Last Fri I was invited to acquire exploring some the Ramadan bazaars as well as markets at Geylang Serai. Friday was the eve earlier the eve of Hari Raya Puasa, when the calendar month of fasting for Ramadan comes to an end, thus the bazaars as well as markets were sum of people as well as much hustle as well as bustle.
This is my tertiary Ramadan inwards Singapore as well as each yr a temporary marketplace position appears (for the calendar month of Ramadan) unopen to my domicile past times Paya Lebar MRT station. I've walked past times it countless times as well as this yr past times it on many nights besides on my means domicile from work. By that fourth dimension the marketplace position is seemingly at its almost busiest as well as sum of people buying as well as stall holders selling their wares, handing out leaflets to passers past times as well as doing their best to attract trade. Despite that though I've never ventured into the marketplace position earlier now.
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| Hari Raya decorations for sale |
We met our direct for the eventide at the MRT station a piffling earlier sunset as well as at nowadays headed into the bazaar unopen to the station. Here nosotros were surrounded past times stalls selling decorations for the domicile to celebrate Hari Raya, traditional Malay vesture for men as well as women, packets of savoury treats for sharing with identify unit of measurement as well as friends as well as the traditional hats (or songkok) that the men wear. I learnt from our direct that i time a human has made the Hajj pilgrimage he is thus entitled to have on a white version of these hats.
Traditional Malay vesture for sale
From the bazaar close to the MRT station nosotros thus walked towards the Joo Chiat complex surface area inwards with to a greater extent than stalls selling jewellery, highly decorated clothing, incense as well as slice of furniture for the home. As nosotros made our means away from the marketplace position close the station the Sun had exactly ready as well as nosotros heard the telephone outcry upwards to prayer confirming that the fasting for the twenty-four hours was officially over. As nosotros continued to wander the stalls many of the owners were to endure seen enjoying an array of delicious looking dishes, whilst the restaurants as well as cafes were teeming with life.
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| Hari Raya decorations |
Of course of teaching subsequently all this walking nosotros besides needed something to consume as well as I was non to endure disappointed. We dined at a identify called the Kampong Cafe on Joo Chiat Road, somewhere my hubby as well as I accept eaten at earlier as well as thoroughly enjoyed on our terminal visit. Firstly nosotros had a delicious mutton soup. It was always thus slightly spicy as well as served with chunks of mutton perfectly cooked. We were served breadstuff with it equally good inwards guild to mop upwards the soup which was a must equally you lot definitely didn't desire to acquire out whatever of the delicious soup behind inwards the bowl.
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| mutton soup |
After this nosotros were served roti prata as well as chicken curry. I've had roti prata earlier (actually at this real cafe I believe) as well as cruel inwards dearest with it! I could consume it everyday to endure honest though I'm non certain it is necessarily the healthiest alternative thus maybe I won't, but equally an occasional process it is delicious. The chicken curry was also real good. I tend to avoid chicken curry unremarkably equally the chicken frequently comes served on the bone. I'm afraid beingness a lazy Westerner, as well as fifty-fifty 2 years downwards the trouble of beingness inwards Singapore, I even thus haven't got used to that thus by as well as large exclusively guild it if the carte du jour says it is boneless. I'm non position off past times the bones it is exactly merely the endeavor of getting the meat off them. Nonetheless though the curry was real skillful as well as worth those bones.
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| chicken curry as well as roti prata |
After our lovely repast nosotros wandered some i farther marketplace position as well as shopping surface area sum with people browsing as well as buying goods. By this signal people were starting to post away offerings as well as lighting joss sticks on the roads for the Hungry Ghost festival which had also exactly begun. In add-on to the bustle equally the cease of Ramadan approached the nighttime air was sum of ash from the burning offerings. A scene which reminded me i time once to a greater extent than of the many unlike cultural aspects as well as beliefs that are a daily purpose of life inwards Singapore.
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