In pasar malams, the variety of things you can find is much greater than in the pasar pagi.
Here, you can find bed sheets, pillow cases..
cosmetic jewelry..
hair bands..
mahjong tiles..
and even undergarments.
With all the advances in technology, you'll also be seeing some tiny TVs around, along with loads of pirated CDs, DVDs, and VCDs.
An assam laksa stall- this is supposed to be very good (or, as my brother described it, "best"), but have not tried it myself.
You can also find lots of funny clothes here- children's clothes with characters ripped off from various shows that usually somehow end up colored wrongly.
I don't know since when, but it seems they sell stuff like remote controls too. It's an Astro remote!
Some Indian snacks- murukku, peanuts, and the like.
Like the pasar pagi (morning market), you can also find lots of fruits here.
And next to the fruits, we see more undergarments. Makes you think of keeping your health, no? (Inside joke)
You can also find lots of good ol' Malaysian snacks, like Nyam Nyam and Choki Choki.
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More cosmetic jewelry- have heard that this business is considerably profitable. Anyone in the jewelry business?
Besides cosmetic jewelry, you'll also find cosmetics to complement them. I've never heard any stories about it before, but isn't it risky using cosmetics from unknown sources?
If you ever need a new pair of slippers, or perhaps a dozen, go to a pasar malam to get them for cheap. Beware that the quality might be cheap as well.
A stall selling Japanese seaweed- looked unappetizing.
More jewelry-
You can also get stuff like irons here. Note that the man is using a microphone to talk about his product.
Besides slippers, shoes are also available- Sports shoes to high heels.
Stationaries- used to receive these pasar malam stationaries when I was younger, and they normally turn out to be crap. Have they improved?
Some shorts- Is there a specific name for these? Have seen and have been wearing them most of my life, but never really thought of what it's called.
One can also find electric racquets which are used to zap annoying mosquitos and flies and siblings.
When visiting night markets, one might want to keep an eye on things above as well- especially at clothes stores.
Of these shirts you can find, you can also find jerseys, but am not too sure how much they cost.
More shoes- I think these are actually original, since they were priced around RM45 per pair.
There's Nike shoes..
and there are Adidas shoes. Saw one Adidas shoe with a very interesting design, but the effect could not be captured on camera.
And for people like comrade Squee, there are also boots- not boots for males, unfortunately. ^^;
There're also some interesting
Also a place to get torchlights- those tiny, but powerful ones.
Leather wallets are also up for sale. The quality isn't bad, so you might wanna check them out if you're looking for a new wallet.
Here we see them making apom balik- a kind of pancake, according to wikipedia. A great deal of ingredients goes to waste while making these- see all that brown stuff everywhere? Those are peanut fragments.
Some businesses in the pasar malam have worked hard enough and even have obtained their own proper signboard- like this Golden Food Enterprise.
This also be where I got my takoyaki.
There are also a lot of other items available, such as downloads for the handphone, handphone covers, and various other foods.
So now that you've seen the variety of items available in a pasar malam,
Would you visit the pasar malam on your next visit to Malaysia?
Update! - Part 2 of this post here.
