Petanak Central Market • Pasar Besar Petanak — Attraction in Borneo

Just wanted to add this information for the operation during the MCO (Movement Control Order). The pork section would only be operating on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during this period. Do go early if you want more choices, obviously.

The only market in city center after the demolition of Pasar Cekor. It is not the cheapest, but you pay what you are getting [stalls more likely to sell by weight, instead of the using "ikat" (bunched) or "tompok" (piled) -] which sometimes are tad expensive as the seller at other markets round the price up to RM2 or RM3 instead of exact amount. Generally a market that you can get most stuffs, it is not the best or widest ranging market such as Stutong or Kubah, but the basics are there (limited to morning only during MCO)-.

1. usual staple of green veg, fruits (particularly pineapple, papaya, some banana selection).
2. There is not much of more 'ethnic' ingredients- terung asam, engkalak, tepus, keranji etc is nowhere to be found- you have to go to Kubah market for that.
3. There is a stall that sells mixed curry powder- operates on a certain days only
4. Also a stall selling chinese herbs- monk fruit, herbal tea, dried longan and the likes
5. A dry goods section- but only a few that is active during MCO while the rest is closed.
6. Wet market section- usual selection of seafood and poultry.
7. A stall selling tofu (soft & hard), bean sprouts and fresh soy milk (sometimes tempe too)
8. About two shops selling freshly grated coconut and coconut milk

At usual time (non-MCO) the food court upstairs also provides an interesting mixture of food offerings both daytime and night time. Hope those businesses survive.

There are talks since 2013 (or even before) to demolish the market. It is not a matter of if, but when. I guess we can all be on the lookout and try to delay it as long as possible. We can't all shop at air-conditioned department store all the time. There are also some other shops around outside of the market (Syn Ka Fatt for fresh veg or Chai Fo Pien for dried goods) that also serves as distributors that you can get your...

This is one of the under utilized market with amazing river view. You can just look at the number of food stalls at level 1 and see how many are vacant. Ok let's come back to food. The highly recommended stalls are the Kueh chap of course. Used to being a lepak place after watching midnight movie. To me I don't really like Kueh chap with lots of garlic. It destroy the amazing taste of the soup. Second is the western cuisine stall. People love their chicken chop, lamb shank, and also kids meal like hash brown with amazing low price. The portion is good compare to the price. Definitely worth it. My personal preference goes to the porridge stall. I don't take liver normally but this guy cooked am amazing porridge with liver that don't have any weird taste at all. Definitely...

Love their ample parking space but I'm giving it 3 stars due to its lack of variety. They do have an Indian spice stall and coconut produce stalls but it's almost impossible to find ingredients for Dayak or Malay dishes there.

Food stalls are at the upper level, more choices after 6pm. My favourites are the yewchakueh stall and the cha kueh stall.

Bottom line, this is a good place to get ingredients IF, you're cooking Chinese food. There are pork stalls, sundry shops selling Chinese cooking wine and seasonings as well as a Chinese herbs stall.

Stalls starts closing or running low on stock around 9am so go earlier...