The Night market in little India turned out to be not very Indian at all. There was however, pretty stellar food, like lhaksa served up in giant vats which most people were getting "to go."
Supersized Shrimp Soup.
There were lots of more easy to handle on the street options like spiral fried potato, various skewered delights, and a good old hot dog bun filled with gyro like-roasted chicken. Mmm, sloppy.
We also bought some of these noodles, which we ended up eating with a soda straw bent in half (excellent makeshift chop sticks).
As far as the goods that were on hand amongst the edibles, it was a lot like what you might find at a NYC street fair, except add about 95% more headscarf vendors (if you must wear a headscarf in a tropical country, at least you have a billion color, pattern, and rhinestone saturation options to choose from) and other clothing options of a wrist-to-ankle, full on full-coverage persuasion. Otherwise, unless in the market for socks, Indian sweets, or cricket/soccer jerseys, the shopping options that evening were rather limited.
(a Brief Interruption for Gratuitous Food Porn)
Thai Fish Filet
Above, Awesome Lhaksa. (Technically spelled "Assam" Lhaksa. Sort of like an extra spicy Thom Yum soup, but with cabbage and soy braised fish. It was Assam indeed)
This is not to say that it is at all difficult to shop here. Nothing, actually could be further from the truth. The famous Petronas Towers perch atop a stolidly massive five-story super mall. Walk 15 minutes, another enormous, fully air-conditioned, triple-food-courted Mall. Pick another direction, you guessed it, more Mall, more market. If you cannot walk blindfolded in KL and hit a shopping center or a food vendor, then you are likely a ghost or otherwise vaporous entity for they are everywhere and possibly, everything.
Above, Random things we bought at the mall. Curry Doughnut, Chocolate Puff, and Soju. Score!
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