Fresh Chicken and Fish Somewhere Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

I was in a local grocery store with my friend @josephinengpy. She is on STEEM but also a very busy University professor among 100 other things. Josephine has helped me survive this year in Malaysia and I am not exaggerating.

Jo often calls to take me on random trips for shopping or lunch and this was a small moment from one of those adventures.

This store is near here, but I do not remember which one it is. It does not matter though, because all Malaysian grocery stores sell their fresh meat and fish in this manner. I have many photos from different stores because I always become entranced.

Yes, this is how we do it in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Just pick that raw chicken up up your bare hands and bring it to the clerk. My Western sensibilities go into shock.

Pick out what you want and go wash your hands at the many surrounding sinks later. If the product was wrapped in plastic it would not be trusted. How could you possibly know if it was fresh?

It is the same theory in all the SE Asian countries I have visited. But in the other places I saw open sales of meat and fish it was out on the street or in an outdoor market - often still alive.

I never went into any grocery stores in those other countries. My life now is not what it was in in California. I would not be in this KL store either if not for Josephine. Most of what I buy and eat is within my short walking distance and not in any stores.

You might need to ask for help with this big fish, and you will get it.

Maybe live crabs are more your style.

Too rich for my blood. 30 RM feeds me for a week.

My aunt the pioneer/wanderer/forager back in the states told me you tell freshness of fish by pressing on the eye. I do not think I need to do that here.

Catfish is not just in the US. Who knew!

There is absolutely ZERO bad fish smell in this area. Instead the ocean comes to mind in a very pleasant way.

Just a few more random shots.

The man with the yellow bucket-ish thing on the right is zhushing and refreshing the ice for a new load of fish to be laid out. You can see his traveling ice cart in the bottom of the frame.

Action shot! He was not kidding with this activity and I wish I got more photos. But Josephine already got what she came for and off we went!

My post today is for the Market Friday weekly event by Denise @dswigle. Show us where you shop and you can enter too. She wants to see any place you can spend money even if you did not!

Denise loves her flowers, so I always put one in my post to stay on her good side :)

Here are your flowers for today, Denise. This bush is on my condo property and just came into bloom. I got this shot on a quick walk-by at a time of low light. It's on my list to go back and do better! This monster is going crazy in tropical Malaysia right now.