Discover KL – Day 2
12 Jul 2009 Leave a Comment
in Chilling out, Food, Travel
KL was planned last minute so air tickets were too expensive at the normal hours so I booked a coach ride for us to KL. Round trip was S$90 and I guess Saturday is not a good time to travel as we departed Singapore at 730am and only arrived in KL after 230pm.
Stop in Taiping where really bad food were served….and expensive too!
1st peek of KL
I was told that the bus terminal was near times square but upon arrival I was not sure where I was so I had to ripped off by the cab again…..I was sure we over paid with the RM15 for the 3min ride to the hotel. However, it was also through this incident we met our new friend, Jenny, who was also traveling on the same coach with us to KL. This time, I did not stay in a hostel but stayed in Equatorial Hotel which cost about S$180 for 2 nights. At least, this time there were comfortable beds, a/c and clean bathroom….It was a 3min walk away from the monorail station too.
Luckily, it was cloudy day so it was not so hot as compared to the last trip I made. 1st stop was of course checking out the Medeka Square and the surrounding buildings.
(I was amazed that my memory ain’t that bad) So I re-traced my steps from the last trip with the next stop at Sentral Market for some Old Town Coffee and kaya toast for Moon to try
Then 10min of fish spa for RM5 which I don’t think is really reflective of the full fish spa experience. Of course, my lovely guest was intrigued by the colorful market goods and bought some stuff.
Next stop was Chinatown where she was introduced to the land of fakes……
However she was more intrigued by the mangosteen and lychee instead. Whereas I finally tried the famous Portuguese Grill, Ikan Panggang, that I missed out the last time. We were early so the wait was only about 15min which is not too bad. Too bad, I was reserving my stomach for round 2 of dinner in Jalan Alor if not I would go for another portion. The chilli was awesome and the seafood cooked just right from the steam in the foil.
Address:
Intersection of Jln Hang Lekir and Jln Petaling near the logang drink stall
Along the way, we stopped by the clan house for the “Chan” where the friendly tea shop uncle served us many many cups of pu-er…..we chatted about Singapore, Malaysian Chinese and he asked questions about Korea too…..Interesting intermission for the day…
1 of my favorite shots of the day…..remind me of the Chinese movie, Red Lantern
Next stop was Bukit Bintang in the dusk and I realised that the sun sets after 730pm in KL now. The place was buzzing with people both local and tourists.
Dinner part 2 was the famous Wong Ah Wah chicken wings. We initially only ordered 4 wings as we were half full from the dinner about 1 hour earlier. The wait was like 30min for those wings. I don’t know if it was due to the long wait or the smell of the bbq wings was so enticing that we order another 4 while we devoured the 1st order and of course, we had to wait another 30min for the second order. Most of the customers were eating a mix of seafood and wings and we were the only ones eating wings only.
Address:
1&5&7 Jln Alor (Opposite Nova Hotel)
With our new friend, Jenny, we walked along Jln Ismail Sultan and onto Jln Ampang towards KL Zouk. Along the way, we were enticed by the brightly lightened Petronas Towers. Zouk was super packed and most of the them looked locals but oh boy, I did feel old inside the club. 
