Kuala Lumpur retreat ( Day1 ) (Part 1)
Feeling a little jet-lagged now in the office after my KL trip but im glad that I am safe back home after a 6 hours of bus ride. After touring around, Singapore still feels like a home to me. The environment, the people, the culture taken leave a big impact on me. Im not saying Malaysia is bad and in fact the place has an identical side as Singapore in terms of their food and the way they speak ( they speak Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, basic English and Malay).
What really make me feel uncomfortable was their environment. Probably you won't get to see such sights in Singapore but imagine living in a country with rubbish/ litters on the floor? The floor are always wet because they have the tendency to throw all the unwanted water or waste into the drain/ floor which flooded the whole alley ( Oh gosh, im imagining the environment again and it grossed me).
The locals there are friendly and I have no prejudice of any race but I feel that the Indian and Muslim people there can be more friendlier towards the tourists. Whenever we took a cab down to one place, we always hire a Chinese driver because you never know that the Indian and Muslim driver will bring you to somewhere remote and do anything bad to you ( not that the Chinese won't but at least with the same dialect and language spoke, we are more comfortable with them) - In fact we had a bad experience with one of the Muslim driver ( will share on a later post)
02/04/2015
My colleagues and I planned a getaway trip as we have a long holidays spent so we decided on a trip to Kuala Lumpur. Since Sports day commerce on Thursday and we were entitled to a half day leave, we thought that it is better to take a midnight bus ride to KL to avoid the massive traffic jam on public holidays, Im glad that we made a good choice because one of colleague was stucked at the checkpoint for 5 hours on Friday and ours took less than about.
Guess who came to send me off? I was kinda disappointed that he couldn't make it to my place that night because he booked out late and he was phone-less for the whole week. Sadly, I have to leave the house alone to find my colleagues. Just when I'm at Golden mile bus stop waiting for our coach to arrive, a familiar figure walked by and looking left and right for someone. Then I realised its him, the man that I am hoping for (:
He waited for my bus to leave before he departed off with his Dad, The same scene when he sent me off to Malacca.
Travelling to KL was a long 7 hours journey. Although there was a long queue at Tuas checkpoint, we managed to transit off smoothly for our 4 hours road trip. By the time we reached Berjaya Time Square, it was close to 6.30am in the morning. All the shops and streets were quiet as most of the shopping malls open at 10am. We decided to catch a cab to our apartment where it stated that we could check in at 8am if we arrive early.
Knowing that there is an Indian Prata stall nearby, we settled down to have our quick breakfast. 1 Prata would probably cost us RM2 which was relatively cheap. A hot teh tarik is a must to go well with an oily prata.
So accommodation wise is important for me in order to run my day smoothly. We opted to rent an apartment and after doing research and reading reviews on airbnb, we decided on this apartment which was located at Bukit Bintang, very near to all shopping district areas.
https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/2028279
Location : Bukit Bintang
Building Name : Casa Mutiara Condominium
Street : Jalan Hang Isap or Jalan Galloway
The first choice of home away from home are ideal for vacation for short term stay with fully equipped apartment suites located in Bukit Bintang, the heart of Kuala Lumpur city centre. It is a 10-minute walk-away from all the major shopping malls in Bukit Bintang namely Berjaya Times Square, Imbi Plaza, Sungei Wang, Lot 10, Pavilion Fahrenheit 88.
There is also the convenience and easy access to public transport with a choice of Monorail, Star LRT or even taxis and buses which is a 5-minute walk from town.
Each studio unit comes furnished and equipped with air-conditioning and private bathroom with cold and hot water installed, coupled with high speed WIFI broadband connection and reserved guest parking for visitors. The unit is also fitted with an electric kettle, microwave and refrigerator which you can stay home to prepare a meal ( but who would? we will definitely choose to dine outside)
Building facilities such as sauna and swimming pool, gymnasium and a games room are readily available. To ensure a safe and secure environment for our tenants, it has 24-hour round-the-clock security service and additional CCTV surveillance systems. Tenants are provided with private access cards that allow for access to your own floor and the Facilities floor.
