The Famous ChinaTown's Petaling Street In Malaysia

What's actually famous in Malaysia? What's actually really attractive about Malaysia?

Forget about all the fancy high class places, fancy decor or fancy stores.
The most exciting food and shopping place in Malaysia is found on the street.

You won't find fancy decor, mood lighting or crisp tablecloths. It's purely about the food. 

Food cooked in a furious fashion, served on plastic plates, and eaten whilst standing, 

or  if you're lucky perched on a plastic stool that teeters precariously on the side of the road.

In Kuala Lumpur you'll find a famous street- The ChinaTown's Petaling Street.
A wide and long shopping street of food stalls and open air restaurants by day and night.

Aunty frying " Kuew Teow" mee with the air of thick with charcoal smoke,
men fan away at satay grills of chicken and beef.

Locals inspecting rambutan and mangosteen tied together with plastic twine, 

diners at rickety plastic tables spilling their way across the street, 

and an occasional car slowly and cautiously go its way through the tide of people.

Here is the famous street- Petaling Street.

 Here is the bus stop who normally people stop here to get to Petaling Street.

ChinaTown's Petaling Street is actually served by a good public transportation.

There are plenty of train stations nearby here, you can either take the LRT or KTM or Monorail

to reach all within a walking distance or taking bus.

As mentioned, forget about all the fancy decor,

here is a really old noodles store served by plastic plates and tables.

I actually love this kind of different feeling.

These are the store and workers that they survive them with a business everyday.

Forget about eating gentlely, gradually, slowly, beautifully or whatever we used to do be.

Now is the day and time for yourself to be different!

Eat whatever look you want to, as long as you happy, comfort and enjoy the food!

No one is looking at you! You are just like a free bird!

This is my always favorite! - Apam Balik

80 sen per piece. Very cheap and delicious. 

1 thing that different from the street is, there's no outlook for the food, but only taste.

The look of the food really not good at all, but the taste of the food really yummy!

So who cares?

Back in the olden days when Malaysia was still known as ‘Tanah Melayu’ or Malaya, 

the Chinese had come to this country to work at the tin mines.

However, during the Selangor Civil War, the tin mines were temporarily abandoned.

The Chinese returned after the war, only to find the mines flooded. 

Yap Ah Loy, an influential Chinese figure back then, had opened a tapioca mill 

on Petaling Street in his bid to persuade the Chinese to stay on. 

To this day, Petaling Street is sometimes called ‘Chee Cheong Kai’, meaning ‘Starch Factory Street’

in Cantonese, referring to its history as the centre for the production of tapioca flour back then.

Since then, Petaling Street has been given a facelift.

Gone are the patchy roads, broken pavements and colourful umbrellas

attached to wooden pushcarts lining the street on both sides.
( History of China Town's Petaling Street)

A green awning covers the length of the street,

acting as a roof to shield vendors and shoppers from the heat and the rain.

An Oriental-style archway with the words ‘Jalan Petaling/Petaling Street

’ spelled out in gold letters greets visitors at its main entrance.

Soya Bean for RM 1.30 per cup! Very very tasty and healthy!

For shoppers who are looking for cheap and cheerful ‘branded’ goods,

Petaling Street will be their first stop as it offers not only variety but
also value for money as the prices can be bargaining for any items.

You can even get "branded" goods, fake branded
like GUCCI, LouisVuitton, Channel with only 20 bucks or less than each.

 Everything can be find really very low price here compare to other places.

Must always emember, most of the items sold here will first bear a higher marked price,

so don’t be afraid to bid lower, and feel free to shop around The ChinaTown's Petaling Street.

It is the culture here and you will find it interesting.