At sunset the plastic tables at the hawkers court Pudu Market fill with locals, who cast curious glances at the few foreigners who venture to eat here.

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Our interviews took place in the canteen of the minimum-security prison, a place of cheap plastic-topped tables and bare wooden walls.

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Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa has a legion of devoted followers, many of whom turn up early (the place opens at 7.45 p.m. and closes at 11 a.m.) and sit patiently at plastic-covered tables, waiting for the management to shed light on matters by switching on the fluorescent tubes overhead.

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The food, served in metal trays and plastic baskets on picnic tables, is simple and fresh, sourced from the Eastern seaboard.

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The six tables were covered in plastic to protect the tablecloth (my mother did that with her prize sofa).

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On any given afternoon, pierced, black-clad youth crowd around tables sharing mugs of pulque from pink and blue plastic buckets.

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