We tried to avoid taking cab as much as we could as it is a good experience to get lost and travelling around by GPS and foot. We wandered around and stopped by a IT shopping mall called Plaza Low Yat. It was known as the largest IT mall in Malaysia. Well, it looked exactly like Singapore Sim Lim Square which sells different kind of electronic gadget. To enable us to stay connected, each of us bought a 3G sim card for whatapps, facebook and instagram purpose and of course its easier to locate one another of we split.
Moving on to catch a monorail to their famous Kin Kin Ban Mian Noodles. This monorail has been a good transportation for us to travel to all the shopping districts and places of interests. To whatever station, it will cost you around RM1.60-RM3 ( relatively cheap!). In order to purchase your train ticket, click on the designated location and a blue token will be given to you to tap in. When you exit from the entrance, same going, you have to drop the token into the machine.
We saw another table ordering this bowl of soup with Fuzhou fish paste skin, fishballs and meatballs so we requested uncle to get a portion (RM12) for us. The soup was so tasty, it could be drunk on its own. Freshly made fish balls made all the difference.
Address:40 Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman Satu
Kampung Baru
Kuala Lumpur
Opening hours:Mon - Fri, 7.30am - 9pm; Sat - Sun, 7.30am - 4pm
We finally set off to our shopping spree. There are many shopping malls that you can venture around. We hit on Lot 10. Lot 10 is a shopping complex within central Kuala Lumpur's shopping and entertainment district, Bintang Walk. Fresh additions have been added to the shopping mall to cater to the shopping crowd such as a triple-storey H&M and Zara.
By the time we shopped already, it was closed to 3pm so we proceed on for our high tea session at chattime. Bought just a cup of milk tea and took a good rest.
Hutong Food Court has been designed to look like an old Beijing village with narrow ‘alleyways’ linking stalls. Instead of a central seating area, tables and chairs are placed around these stands. Prices range between RM10 Rm18 for a meal and diners can savour hawker delicacies such as pork noodles and wonton (dumpling) soup in an air-conditioned setting.
. Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 – 22:00
Location: Lot 10 Shopping Mall
Guess who came to send me off? I was kinda disappointed that he couldn't make it to my place that night because he booked out late and he was phone-less for the whole week. Sadly, I have to leave the house alone to find my colleagues. Just when I'm at Golden mile bus stop waiting for our coach to arrive, a familiar figure walked by and looking left and right for someone. Then I realised its him, the man that I am hoping for (:
He waited for my bus to leave before he departed off with his Dad, The same scene when he sent me off to Malacca.
Travelling to KL was a long 7 hours journey. Although there was a long queue at Tuas checkpoint, we managed to transit off smoothly for our 4 hours road trip. By the time we reached Berjaya Time Square, it was close to 6.30am in the morning. All the shops and streets were quiet as most of the shopping malls open at 10am. We decided to catch a cab to our apartment where it stated that we could check in at 8am if we arrive early.
Knowing that there is an Indian Prata stall nearby, we settled down to have our quick breakfast. 1 Prata would probably cost us RM2 which was relatively cheap. A hot teh tarik is a must to go well with an oily prata.
So accommodation wise is important for me in order to run my day smoothly. We opted to rent an apartment and after doing research and reading reviews on airbnb, we decided on this apartment which was located at Bukit Bintang, very near to all shopping district areas.
https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/2028279
Location : Bukit Bintang
Building Name : Casa Mutiara Condominium
Street : Jalan Hang Isap or Jalan Galloway
The first choice of home away from home are ideal for vacation for short term stay with fully equipped apartment suites located in Bukit Bintang, the heart of Kuala Lumpur city centre. It is a 10-minute walk-away from all the major shopping malls in Bukit Bintang namely Berjaya Times Square, Imbi Plaza, Sungei Wang, Lot 10, Pavilion Fahrenheit 88.
There is also the convenience and easy access to public transport with a choice of Monorail, Star LRT or even taxis and buses which is a 5-minute walk from town.
