I was talking to Seto, an old friend of mine (we were college mates way back then) who is also a raw foodie and she told me she usually brings her prepared food from home. We went on to talking about raw food and how it can be a challenge at times because you usually can’t just walk into some shop and ask for a raw food dish.

I do agree. Going out eating raw food can be a bit of a challenge sometimes, and requires planning. But actually, it can be pleasurable, and there are quite a few options out there for raw foodies and their friends and family.

FOOD AT THE NIGHT MARKET


pasar-malamThis place is too huge, and this picture really don’t do
justice as you can’t see how enormous it is!!!

Every Wednesday, this utterly amazing night market would spring up in a housing estate called Taman Connaught (Connaught Garden). This is THE BIGGEST, LONGEST night market in Kuala Lumpur, and I would think the whole of Malaysia (if there’s a bigger one, please, email me as I, the consummate shopaholic, want to go see!). I love the crowded, noisy place. Organized chaos comes to mind! It literally takes 4-5 hours to really walk from one end of the market to the other side. And to really enjoy the shopping experience, you’d need to visit this place at least several times. Really!

Image00007The juice costs RM3 per cup (less than USD$1). Cheap I tell you.
They are using the Jack Lalane’s Power Juicer.
The fruits are thrown into the juicer whole.

There’s one thing I always like about the Kuala Lumpur city night markets is that there’s a fresh, raw juice stall at almost every corner. Taman Connaught is no exception. And the variety of raw juices …. exceptional. The raw cut fruit on the left are apples (helps aid digestion), the middle are custard apples or better known as jambu air (very good for people who feel hot), and the fruit on the right are the tiny, healing Kodondong fruit. Beside this type of raw juice stalls, there’s also the raw coconut water and the raw sugar cane juice stalls.

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Technically, this “unfried” spring rolls called “popiah” are not raw, but almost raw. The reason is because the wrap is made of soft, delicate cooked rice flour pancake that looks like paper thin flat bread. They use cooked sauce placed in bright big bottles as shown in the photo. They also sprinkle some crunchy deep fried flour pieces inside for texture. But as you can see in this photo, there’s lots of raw vegetables like shredded carrots, lettuce, shredded cucumbers, shredded seng kuang (jicama root). They really do pile the raw vegetables in the spring rolls to make one delicious snack.

Image00010Pickled food if unpasteurized is considered raw food as well.

We Asians just loved our pickled food. Just look at variety available. There’s all sorts; sweet, pickled baby onions, salty, spicy pickled papayas, pickled sour young mangoes,  and so on. Pickled food is a great way to bring raw food for travel or to keep at the work place as snacks as it can keep for a long time without spoiling, and it does not need refrigeration.

Pictures taken from www.hot-screensaver.com/2006/12/10/taman-connaught-pasar-malam/ and ugwug.blogspot.com/2006/11/taman-connaught-pasar-malam-part-1.html

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