Penang Koay Toey Soup Photo

Photographer’s Note

Penang is known as a food heaven. There are so many hawkers preparing food almost around the clock, it is very difficult to pinpoint the brightest stars of the food scene. Among the highlight certainly is the Chawrastra wet market at Cecil Road not far from the landmark Komtar. It’s a covered market, so even it pours cats and dogs, you can shop for vegetables, fruits, pork, poultry, fish and seafood and while waiting till the rain stops, grab a chair and a space at a table, and order something to eat and drink, like this Koay Teow mixed meat soup, prepared by the chef himself. The popular Koay Teow are flat white rice noodles.

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shevchenko (9936) 2009-10-18 20:26

Hi Urs,
Congratulation, you have captured his very funny posture, look like calculating how many pieces of vegetables already put inside the soup, good shoot.
At my homecity, many hawkers do not like photographers shoot their photo.
Ally

pajaran (3216) 2009-10-19 1:01

Zdravo, kod nas i dalje pada kisa.
Vrlo interesantna kuhinja.
Dobra fotografija, dobre boje i trenutak snimka.
Ozbiljan prilaz pripremi hrane, svidja mi se.
Pozdrav, Paja.

jusninasirun (10209) 2009-10-19 4:46

Kodiang 2009

Hi Urs: 2000 is a nice round figure and well done for that. Incidentally, I just had a bowl of this today. The soup is peppery and I just added a bit too much of the chilly paste as well.

Really nice shot with the man adding the ingredient with full concentration. Sharp image and very well exposed shot. Regards.
Jusni

riclopes (33003) 2009-10-20 1:49

Olá Urs, it sounds good to me. Thanks for the invitation, I'll try one of these delicious soups right away ;-) I really like you getting so close to people concentrating on their work. The flash here worked for the best and I love his curved pose (bad for his back, I'm afraid) and concentration on the details of the soup he's preparing.
warm regards,
ricardo

ecureuiltimide (538) 2009-11-21 0:13

Bonjour Urs,
Ce cuisinier prépare la soupe très sérieusement, d'une façon très consciencieuse. Ici, on fait la soupe à la maison souvent avec les légumes du marché, mais beaucoup ne se donnent pas la peine de l' acheter. Ils l'achètent toute prête dans des boîtes au supermarché.
Bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Cécile