Photo book about street food culture in Malaysia

1. © Design and photography copyright 2013 Daniel Yap Chung Kiat.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
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author.
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2. Introduction
Daniel Yap, author and photographer, captures emotions and feelings felt by
one who travels and seeks for food in Malaysia, a country where foods are rich with years
of heritage and myriads of cultures. Through his photographs, he showed the process of
food preparations. He caught the natural emotions of the sellers as well as their buyers.
“Malaysia’s street food is not just food; its years of cultures that was passed
on through generations, tradition of ages never forgotten and also architecture, the
architecture of food.”
The pictures were taken at the busiest streets in town, from the bustling night
market located at Sunway area, to the infamous Alor Street located along Bukit Bintang.
Petaling Street, located near to the Central Market, was also ventured by the author.
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3. Night market at Sunway area
Good and cheap food can be found at night market. Variety of mouth-watering food
waiting you to explore.
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4. The vendor were very busy in preparing the food since he needed to
handle 2 stoves. The customer can’t waited to have his dinner.
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5. Customers queued up to buy the delicious delicacy.
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6. This vendor was focusing on frying Kueh Tiaw. It is a type of delicious food you
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7. Different emotion were shown by
different customers when they enjoying
the delicacy.
Eating along the street is one of the
culture in Malaysia which gives you
different feelings.
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8. Apam Balik, a type of Malay traditional food which the peanut, butter
were put on top of the dough.
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9. The vendor was busy in getting orders
and made Apam Balik.
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10. The vendor was focusing on cutting the Apam Balik that customers have
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11. Another stall sold Apam Balik in a smaller size with different taste.
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12. Kebab, an Arabic food which mixed with Malaysia style has create a different
type of taste which can cater to the local and the tourist.
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13. Alor Street
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14. Skewered finger food was sold along the street to satisfy one’s appetite
of food.
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15. The vendor was busy preparing the ingredients of Luk luk before the
crowd approach to the stall.
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16. Lots of ingredients were placed at the stall including seafood, meat and
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17. Even tourists were willing to try out the food. The vendor were
introducing the food to the customers.
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18. While some of the tourists decided to take the food on their own
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21. Enjoying durian, the king of fruits.
Durian is a seasonal fruit. Foreign
tourist are enjoying this mouth-
watering fruit.
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22. Fire; an important element of street food cookery.
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23. Bak Gua, pieces of pork jerky slow-cooked to perfection.
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25. Satay, skewered variation of marinated meat.
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26. Grilled chicken wing
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27. As the sun started to set, the lights at
the stalls were switched on. By 7:30
p.m, a crowd started to form along the
road, and they consists of mostly
tourists.
Everyone wants to have a taste of local
delicacies.
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28. Petaling Street
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29. A 70 year old woman was making muar chee.
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30. A street vendor happily serving his customer.
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32. Preparing beef noodles
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33. Waiting for customers.
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34. Different emotion when having beef
noodles.
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35. Grilled sweet corn, a family favorite amongst Malaysians.
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36. Slathering butter on the sweet corn.
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38. Too good to resist, a vendor sneaked
himself a bit of corn.
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39. Steaming hot, these black clay pots were waiting to be served.
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41. Years of experience had taught this man to
master all 12 stoves at once.
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42. Firing up the next order of Portuguese-style grilled fish.
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43. Adding more charcoal to the dying flames.
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44. Aluminum-pillows filled with a delicious surprise.
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45. Customers were enjoying their dinner beside the stall.
A clay pot of steaming mushroom chicken and a Portuguese-style grilled tilapia; that
was a perfect way to end the day. Freshly opened young coconut was the choice of
beverage for many, if not all, customers.
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