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Hopping around KL City

Following my previous entry on KL City sights and food, it was another day for us to see the bustling city and this time, we did it by Putra LRT (Light Rail Transit). It’s convenient and pleasurable to travel around the city by this mode of public transport, especially we don’t need to worry about traffic jams at peak hours. In fact, I was pretty excited as I really couldn’t recall taking LRT in Malaysia before!

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During the smooth ride, we could still enjoy the city scene, and even able to capture some shots with KL Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers through the window glass.

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On board the LRT.

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While waiting aimlessly to change to KTM Commuter at the platform, we killed time by snapping like a typical tourist. Surprisingly, though food is allowed at the train station, the place was clean without trash around. Back in Singapore, food and drinks are banned in MRT. If you get caught, you get fined. Recently, the authority has been catching rule breakers; now my friend dares not even drink plain water from her own bottle while in the MRT station.

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Hey it’s like Sun Burst effect!

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Everything seemed to be so well  in place until we reached our destination for a family dinner. Nothing wrong with it, except that the surrounding of the station was so different from what we saw in the city area teeming with people. The platform was dimly lit and no one except the three of us alighted the train like lost tourists.

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To our astonishment, there wasn’t a single train staff at this very quiet station. Having heard about some robberies in KL, we felt quite unsafe at that time. It’s like even if you scream your heart out, no one can hear you.

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The surrounding was pretty dark and no passersby.

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The gloomy pedestrian underpass.

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Melissa trying to play eerie with a dark shadow looming behind her. Some feel of Korean ghost movie now… eew

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Next, we ended up having fun snapping away in the underpass despite there was a sumptuous meal awaiting us at the other end!

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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism? See double? I told u it’s spooky.

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Lame.

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The underpass led us to Restoran Telipon (Telephone restaurant) which serves BBQ steamboat in buffet style. Dunno why it’s called “Telephone” restaurant. The food wasn’t really fantastic.

Next, we were back in Penang again, with more places not covered before in this blog!

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KL City sights & food

After a night at Genting Highlands, we drove back to Kuala Lumpur (KL) city. Though KL is merely a 30min flight from Singapore, I haven’t been there for many years.  To me, KL is a bustling city with people everywhere, many shopping malls around and traffic jams!

Somehow, as we stepped out of Sungei Wang Plaza, the city scene reminded me of Taipei and Hong Kong.

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Sungei Wang Plaza is a few storeys high and filled with many small shops mainly selling apparels. Some say there are good bargains in the plaza; the locals say otherwise. Apparently, many shoppers are tourists like us. Anyway, I couldn’t get anything from there except a big blueberry muffin from Famous Amos! Nice!

There are also a few very big malls in KL where the locals frequent: Mid Valley Megamall, 1 Utama Shopping Centre and Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall.

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That’s the monorail station in KL. Clean, swift, convenient…. During our stay in Malaysia, we were pretty surprised to see many people wearing masks to protect themselves against H1N1; we don’t really see that often in Singapore.

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You can’t miss the Petronas Twin Towers in KL cos you will see them looming over the city once you get into the capital. Currently, the Twin Towers are the tallest twin buildings in the world. They used to be the world’s tallest building before being surpassed by Taipei 101.

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At the Twin Towers, you can shop in KLCC which features many luxurious boutiques.  FYI, the food court in KLCC is pricey: A normal meal of rice with 3 side dishes can cost RM15!

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We could appreciate the day view of the KL Tower and the Twin Towers from afar at a relative’s unit on the 8th floor. During special occasions like the New Year Countdown, the family can enjoy the spectacular firework display at the Twin Tower right through their windows. How nice!

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At night, both the KL Tower and the Twin Towers are glowing gorgeously. In fact, KL Tower is the 5th tallest freestanding tower in the world.

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Rows of little red roof houses in KL, as cosy as can be.

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When night falls…

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We put up a night at Pearl International Hotel. I’m not going to mention much about the hotel itself. It’s just an average 4-star hotel that cost us RM238 per night. However, the food at the coffee shop located at a short walking distance away from the left of the hotel (entrance) are good enough for our return!

The Portugese stingray is not just good but great! It’s not as oily as those cook on hot plate yet it’s hot and spicy. The dish offers a lot lady’s fingers too. OMG I’m craving for it now.

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Also, try the  ”chee cheong fun” (rice sheet roll) wrapped with meat like shrimps! The “chee cheong fun” is really soft and it melts in your mouth!

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Toasted “Tau Pok” sandwich with some veggies like bean sprouts and shredded cucumber mixed with sweet prawn paste! Tau Pok = Chinese deep fried tofu. It may look simple but the toasted “Tau Pok” is warm and crisp!

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Teh C Special, with 3 colours. The iced tea does not only look appealing; it’s refreshing and unique.

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We had our lunch at an eatery famous for their Nasi Lemak – Village Park Restaurant, located at Uptown Damansara. It’s one of the best Nasi Lemak I’ve ever eaten before. The plate of fragrance coconut rice goes well with their famous fried chicken and other side dishes too. It’s definitely worth trying.

Address: 5, Jalan SS21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The restaurant is open daily:  7am – 8pm; 7am – 6 pm on Sunday & Public Holiday.

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