Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Imbi Market, Yut Kee and Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur
Forget the museum, the art gallery, the church or the zoo. Wet markets are one of my favourite plates to visit when aboard, the culinary underbelly of a city with its maze of makeshift stalls, occasional puddles, and smiling locals determined to feed the people with good fresh produce, poultry and seafood.
Our second day in Malaysia would take us to Imbi Market, one of the last surviving wet
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