Pasar Penuin Wet Market — Attraction in Batam City

I think this place not to be missed and a must visit place if you come to Batam! Why, because you can get first hand experience of the local culture and the lifestyle of local peoples. The food stalls by the market sell many delicious and cheap local foods! There are also many shops by the wet market selling many local produce, dried sea produce, crackers and souvenirs. Inside the central of the market is where you get fishes, meat and vegetables. I feel Penuin is the best place to stay because of this market, and there are many good hotels nearby too,like Aston Gideon, Artotel..Grand Batam Mall and A2 food courts also within walking distance from here..Besides, there are many massage shops around here providing authentic and...

The Pasar Penuin Wet Market with shops was near the hotel I stayed, Artotel Batam. 3 minutes walk. I came across 3 stalls selling fried banana, 油條 (fried dough sticks), apong. I tried the fried banana of all 3 stalls, the best one was the fritter sold by Akim Fried Banana. The coating was crispy and not too oily and banana was soft and sweet. The other 2 stalls fried banana was hard. Akim stall was along the side corridor of the market, not inside the wet market. Take note the wet market stalls, including Akim goreng pisang, close at about noon. I bought some nyonya kuih 娘惹糕點 from the stall at the wet market, only Rp3000 (about SGD 0.30 cents) per small packet....

came here for breakfast and got to eat delicious food! 1️⃣ cha kue (from cha kue tanjung batu asan) this was yummyyyy🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 2️⃣ bcm 3️⃣ fried banana (from this stall situated in the same stretch as cha kue stall, no name but operated by a middle aged lady and young guy with long hair) 4️⃣ youtiao

roamed around after breakfast to look at what is sold but did not get anything from the market. dried shrimp were mostly soaked in water to make it heavier (scam)

there are many stalls selling fresh vegetables and seafood. if you do not want to get your shoes wet, avoid walking in the middle where the fresh seafood...