PJ Old Town Wet Market — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

A lot has changed in the PJ Old Town Wet market. It has lost it aura, I had grew up knowing as its a venue my grandparents and parents used to go to by our weekly produce. Now since the pandemic, it has been renovated, its much cleaner, brighter, less crowded and quite a few stalls are left empty.

SOP is tighter and everyone goes in and out of the wet market in an orderly manner. The infamous chicken/ char siew rice is still open till today (been operating over 30 years)... Hopefully it will get back it's bustling entourage of morning market aunty and...

The lower level or "wet section", is very good if you're searching for fresh produce and meat. There are even a few shops inside where you can buy live chicken and get it slaughtered and butchered. The fish are usually marine, although there are huge vats of live catfish, you can also buy pork, beef and goat/mutton and lamb. The upper levels are the "dry section", they sell preserved foods like dried fish, salted eggs, dried chillies etc, and spices. Its a lot smellier, louder and messier than any supermarket but the prices and freshness here...

PJ Old Town Market! What memories. The old place where I used to get my daily and weekly household needs. It is still bustling and busy less the noise of vendors competing for customers. Lots of vendors still. Vegetables and seafood and meats. Popiah skin guy is there. They are still there. The upstairs shops are a little quiet. But there are shops which serve certain needs . Best of all the prices are cheaper. And you can little quantities. Btw the famous Medan Selera is just...