Article and photos:Le Bich
The night market is located on the beach and only operates from 5:00 pm until late at night. This is a rich culinary market, the most prominent of which are the fresh seafood stalls. Customers buy by weight at very reasonable prices and the owner will grill or deep-fry the seafood for customers to eat on the spot. Not only selling many local specialties, this market also brings together many different culinary styles of the Philippines and Indonesia such as grilled chicken wings, chicken satay, mixed fried rice and various desserts.
Borneo Island is one of the most fertile, wild and natural places in the world. Therefore, the fruits in the market are more diverse, fresher and sweeter, the most unique of which is the red durian.
After eating, you can go shopping. Just walk across a street to the souvenir area with a variety of goods for you to buy as gifts for your relatives and friends. Pearls here are cheap and beautiful, only from 30 RM (210 thousand) to 250 RM (2 million) you can buy pearl bracelets or necklaces with many different colors. Or with only 70 thousand VND you can also buy a small bottle of perfume extracted from natural flowers with a fragrant scent. If you are not a shopaholic, you can just wander around looking at the goods and listen to the street singers singing a melodious song.
With friendly vendors who are always happy to serve tourists and the fresh sea air, Kota Kinabalu night market will definitely leave a memorable memory for anyone.
Below are some photos the author took when visiting and experiencing Kota Kinabalu night market:
With only 70 thousand VND you can buy a small bottle of perfume extracted from natural flowers and there are many scents for you to choose from.
This is a rich culinary market, the most prominent are the fresh seafood stalls. Customers buy by weight, then the owner will grill it over charcoal and eat it on the spot. The prices are also very reasonable, for example: a 3-ounce sea shrimp costs 200,000 VND/VND, 50,000 VND/skewer of grilled squid
Here pearls are also cheap and beautiful, from only 300 thousand to 2 million you can buy pearl bracelets or necklaces that come in many different colors.
Wooden masks are a typical souvenir in Kota Kinabalu
Tourists enjoy passing by the seafood stalls.
Grilled chicken wings: a must-try dish at the night market
Pre-cut fruit packaged for guests
Souvenirs from the sea
Gifts of the Sea
Night market
Fisherman
