Deciding what to eat for 'iftar' (breaking fast during the month of Ramadhan) can be challenging from two standpoints.
Heading towards the Ramadhan bazaar and well within it, surrounded by countless food stalls selling varieties of food, Nakamora found it hard to decide what he should get for the day. There are stalls selling traditional delicacies that are not normally found outside the month of Ramadhan. Naturally, that would be the first thing to buy. That settles the first challenge.
As Ramadhan progressed, and as Nakamora continued to get traditional food one after another for his iftar, it became clearer to him that what he thought is traditional is actually not traditional. They look traditional, but the taste is far from it. Thereafter he avoids patronizing such stalls and in the process builds his own list of 'blacklisted' stalls.
he realized that it is quite easy to see such stalls are those that are in business only during Ramadhan. They are no longer a going concern after that and thus have little motivation to 'do it right.'
The second challenge then is not to choose among many, but to choose which ones, as the options are getting smaller. Quite a number of stalls are already in his 'stall to avoid' list. That includes stall operators who do not dress properly while handling food items.
He also noticed that some 'traditional' delicacies looked like being centrally-prepared. Hence many stalls sell similar looking delicacies - same look,same texture, same size, same packaging, and perhaps taste the same as well. The price too, is the same everywhere - high, much higher than what it has been just weeks ago, before the Ramadhan bazaar business starts operating. Some are just in it for the money...
