Market restaurants in Asia
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Crab Market
Dining in Kep is all about fresh seafood. For the best deals head to the Crab Market, a row of wooden waterfront shacks where you can tuck into mouth-watering grilled prawns, crab, squid, squid and fish. In case you're interested, crabs - kept alive in pens tethered a few metres off the pebbly beach - cost per kilo.
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Angkor Market
The best supermarket in town has an excellent supply of international goodies for those heading upcountry.
Taj Mahal is a well-established Indian restaurant. Liberal portions will slake the most serious of curry cravings.
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Night Market
Wumaci Jie turns into a huge night market in the evenings. Look out for sellers of jiānbǐng guǒzi (煎饼裹子), a steaming crepe-like parcel of egg, vegetables and chilli sauce.
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Pasar Malam Kereneng
You can eat very well in Denpasar. Most places cater to locals and Indonesian visitors, so they offer tasty authentic food at good prices. At the Pasar Malam Kereneng dozens of vendors dish up food till dawn.
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Main Bazaar
Across Afghanistan, Bamiyan is known for two things - potatoes and krut. Krut is dried yoghurt made into balls, which can be reconstituted into a sauce, or sucked on as a snack when travelling or working. It's an acquired taste. The potatoes make a pleasant change from rice however, particularly when made into chips.
Bamiyan only has a few restaurants, all along the main bazaar in Shahr-e Nau, and all offering standard chaikhana-fare: kebabs, pulao and shorwa. None stand out over any others; try the Ghulghula Hotel, the Kabul Restaurant or the Sakhi Restaurant. All are 1st-floor affairs, with steps leading up from the street, making window space a good place to watch the …
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Snack Stalls
Snackers will love Komachi-dōri. Kamakura Ichibanya (22-6156; Komachi-dōri) specialises in sembei (rice crackers); watch staff grilling them in the window or buy some 100 packaged varieties including curry, garlic, mentaiko (spicy cod roe) or uni (sea urchin).
Imo no Kichikan (25-6038) is famous for soft-serve sweet-potato ice cream (look for the giant plastic cone with lavender-hued ice cream), while Toshimaya (25-0505) sells Kamakura's omiyage (souvenir) of record, hato sabure, large butter cookies in the shape of a dove (¥84 each or from ¥451 for five). For picnic foods for hiking or beaching, Kinokuniya (25-1911; ;09:30-20:00) is a ritzy supermarket out Kamakura st…
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Night Markets
Night markets spring up east and west of the Jianghan Lu pedestrian zone in Hànkǒu, along Minsheng Lu and on Jiqing Jie (吉庆街), and along Dazhi Lu as it meets Zhongshan Dadao. A boisterous swell of bright, busy dàpáidàng (大排档), Jiqing Jie is pungent with the aromas of barbecued live oysters (shāokǎo shēngháo; 烧烤生蚝, spicy crab hot pot (xiānglàxiè huǒguō; 香辣蟹火锅, river snails (fúshòuluó; 福寿螺, prawn hotpot (dàxiā huǒguō and - at the less appealing end of the spectrum - cow hooves, duck feet, duck hearts and other miscellanea.
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Gowal Mandi
Near The Mall, and aptly dubbed 'Food Street' by locals, the area called Gowal Mandi is brilliant for a cheap, hearty feed. The fierce competition between the many eateries along this street works to the customer's benefit, with a variety of tasty, good-value Pakistani cuisine. Although some places are open for lunch, the action really begins after sunset when the area is completely closed to traffic; chairs and tables are set up on the street; and the place takes on a festive buzz.
To stave off the bad bugs make sure you stick to food that is cooked in front of you.
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Night Market
The night market opposite the Id Kah Mosque (in the alleys east of Jiefang Beilu) is another good place to sample local fare. Vendors sell chickpeas, kebabs, breads, boiled goat heads and tasty desserts.
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Red Garden Food Paradise & Night Market
Groove to '80s hits in this red-themed courtyard - the chairs and tables are red and the walls are white and red. This place has yet to win over the locals, but it has an excellent location in the heart of Chinatown and has a wide selection of food including most local specialities, dim sum (for breakfast), pizza and even sushi.
Green Hut has an outlet here, selling its outrageous Australian desserts. It's not a bad choice for families looking for something low-key, and is one of the few hawker centres with plenty of parking.
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Hua Thanon Market
Slip into the rhythm of this village market slightly south of Lamai; a window into the food ways of southern Thailand. Vendors shoo away the flies from the freshly butchered meat and housewives load bundles of vegetables into their baby-filled motorcycle baskets. Follow the market road to the row of food shops delivering edible Muslim culture: chicken biryani, fiery curries or toasted rice with coconut, bean sprouts, lemongrass and dried shrimp.
