Ali Bubur behind GAMA, Penang

By Lin En Jie
Photos by Lin En Jie

Ali Bubur stall is located behind GAMA. Apparently Ali Bubur operates more than 40 years of history from the 70 century, as Akbarali Ali follow his father footsteps for this business. He is now 47 years of age and follows his father to learn the cooking of bubur kacang, and is the only successor as well. Besides, Akbarali also consists of Black glutinous rice porridge and gan dong porridge.

Delicious Homemade dessert -- Bubur Kacang

The customers come frequently, Akbarali busy to serve them; some of them come and package the bubur as well.

Those customers are come from different religious, such as Chinese, Malay and Indian as well. He said that school holidays will be the peak season for his store as most of the dessert will sold out and Ramadan will be the fewer customers period.

Akbarali said that he usually cook just once daily , sometimes the dessert will be sold out before the closing of the store but sometimes he need to throw away all of its as it can’t keep for the next day after the ad of coconut milk.”

Besides, Akarabali also receiving a lot of orders especially from the marriage ceremony, and he mentioned that 300 of orders is his higher achieve, but this kind of order doesn’t occurs frequent.

Akbarali thinking of shifting his store to the shopping complex, but after his deep consideration about the rental, he cancel off his thought and continue operate at GAMA market.

Look for Akarabali Store
Add: Behind GAMA
Operation Hour: 10am-7pm


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