Comments on: New Balik Pulau market http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/ Penang, Malaysia foods and travel Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: vijay http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/comment-page-1/#comment-9804 vijay Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:42:47 +0000 http://www.penangfoods.com/?p=611#comment-9804 Recently I went to Penang and visited Balik Pulau- I am a Penang guy myself. If life in the orchard is tough - maybe you should consider going into the paksembur business. The last time I visited a paksember stall, they had stackedthe fried stuff so high I could not even see his face.After a few shouts only a forehead appeared on the other side. It was like talking to a jinn in a cave. Vijay. missionoflove72.blogspot.com Recently I went to Penang and visited Balik Pulau- I am a Penang guy myself. If life in the orchard is tough – maybe you should consider going into the paksembur business. The last time I visited a paksember stall, they had stackedthe fried stuff so high I could not even see his face.After a few shouts only a forehead appeared on the other side. It was like talking to a jinn in a cave. Vijay. missionoflove72.blogspot.com

]]> By: Christy Loh http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/comment-page-1/#comment-9803 Christy Loh Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:33:56 +0000 http://www.penangfoods.com/?p=611#comment-9803 I was born in Balik Pulau but I left immediately after MCE due to no job opportunities unless I want to be a farmer myself. We have an orchard looked after my brother. We have a small plot of land for rubber too and at one time when rubber was in great demand (RM10.00 per kg) my brother and his family enjoyed the fruits of his harvest but now the price of rubber has dropped considerable and he is back to his ikan kembong and rice. Life in the estate is very tough. Our land is hilly and transportation is very difficult and is only accessible to a two wheeler vehicle. My brother would carry his harvest in a basket above his head on his bike. It is not easy but he managed it with no problem. Though, I have been living in the city for more than 30 years but I still love my kampong house with the cool and refreshing spring water. Lately, we have refurbished it and depended on a generator for electricity. A stream beside our house was also an attraction. I was born in Balik Pulau but I left immediately after MCE due to no job opportunities unless I want to be a farmer myself.

We have an orchard looked after my brother. We have a small plot of land for rubber too and at one time when rubber was in great demand (RM10.00 per kg) my brother and his family enjoyed the fruits of his harvest but now the price of rubber has dropped considerable and he is back to his ikan kembong and rice.

Life in the estate is very tough. Our land is hilly and transportation is very difficult and is only accessible to a two wheeler vehicle. My brother would carry his harvest in a basket above his head on his bike. It is not easy but he managed it with no problem.

Though, I have been living in the city for more than 30 years but I still love my kampong house with the cool and refreshing spring water. Lately, we have refurbished it and depended on a generator for electricity. A stream beside our house was also an attraction.

]]> By: Rohana Othman http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/comment-page-1/#comment-9679 Rohana Othman Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:45:11 +0000 http://www.penangfoods.com/?p=611#comment-9679 Hi all I was born in balik pulau and indeed i am agreed that the old market has sentimental value to all the balik pulau people. Although I have move and work in KL, if I go back to balik pulau , i still miss the old market with the assam laksa and soya bean milk. Hi all

I was born in balik pulau and indeed i am agreed that the old market has sentimental value to all the balik pulau people. Although I have move and work in KL, if I go back to balik pulau , i still miss the old market with the assam laksa and soya bean milk.

]]> By: 5xmom got me! | samyeap.com http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/comment-page-1/#comment-9146 5xmom got me! | samyeap.com Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:31:43 +0000 http://www.penangfoods.com/?p=611#comment-9146 [...] go to sleep, I want to say thank you to 5xmom for linking my blog post on Balik Pulau Market in her penangfoods.com [...] [...] go to sleep, I want to say thank you to 5xmom for linking my blog post on Balik Pulau Market in her penangfoods.com [...]

]]> By: durianberry http://www.penangfoods.com/new-balik-pulau-market/comment-page-1/#comment-9145 durianberry Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:46:10 +0000 http://www.penangfoods.com/?p=611#comment-9145 The good ol' market has shifted? Albeit the hygiene is improved but I must agree with you. The old kampung feel, the smell, the atmosphere and the wet dirty paths are what I used to remember about local wet markets. Oh nice to hear about the arrival of durian season! I'll be back for holiday just in time for this stinky bad a** food The good ol’ market has shifted? Albeit the hygiene is improved but I must agree with you. The old kampung feel, the smell, the atmosphere and the wet dirty paths are what I used to remember about local wet markets.

Oh nice to hear about the arrival of durian season! I’ll be back for holiday just in time for this stinky bad a** food

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