelapa, limau asam Amir runs a restaurant in mendations: kebab ayam, is brisk and seems bet- gang (barbequed chicken) fasting month he sets up masin (lime with preserved Ipoh Garden behind Hong murtabak, 4 types of kuih ter this year,” he claimed. more profitable. Firdaus his stall at Tasek, some- plum), jambu assam, coco- Leong Bank. Each year he muih (Malay cakes). “Demand for my murtabak is one of the many itiner- thing he’s been doing for nut water; desserts include rents a stall at the stadium soars from 500 pieces a ant traders at the pasar several years. A family fruit cocktail jellies, pud- and his daily turnover is Medan Gopeng day last year to 700 pieces Ramadan in Kampar. He business, the chickens are dings and there is even above RM2,000. Some are Located near the Megoplex this time around.” Azhar’s operates from a stall on an barbecued on site, assisted dodol at one stall. first-timers, like the stall Shopping Centre at Jalan murtabak retails at RM2 a allotted lot rented out by by all his relatives. As re- Ipoh Echo’s recom- selling barbecued fish, Gopeng, this Ramadan piece, cheaper than murta- the Kampar Town Council. gards earnings they were mendations here are the beef and lamb. Ipoh Echo bazaar has the usual selec- bak sold at other pasar Firdaus’s father started the unwilling to be specific but lemang (glutinous rice recommendations here are tion of Ramadan food on Ramadan in other parts of ayam panggang business they did say that they made the nasi ulam with fried offer, spread over 70 stalls. Ipoh. On a good day Azhar a decade ago at the town’s enough “to cover cost and lung (paru-paru) and the Of note is the ikan sumbat, can make over RM1,000, pasar malam (night ba- have a good Raya”. They caramel custard. fish stuffed with a mixture an indication of the popu- zaar) and has never looked sell 120 birds per day. By Ipoh Echo spoke of grated coconut and spic- larity of his murtabak. “I back. The ayam panggang Ipoh Echo’s calculations, to some customers like es, roasted to perfection. have been Azhar’s regular Firdaus sells comes in dif- at RM15 per bird that’s Azman Onn from Ipoh Its aroma permeates the since the day he started ferent forms – ayam per- RM1,800 per day and the Garden East who buys his air from a distance. The his business,” said Puan cik, ayam goreng tepong/ turnover is RM54,000 for food at the stadium regu- murtabak here is tasty and Zaharah, a housewife, to Rempah and ayam madu. the season. A very good larly because there is a the lemang is wonderful Ipoh Echo. “I am hooked A whole chicken sells at Raya indeed. wide variety and most im- with rendang. worth try- on Azhar‘s murtabak”, she RM14 each while chicken ‘Kakchik Ayam stuffed in bamboo and portantly ample parking. ing too is the ayam golek, declared. parts range in price bet- Perchik’ grilled chicken slow roasted over open Madam Choong Yut Sum chicken with honey and ween RM 2 to RM3 a too has been trading in fire) with rendang tok or from Ipoh Garden near the the ayam percik, sweet and Bercham piece.. “I set aside 200 birds this area for six years. serunding ayam/ikan. Novena Church buys kuih spicy and redolent with the Located along Bercham daily for my business”, The other 11 months they muih and cendol from the fragrance of turmeric. main road in front of the said Firdaus to Ipoh Echo. trade at pasar malams be- Stadium stadium stall. She patron- All in all Ramadan ba- Mobil Petrol Station, the If he sells all 200 chickens, tween Kuala Kangsar and The Stadium has more than izes the stalls twice a week zaars are enjoyed by both Bercham pasar Ramadan that adds up to RM2,800 a Taiping. During the fasting a hundred stalls lined up in during Ramadan. “There Muslims and non Muslims is a small bazaar with 10 day in gross revenue. Even month they have 3 stalls 6 rows at the front portion is a nice variety of Malay alike. Some stalls garner a stalls in all. The fare is accounting for food costs in Ipoh located at Tasek, of the car park. The food food and its all in one loyal following and some all round from soup and and rental for the stall, Stadium and Greentown. sold are somewhat simi- place.” Hirwan Hambal of these recipes are family snacks to takeaway meals. Ipoh Echo reckons that he Fadillah Arshad looks after lar to those at Silibin but from Tambun buys at the recipes handed down over Ipoh Echo sampled an makes between RM40,000 Tasek while her husband there are also stalls sell- stadium because there is generations, only to be sa- ikan bakar (grilled fish) to RM50,000 during operates at the Stadium ing pecal, kebabs, burgers ample parking. He also voured during this period. and snacks of mini murta- the month of Ramadan. and another relation at & Lebanese bread, pau & likes the stalls at Medan Licence fees for the stalls bak and fried popiah. The Although Firdaus does not Greentown. dim sum, roti jala, putu Gopeng and Cempaka but are reasonable ranging grilled fish was tasty with a admit to such a figure, he piring/buluh, bubur lam- seldom goes because it is from RM300 for a covered zingy sambal and the mini does confess, “This is defi- Silibin bok, mini murtabak, satay, difficult to park there. one with canopy to RM150 murtabak ‘OK’. nitely better than selling White canopies neatly line apam balik, fried chicken for one without, for the Encik Aman Shah computers”. the service road in front of with fries, tortillas, dates Greentown whole period. Enterprising who sells the mini murta- Azhar Saronoh 32, the shops on Jalan Jelapang and taufu fah. The Ramadan bazaar stall keepers can look for- bak with his family sells better known as “Atan Silibin, which has about 50 Several well-known at UDA Ocean outside ward to a captive audience ‘nasi lemak’ in the morn- Murtabak”, has been in stalls; a third of which sell restaurants and food out- Greentown Mall, has more and some can earn in this ings at the Bougainvilla the food business for over drinks, and the rest food lets have opened stalls than 50 stalls.