The Little Night Market

 It was brought to my attention that there was a little food night market nearby, close to the location of the Wet Market, and best to go around 6pm.  I did just that on one evening in my second week here.  It was only a 10 minute walk back up the main road.  Alongside the bike lane, stretching for about 100 metres, was a cluster of food stands and trucks.  There were a few selling some kind of meat from large black vats, others with roasted chickens, a few mix and match whereby you choose your ingredients and they cook it all up. As I was browsing around trying not to get in the way of oncoming scooters,  I bumped into the person who had recommended the market and watched them order some bbq from a friendly old guy.  I ordered as well - two sticks of not so spicy yellow coloured chicken on skewers, and one spicy one.  The vendor fanned away at the coals, regulating the temperature, and rotated the skewers every so often.  Although they were quite big, it did seem to drag on.  He kept speaking to me in Chinese then kept saying that I didn't understand him, with a big grin.  Finally they were done and he put them into a bag, and I waited for the electronic payment to do its thing.  Once, home, I served the bbq on a bowl of rice.  They tasted nice, with a distinct turmeric taste, hence the yellow colour.  The texture was a bit odd though - slightly squashy, a bit like a combination of chicken and dough.  I'm not sure I'd try them again but they were quite filling.