Sungai Ara Market

Sungai Ara Market (13 August 2011)


Sungai Ara Market (GPS: 5.32363, 100.27017) is a community wet market in Sungai Ara, Penang. Originally located at the junction of Jalan Sungai Ara (now called Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim) and Jalan Tengah, it relocated to a new building on Tingkat Sungai Ara 1 at the turn of the 21st century.

Sungai Ara Market serves the village of Sungai Ara which has all but disappeared under the development of the housing estate of Taman Sungai Ara. The market is a place for the housewives of the housing estate to get their fresh produce, an alternative to the bigger Bayan Baru Market a distance away.

My visits to Sungai Ara Market

28 October, 2017
My wife and I decided to make a trip to Sungai Ara Market for breakfast. We had wanted to go to Taman Sri Nibong, but discovered that the coffee shop there was closed when we arrived (I think it must be due to Nine Emperor Gods Festival). Anyway, when we got to Sungai Ara, we saw that the market was in full swing. I did meet up with one of my Facebook followers, June, who told me that on other weekends, it is even more crowded. We parked out car and walked about before deciding to have our breakfast at Kedai Kopi Siang Tatt.

The popular Sungai Ara Market Nasi Lemak Stall (28 October 2017)


Sungai Ara Market Roti Canai Stall (28 October 2017)

Getting there

Rapid Penang Bus 301 and 306 pass by the Sungai Ara village in front of the market.

Inside the Sungai Ara Market (13 August 2011)


Inside the Sungai Ara Market (13 August 2011)


Roadside stalls at Sungai Ara Market (28 October 2017)

Sungai Ara Market is on the Map of Sungai Ara

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