Check out the real places in George Town, Penang, where locals go for provisions, medicine, snacks and secondhand goods.
The exterior of the renovated and revamped Chowrasta Market in George Town, Penang. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star
Its name meaning the “intersection of roads”, Chowrasta was converted into a three-storey complex in the early 1960s, which still stands today. Young bookshop owner Sabri Sabran Naseer Khan seen at his secondhand bookstore, which he took over from his father, at Chowrasta Market.Bibles can be seen wedged in between action thrillers while everything from the classics to Spiderman comics can be discovered and brought home, for a price.
Cecil Street is known as “chit tiau lor” among locals, which literally means “seventh street” in the local dialect of Hokkien, indicating the road sequence from Komtar. From its famous duck meat koay teow and sweet Chinese-style pasember to the delicate, mouth-watering nyonya kuih and charcoal char koay teow brimming with wok hei, the Cecil Street Market Food Court offers some of the most popular hawker fare on the island.
In fact, it was joked that if you had the misfortune of being robbed or lost your shoes at the mosque, you could go and buy them back at Lorong Kulit. Literally meaning “end of town” in Hokkien, Sia Boey emerged as a trading hub around the Prangin Canal that was built in the early 1800s. The Sia Boey Urban Archaeological Park now stands in its place, with the original market hall still there, connected to an adjoining community park and playground.It was after the Second World War and Penang was healing and rebuilding.
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