Tekka Center
The Tekka Center , formerly known as Kandang Kerbau Market or (until 2000) Tekka Market , is a large Asian wet market that was set up along Serangoon Road in Little India in Singapore . The building complex with a multi-purpose use houses a wet market, food market and other shops, a large part of which is a dining hall. The original market was built in 1915 and reopened at its current location in 1982. Today he is popularly visited by several ethnic groups in Singapore: Malays, Chinese, Indians, Thai and others.
Surname
The market was originally known as Kandang Kerbau Market , or KK Market for short, where “kerbau” in Malay means “cattle pen”; There were many stables in the region. A small settlement there was called Kampong Kerbau ("Buffalo Village" in Malay). The market was located in an area called Tek Kia Kha (abbreviated Tek Kah) by the Hokkien Chinese, something like "river of small bamboos" or "bamboo lumps"; Back then, bamboo plants grew on both sides of the Rochor Canal . The name Tekka Market then caught on . The names Mattu Kampong Pasar and Tekka Pasar (“pasar” stands for bazaar in Tamil or Malaysian for market) were also common.
In the early 1980s, after the old market was demolished, the name Zhujiao Center came into use, which was not accepted by non-Chinese people, the name Tekka Market , derived from Tek Kha, was more common. In 2000 it was finally officially renamed to Tekka Center in order to do justice to the history of the place.
history
When cattle farming reached its peak in the 1900s, cattle dealers were forced to leave Kandang Kerbau district in 1902 because their herds of buffalo were blamed for road damage. The original market, then called Kandang Kerbau Market , was built in 1915 and was then across the street from the Tekka Center today (at the intersection of Serangoon Road and Bukit Timah Road).
In the 1930s it became very popular for its wide variety of meat, vegetables, fish and seafood. Most of the customers were working-class families from the neighborhood, and the market was nicknamed "Volksmarkt". After the market was demolished in 1982 due to renovation plans for the entire district, most of the traders moved to the new market called Zhujiao Market across the street. In 2008 the market was closed for restoration and reopened in 2009 after, among other things, the hygienic conditions had been greatly improved.
offer
Tekka Center consists of a wet market , a food court and a shopping area with a wide range of food and other products:
- There is a wide variety of Asian vegetables and herbs including Indian, Sri Lankan, Chinese, Thai products.
- A large amount of tropical fruits such as pineapples, bananas, mangoes, jackfruits, rambutans, guavas, star fruits, longans, mangosteen, etc.
- Seafood: large Sri Lankan crabs, prawns of all sizes, squid, tuna, salmon, mackerel, sea bass, and a variety of crustaceans.
- Meat and poultry: mutton, lamb, goat, beef, pork, chicken, etc.
- A large selection of Chinese, Indian, Malaysian and Thai spices
In the so-called food court, which is on the same level as the market, numerous street vendors offer the usual Chinese, Western, Indian and Muslim dishes in their food stalls.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d History of the Serangoon Area , section The cattle trade and related cottage industries , in: The Little India Heritage Trail , page 7ff., A documentation of the state National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg / ...
- ↑ a b Tekka Market , website of the state's National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg / ...
- ↑ a b Little India , in: Infopedia, server of the National Library Board, Singapore Government, online at: eresources.nlb.gov.sg / ...
- ↑ a b Tekka Wet Market , private website, online at: thebestsingapore.com / ...