So many choices!
There’s something unusually appealing about standing around and eating food off a skewer. I imagine it could be my suppressed desire to live wild and free like a caveman and eat flame-grilled boar right off my bloodied spear. Every now and then, I like to treat my inner caveman to some lok lok . My favorite lok lok is at the pasar malam in SS2 (Monday nights only). Why? I’ll get to that later.
Fast to cook, good to eat!
Caution: This is NOT a wash basin
Mmm! So much variety, so many choices! My routine rarely varies. First I will pick the kangkung and the quail’s eggs. Dunk them in the pot of boiling water and they’re good to eat in seconds. I’d drown it in only chilli sauce, ignoring the peanut sauce and sweet sauce altogether. I like my meals to start as soon as possible so I don’t have to stay hungry too long. Within seconds, my ravenous appetite is calmed just enough for me to have time to take my pick at the other slower-cooking food items.
Pick a skewer. Any skewer.
This is when the real fun begins. I’d attack the meatball of all shapes, sizes and colors. Maybe even a sausage or two. And I’d dump them all in the pot and wait. And then I’d scope out the whole selection to make sure I didn’t miss anything out. My typical lok lok dinner.
Pink porcine goodness made better with a little of the spicy red stuff
Ooh! Saucy!
The chilli sauce. That’s what makes this stall stand out from the rest. It’s richly flavored with chili pulp, seeds and vinegar. The texture is fine, yet at the same time coarse enough to stick to the food. Spicy? SPICY! Exercise caution. Plenty of drink stalls nearby in case of emergency anyway. And the chilli sauce is home made, too. You can’t find this stuff at other lok lok stalls. As an added bonus, prices are cheaper than most other stalls. What sells for RM1.30 at other stalls is sold for 80 sen here. Most items are cheaper, too.
Cheaper, but better. Win!
Hi, my name is Marcky and I eat my lok lok with lots of chilli sauce and nothing else. How do you eat yours?
Wah.. I miss Lok Lok and pasar malam…..
wahhhhhhhh!! it’s such a wrong choice to come to ur blog at this hour of the night T__T make me hungry niaaaa
You know hor…I’ve never eaten lok lok before. Satay celup all the time…but lok lok, no chance.
may i ask what time does this pasar malam starts and ends?
The pasar malam itself starts setting up before 5 but I think only around 6 before every stall is fully set up. Closes at 11, usually I’m eating there around 10+ and it’s still bustling full of people.