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Night Market
A heady mix of steam and snacking locals, Thong Sala's night market is a must for those looking for a dose of culture while nibbling on a low-priced snack. The best place to grab some cheap grub is the stall in the far right corner with a large white banner. Hit up the vendor next door for tasty seafood platters, such as red snapper served over a bed of thick noodles. Banana pancakes and fruit smoothies abound for dessert.
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Batu Buruk Food Centre
One of the best food centres is Batu Buruk Food Centre in a pleasant outdoor location near the beach; don't leave without trying the famous ais-krim goreng (fried icecream). There's a night market along the beachfront nearby every Friday evening; it's a great place to sample delicious snacks, including kerepok, satay and a huge array of sweets.
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Tourist Street
Near The Mall, and similar to the Gowal Mandi set-up, is so-called Tourist Street. It's another terrific place to fill your belly without spending a fortune. The aroma of cooking oil and barbecued meat fills the air and, like Gowal Mandi, Tourist St has a focus on Pakistani food and also springs to life after sunset, when traffic is denied entry.
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Kuala Kangsar Market
Here you'll find vendors dexterously folding and stuffing slippery chee cheong fun (broad rice noodles filled with prawns or meat); watching the creation of the dish is much easier than wrestling the noodles into your mouth (good luck). Wander through the lush veggie-and-fish market to snack on fruit and Chinese baked goods.
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Talat Somphet
Located north of the Th Ratwithi intersection, this day market sells all the fixings for a Thai feast, including take-away curries, sweets and fruit. Many of the cooking schools do their market tours here. Unfortunately, the market’s proximity to the tourist area has encouraged the fruit sellers to be creative with their prices.
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Lamai Day Market
The Thai equivalent of a grocery store, Lamai's market is a hive of activity, selling food necessities and takeaway food. Visit the covered area to pick up fresh fruit or to see vendors shredding coconuts to make coconut milk. Or hunt down the ice-cream seller for homemade coconut ice cream. It's next door to a petrol station.
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Graham St Market
The stalls and shops lining Graham St south of (and up the hill from) Queen's Rd Central to Hollywood Rd are positively groaning with high-quality vegetables and fruit, as well as meat, seafood and other comestibles. If you don't visit any other Hong Kong 'wet market', come to this one for thrills, chills and no doubt spills.
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Thep-Pra-Sit Night Market
Low prices and small portions make this popular night market the perfect spot to sample some local faves - just choose your 'delicacies' wisely. While nibbling on your street cuisine, browse stalls of knockoff clothes, shoes, accessories and CDs. To get here, grab a taxi or sŏrng·tăa·ou.
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Pasar Malam
For Chinese food, let your tummy do a tour of Medan's night market, east of the railway line, off Jl Pandu. Lots of simple warungs occupy the front courtyards of the houses in the little lanes around Mesjid Raya; the menu is on display with a few pre-made curries, coffee, tea and sometimes juices.
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Kusima ni Ima Restaurant
This downhome place whips up exotic Kapangpangan specialties like sweet-and-sour kalabaw, frogs stuffed with chicken and pork, frog adobo (frogs marinated with vinegar and garlic, and stewed until tender) and camaru (crickets adobo deep-fried with garlic).
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Food Stalls
Food stalls can be found next to the river opposite the Padang Merdeka and by the Jln Hamzah bus station, and there's a modern food court (Jln Hamzah; ;lunch & dinner) inside KB Mall. The old central market (Sat-Thu) also has a block of food stalls on its ground floor.
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Central Market
Wander through the narrow alleyways and take in the sights and smells of this local market. Blood-red strawberries, orange prawns and silver fish are laid out alongside kôw đom mùd (rice wrapped in coconut leaves), đa·go peu·ak (taro custard with coconut milk) and gài tôrt (fried chicken). In the centre is a vegetarian pavilion.
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Night Market
For meals on a budget, an informal Night Market is set up along the road to Krabi (near the McDonald's), serving gài tôrt (fried chicken), pàt tai (thin rice noodles fried with tofu, vegetables, egg and peanuts) and the like.
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Chao Phrom Market
Ayuthaya is famed for its sweet Muslim snacks, curries and nám prík (spicy dip). Travellers tend to congregate around Soi 2, Th Naresuan. The bustling undercover Chao Phrom Market has Thai-Chinese and Muslim dishes.
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