Malaysia Street Food Bazaar

Our first time to attend Malaysia Street Food Bazaar! Although we have been here since 2006, we didn't have the chance to visit this event because during this time of the year we are already in Malaysia for summer holidays. And of course there is food bazaar everyday, everywhere in Malaysia!

If not mistaken, this is the third time the event is organized by the High Commission of Malaysia in Ottawa. Thanks to our diplomats who work hard to organize such an event ~ apart from promoting Malaysia to non-Malaysians, for us the Malaysians it's really great to get a chance to taste all those good food thousands of miles away!

Parking was a huge problem - there was another major event happening in the city - Doors Open Ottawa. Basically many buildings which access are restricted to public are now opened to public during this event. It's free. Nearby the High Commission, there are two buildings that participate in this event: Royal Canadian Mint and the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat. Hence the parking problem. Alhamdulillah after few minutes we managed to get a parking a block away from the High Commission.

Aiman at the main entrance to the High Commission.

We arrived around 12 noon, and there were already many people around. The longest queue was at the Roti Canai & Murtabak stall, and Aiman said he wanted roti canai!

Quickly I bought $40 of coupons and first bought satay for Maryam. There were not many people at the satay stall. $5 for three pieces, which I think is too expensive!

However since Maryam said she wanted satay, I just close one eye (Malay: tutup sebelah mata - basically just ignore the expensive price) and get a plate of three satay for her. Unfortunately the taste was not that good, and she only took one piece but finished up the rice cubes.

Then the long queue for roti canai. It's Aiman turn. I had to wait for about 30 minutes to get the roti canai. Well, to make that 30 minutes worthwhile I decided to get one roti telur for myself. Didn't order murtabak. They were still on the pan and there were already few people in front of me waiting for their murtabak. It was $2 for plain roti canai, $3 for roti telur and $4 for murtabak, which I think is reasonable. And the taste was excellent! Aiman finished his roti canai without sugar since there was no sugar and he always eat roti canai with sugar.


In the mean time my wife brought nasi dagang with mackerel curry for $7, and Aiman finished one whole plate by himself. So we bought a plate of nasi lemak with fried chicken for $7 for us to share. Maryam roamed around with her friends.

Next for dessert we opted for ABC (air batu campur) - shaved ice with grass jelly, peanuts, sweet corns, beans, milk, and syrups. It's $5 a bowl.

At the ABC stall they also have teh tarik made on the spot - $1 per cup. The Malaysian student who made the teh tarik is really an expert.

We left the High Commission around 2:45 pm, about 15 minutes before the event ends. We brought some popiahs (spring rolls) for to go. I was a bit frustrated since there was no cendol, and know what, as I was lining up at the ABC stall there was a Canadian who also told me he and his wife were disappointed that there was no cendol!! Anyway later we stopped at Chinatown and brought two packets of freshly made cendols there.