Location: Pasar Malam Sibu.

I went to Sibu’s Pasar Malam (Night Market) and bought some interesting food. It’s always moody for me because today’s Pasar Malam was in much reduced proportion with fewer stalls and lesser crowds. Certainly it had way passed its glory days. Thanks to shopping complexes.

But still, I love to go to Pasar Malam. Always. And proud of it.

My favorite was always the Apam Balik. The filling was ground peanut, sugar and some butter. You can find two types of Apam Balik, soft-pancake-like and crispy-waffer-like. I preferred the later. The crispy sweet crust, aromatic nutty flavor from ground peanut and the saltiness from the butter really made the Apam Balik a very simple but delicious snack. Really popular among the children.

I also bought some local Siow Bee, Fried Stuffed Bread and Stuffed Kompiah. To be honest, those were awful. The mince meat was smelly, fatty, blank and even almost a bit slimy. The Siow Bee was mushy, the stuffed bread was oily and Stuffed Kompiah was dry and rubberry

And last but certainly never the least, a specialty in Sibu’s Pasar Malam, The Pig’s Head. We bought half and let the owner skillfully chopped the half-pig head into bite-size chunks. The ear was crunchy and chewy, the forehead meat was the nicest part, the meat near the nose area was a bit smelly, the skin was rubbery, I haven’t figure out where is the eyeball yet. There’s really not much of flavor in it but you did get the raw and pure pork flavor.

The Apam Balik gets good 3 stars.

The Siow Bee, Stuffed Kompiah and Stuffed Bread are hopelessly with 1 Star.

The Pig’s head…well…depends who’s eating. Some will totally in love with it, some will hate it. For me, 2 stars.

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