Gianyar Night Market in Bali

In contrast to the bustling daytime city street scenes, you’ll enjoy a brilliant mini cityscape with the vendors’ many fluorescent lamps flickering from sundown onwards. Although busier during the weekends, you can visit the Gianyar Night Market on any day of the week. Besides food stalls, the market brings together a variety of wares, from fruits, vegetables, snacks, toys and jewellery, to clothes, DVDs, DIY household tools, and Balinese Hindu ritual items such as flowers, incense and ready-made offerings. Haggling is common, if not a must.

The locals refer to the Gianyar Night Market as ‘Pasar Senggol Gianyar’ or ‘Pasar Malam Gianyar’. They love their babi guling as much as the snacks like the palm sugar-filled klepon (steamed glutinous balls served with shredded coconut or as takeaway in banana leaf wrappings). Another evening treat is the nasi jingo – mini portions of rice with chicken shreds and very spicy sambal on top.