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The Jackfruit Sisters

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I love the rural Ramadan bazaars. The traders are friendly and the food they sell are different. This is near Dusun Nanding and these are giant jackfruits, fresh from the orchards.

I like how the ladies laughed and giggled as the fruit is being cut up. Sometimes, to be a good street photographer, you have to be a jack of all trades. If you tell the right joke at the right time, it puts people at ease. But if your joke isn’t funny or is offensive, you might be staring at the business end of a knife.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f9, 1/200 sec.

The Jackfruit Sisters

Langat Kaya

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The Kuala Pansoon area is well-known for its picturesque kampung houses, hills, rivers and eco resorts. At the village square, is a nondescript kopitiam famous for its kaya or coconut egg jam. The family started making the breakfast spread some forty years ago. Branded as Kaya Sri Langat, it has become so popular that they now make around 12,000 jars a month.

The kaya is preservative-free and their pandan-flavoured version is made with real pandan (screwpine) leaves. Don’t just take-away but try it there with their steamed or toasted Hainanese bread (fluffy Roti Benggali), half-boiled kampung chicken eggs and black coffee.

Nam Wah Coffee Shop, it seems, is also popular with the cycling community and is at 18th Mile Hulu Langat.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/250 sec.

Kaya Hulu Langat