Project-κ 7: Popia @ Taman Rasah Jaya / Bukit Blossom Pasar Malam (Night Market)

I've been blogging about main courses and heavy meals, it's time to shift my attention to finger food. Well, at least for this post. :P

What to eat when you are not that hungry but at the same time need something to warm that palate and trigger that taste buds, or if you must, fill that stomach of yours?? What better finger food if it's not popia (spring rolls)?!! Popia are best eaten any time of the day! During breakfast, late lunch snack, post-dinner finale, supper, oh...you get what I mean!

So, for this post I intend to introduce to you one of my favourite popia and will never fail to buy it whenever I go to pasar malam! I have been a fan of the popia from this particular stall since I was 5 years old! I simply love them! It's very traditional, unlike those that you find in KL, which I think is very commercialised! I mean, come on! Chicken floss popia?? Fruit salad popia?? Tuna popia?? What the heck is that???!!! They might be a "new generation" type of popia but I simply hate them! Popia were meant to be traditional......and this stall makes it just the way I like it!

The stall is managed by an old uncle with white beard and will always be wearing a cap, and 2 middle aged women, one of them is semi-paralyzed, one of her hands can't be moved.  Each popia costs RM1.50. Besides the wrapped popia, they also sell fried popia which is also very good! And loh bak kou (yam pudding), fried noodles, glutinous rice which comes with homemade chilli that is simply divine!

The wrapped popia contains shredded egg, sar kot (turnip), taugeh (beansprout), salad, lap cheong (Chinese sausage) and fried garlic. You can either want it with or without chilli paste, both are being spread with tim jiong (sweet sauce) anyway.

The skin of the popia is paper thin, every bite you take is full with its fillings which overflows into your mouth! The turnips are very flavouful and the fried garlic gives it a crisp every now and then. It's tim jiong and Chinese sausage gives it a prefect hint of sweetness to it. All in all, this is one heck of a traditional Chinese popia!

There's no name to the stall. You just have to recognise the uncle and the 2 aunties together with their heavenly popias and other sellings. The stall can be found at Tuesdays and Fridays pasar malam at Taman Rasah Jaya or Thursdays Bukit Blossom pasar malam. Usually this stall will open around 6.00pm and will close until everything sells off, roughly about 9.30pm? So, you got to be quick in order to get one! :)