Northern culinary delights at the Nat Pokok Getah morning market in Perlis

Harumanis mango extract gives the agar kering an orange tinge.

It is just like any suburban road in Malaysia with smooth traffic and no gridlock five days a week, but come Friday and Sunday, the situation at Kampung Kubang Perlis changes drastically.

Right from the crack of dawn, traders from near and far start arriving by the droves to set up makeshift stalls at a rubber estate that is intersected by the state’s route R6 road.