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Apr 05, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

F-Shed at Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

At 8:30am this morning, in the moment before the sun rose above the cloud cover

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Mar 03, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

I can’t believe it’s not Chợ Bến Thành ™

There is nothing like a high degree of architectural verisimilitude to brighten up my day, be it a Big Banana, Giant Merino or in this case, a fake Ben Thanh Market building in the middle of Melbourne. This model of Saigon’s Ben Thanh Market is so accurate that the clocks

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Feb 07, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 7 Comments

The last ditch

Saturday night market in Little India, Kuala Lumpur If you could choose your last meal in a country, what would it be? It’s a much more concrete question than some imagined last supper: unless you’re on death row or about to commit suicide then chances are you’ll have no power

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Jan 28, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

Cendol and pearls

These green worms are cendol (pronounced chen-dul), made from green pea flour flavoured with pandan leaves. They’re essential for making the dish that is their eponym: a combination of the worms, shaved ice, santan (the first extraction of coconut milk), gula (palm sugar) and often red beans. With a dish

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Jan 24, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 6 Comments

Kota Bharu’s Central Market

The central octagonal hall of Kota Bharu’s central market (Pasar Siti Khadijah) opens up like a cathedral devoted to the veneration of fresh Malaysian produce. A skylight illuminates the scene in a dull sepia glow throughout the day; upper levels providing a birds-eye view of the myriad proceedings below. By

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Jan 21, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Petronas Towers from Kampung Baru Night Market

As a casual photographer, there are not to be many moments when I rue the decision not to carry around a full-sized tripod, despite the highest ISO setting on my camera being 400. But this was one of those moments. Kampung Baru’s (poorly lit) Sunday Market runs from around 6pm

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Dec 04, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Buddha’s littlest pirate

A young monk buys pirated DVDs, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

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Nov 21, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Nonthaburi Market

As an antidote to laziness, I headed out to one of Bangkok’s larger wet markets, Nonthaburi market, at the end of the regular river boat line on the Chao Phraya. Nonthaburi would be hard to beat in Bangkok for the range of produce and regional Thai street food vendors floating

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