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Welcome to
Kuala Lumpur
Imagine a city, its skyline punctuated by minarets, Mogul domes and skyscrapers, its colourful, food-stall-lined streets shaded by banyan and rain trees.
This is Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysias sultry capital, packed with historic monuments, steel-clad skyscrapers, lush parks, megasized shopping malls, bustling street markets and trendy nightspots. Also an essential part of the vibrant mix are incense-wreathed, colourfully adorned mosques and temples of the countrys Malay, Chinese and Indian communities. A reverence for these ancient cultures is balanced with a drive to be plugged into the contemporary world, as evidenced by an exciting contemporary art and design scene and a buzzing digital economy.
Todays KLites are separated by barely a handful of generations from the tenacious Chinese and Malay tin prospectors who founded the city. By the time the British made it the capital of Peninsular Malaysia in the late 19th century, KL had only been in existence for a couple of decades.
Since then, the city has been the scene of history-defining moments for Malaysia. Stadium Merdeka was where, in 1957, the countrys first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman punched his fist seven times in the air and declared independence. And the Petronas Towers were officially the tallest buildings in the world when they opened in 1998.
Reach for the sky by all means, but also keep a close eye on whats happening closer to the ground. To fully connect with locals, join them in two of their favourite pastimes: shopping and eating. Malaysian consumer culture achieves its zenith in KL, where you could spend all day browsing glitzy air-conditioned malls such as Pavilion KL and Mid Valley Megamall in search of bargains. Alternatively, explore Central Market for locally made souvenirs, then dive into the culinary melting pots of nearby Chinatown or Masjid India.
It wont take you long to realise, despite the heat, this is a city best explored on foot. Walk and you can catch all the action and save yourself the frustration of becoming entangled in one of KLs all-too-frequent traffic jams. To tackle this problem, a new mass rapid transit (MRT) system is under construction. Soaring property values are also causing characterful old buildings to be torn down and replaced with bland new towers. Such disruptions aside, parts of KL retain the laid-back ambience and jungle lushness of the kampung (village) it once was.
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By Simon Richmond, Author
In KL, its all about the food this city offers a mouth-watering mix of Asian culinary traditions. Start with a breakfast of fresh popiah and congee at Imbi Market, seguing into a snack of freshly made roti and spicy chicken curry at Jln Belfields SS Spicy Food stalls. Move onto Chinatown for a must-have bowl of asam laksa on Madras Lane. Save room for afternoon tea somewhere nice (Majestic Hotel fits the bill) and for supper on Jln Alor the perfect end to a KL dining day.
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White tablecloths? Snooty waiters? A roof? No need to bother with all that! In KL some of your best dining experiences will happen on the street. Freshly cooked meals served from mobile carts, stalls and shophouse kopitiam (coffee shops) are the way to go. Jln Alor is the citys most famous eats street, jammed with alfresco tables. The atmosphere and food is good here but prices will be higher than at more locally patronised hawker gourmet destinations such as Lucky Gardens, Imbi Market or the street stalls scattered around Brickfields.
Eating
Its impossible to resist the magnetic allure of the Petronas Towers: the 452m-high structure is beautiful to look at, as well as being the embodiment of Malaysias transformation into a fully developed nation. Designed by architect Cesar Pelli, this glistening, steel-wrapped structure is the focal point of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), a 40-hectare development that also includes an imaginatively designed tropical park, a fun aquarium, an excellent kids museum, a world-class concert hall and one of KLs best shopping malls.
Golden Triangle & KLCC
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Come for the air- conditioning, stay for the designer bargains! The roll call of brands in malls Pavilion KL, Suria KLCC and Publika will impress even the most sophisticated of shoppers. Refreshments are never far away, with masses of restaurants and excellent food courts always part of the retail mix, along with everything from doctor-fish spas to luxurious multiplex cinemas and karaoke rooms. Its the unexpected finds the feng shui stores, art galleries and Hindu temples that really set these malls apart.
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