Each studio unit comes furnished and equipped with air-conditioning and private bathroom with cold and hot water installed, coupled with high speed WIFI broadband connection and reserved guest parking for visitors. The unit is also fitted with an electric kettle, microwave and refrigerator which you can stay home to prepare a meal ( but who would? we will definitely choose to dine outside)
Building facilities such as sauna and swimming pool, gymnasium and a games room are readily available. To ensure a safe and secure environment for our tenants, it has 24-hour round-the-clock security service and additional CCTV surveillance systems. Tenants are provided with private access cards that allow for access to your own floor and the Facilities floor.
Checking in was easy as we simply have to register from the security guard post after which, the security officer would tele-com the lady to come down to fetch us to our apartment. We stayed in our apartment to wash up and charged our phone. After a rest in our apartment, we are ready to step out of the house to venture around (:
We tried to avoid taking cab as much as we could as it is a good experience to get lost and travelling around by GPS and foot. We wandered around and stopped by a IT shopping mall called Plaza Low Yat. It was known as the largest IT mall in Malaysia. Well, it looked exactly like Singapore Sim Lim Square which sells different kind of electronic gadget. To enable us to stay connected, each of us bought a 3G sim card for whatapps, facebook and instagram purpose and of course its easier to locate one another of we split.
Moving on to catch a monorail to their famous Kin Kin Ban Mian Noodles. This monorail has been a good transportation for us to travel to all the shopping districts and places of interests. To whatever station, it will cost you around RM1.60-RM3 ( relatively cheap!). In order to purchase your train ticket, click on the designated location and a blue token will be given to you to tap in. When you exit from the entrance, same going, you have to drop the token into the machine.
The nearest station to alight: Medan Tuanku> after which head west on Jalan Sultan Ismail toward Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman 2> Turn right onto Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman 2
>Turn right toward Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman > Turn left onto Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman
Destination will be on the right
Kin Kin Ban Mian only sell ban mian so the uncle straight show a 3 sign when we found our seats ( it indicates 3 bowls) Within about 15 minutes our hot piping Pan Mee was sent over. The Pan Mee came with a lavish toppings of minced Pork Meat, Anchovies and a Poached Egg. The poached egg was settled beautifully, the egg yolk looked readily fresh!
I was told that the price has been steadily going up over the years and now, it is priced at RM 8.00 per bowl ( SGD 3) Definitely expensive for Malaysian but worth paying the price for a good bowl of delicious noodles. Oh yes, Singapore has its own franchise and one bowl cost around $6.
The best of the best would be their fried Chili Flakes. Do note that it is really spicy, not like the ones that are commonly found elsewhere and don't really taste spicy. The chilli flakes was so well known by the local and there is a thief who went to the shop to steal the chilli flakes?! ( He was in the wanted list pasted on the wall!) .
We saw another table ordering this bowl of soup with Fuzhou fish paste skin, fishballs and meatballs so we requested uncle to get a portion (RM12) for us. The soup was so tasty, it could be drunk on its own. Freshly made fish balls made all the difference.
Address:40 Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman Satu
Kampung Baru
Kuala Lumpur
Opening hours:Mon - Fri, 7.30am - 9pm; Sat - Sun, 7.30am - 4pm
By the time we shopped already, it was closed to 3pm so we proceed on for our high tea session at chattime. Bought just a cup of milk tea and took a good rest.
Just outside the Lot 10 shopping mall, we proceed down to the basement to check out on the food court called Hutong.
Hutong Food Court has been designed to look like an old Beijing village with narrow ‘alleyways’ linking stalls. Instead of a central seating area, tables and chairs are placed around these stands. Prices range between RM10 Rm18 for a meal and diners can savour hawker delicacies such as pork noodles and wonton (dumpling) soup in an air-conditioned setting.
. Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 – 22:00
Location: Lot 10 Shopping Mall
Some photoshoots along the alley way. Feel like we are in Taiwan.
Next post will be featuring on the night market that we went during our trip.
Till then.
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