Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is gonna sharing 👩🏻💻📝 her recent visit with media friends to Petaling Street aka Chinatown ⛩ in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia 🇲🇾
Chinatown ⛩ was founded since 1857 with its expanded inhabitants population, the Chinese community 👭👬👫 around the commercial centre around Petaling Street. Petaling Street or famously called in Cantonese dialect “Chee Cheong Kai” is a bazaar with a wide selections of food stalls 🥘🍛🍜 & souvenirs 🛒🛍🎁 stalls. Most of the stalls operate from 🔟am till late night 🌃🌌
She 👩🏻 used to have her secondary after school tuition 📖✍🏻 at this area back then. She has recalled some of her old memories 💭 , especially her favourite iced longan drink 🥤 & fresh tau foo fa aka douhua with soya milk 🥛 stalls
Her mama 👵🏻 used to drop by the fried chesnuts 🌰 stall to pack for her grandma 🧓🏻 before her whole family 👭👫👬 was travelling back 🚘🚗 to her mama🧓🏻’s hometown for festive celebration 🎉🎊
Also her grandma 🧓🏻 loves ❤️ to wear the wooden clogs 👡 木屐, she wore as normal sandals, not just for toilet 🚽 though. She still recalled she loves ❤️ to wear, walk 🚶🏻♀️around & play with her grandma 🧓🏻 wooden clogs 👡 when she was a kid 🧒🏻 Just because of the clogs 👡 sound hitting on the ground 👣 “kick kok….kick kok…” Ha…Ha…😂🤣😆
So, what & where 📍📍the destinations she would love to share about❓⁉️
You may check out her live updates 📌via main tweets thread for more details☺️
Petaling Street Heritage House 茨廠街 鄉音館
It’s a 2️⃣-storey shophouse with a cafe (downstairs) 🍽 cum heritage gallery 🖼 (upstairs) with all its retro collections e.g. an ancient portable phonograph that still working well which were all gathered & contributed by the Petaling Street residents👭👬👫
The cafe 🍽 is serving both Cantonese & Hakka dishes, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has yet to dine in 🍽 here, will visit again for sure 😃
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has read 📖 about its great heritage & cultures efforts from the local newspapers 📰🗞before her 1️⃣st visit via,
🌐 https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/jom/2018/04/361854/love-chinese-opera
Definitely a must visit & highly recommended 👆🏻for history, heritage cum cultures lovers to learn more about Petaling Street as well as the Chinese dialects opera in Malaysia 🇲🇾
Free 🆓 admission 🎟 even though you are not dining in the cafe 🍽
In particular, she loves ❤️ the back stage set up of the opera at 2️⃣nd floor of this cafe 🍽
Sometimes there will be opera shows/ workshops/ events organised, do join to support this NGO if you are available 🤗😃
Really wish this heritage sustainable will gain better ⬆️ supports 💪🏻🙌🏻 from the local community👭👫👬
Address📍: No. 196, Jalan Tun H.S. Lee, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
Operation hours🕚: 11am to 9pm daily, closed every Monday
FB: https://www.facebook.com/petalingstreet.heritagehouse/
Lost In Chinatown Gallery
This is the 1️⃣st Malaysia🇲🇾’s cultural maze, oppsss…Would you get lost 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️ during your visit❓⁉️
Also it’s a 2️⃣-storey shophose with a RM20 each ladies fashion 👚👖👗👘 boutique downstairs while the gallery is located upstairs 😄
Ohh ya….Don’t forget to capture a photo 📸 with Bruce Lee figure at its main entrance ya 😉
Guess what❓⁉️
You literally will get lost 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♂️ during the gallery visit. It’s like a maze where its guests 👭👫👬may end up in a same spot or unable to find the exit. Ha…Ha…🤣😆
She loves ❤️ the great collections of Malaysian food lovers 😋🤤 as well as Malaysia 🇲🇾 ‘s famous tourist destinations 📍📍
Do capture a photo 📸 with the biggest abacus 🔢 in KL, Malaysia 🇲🇾 as it’s hidden in this gallery ya 😲
You will have a good laugh 😂😆 at the Top 20 Manglish words used in KL / nationwide Malaysia too 🇲🇾
Free 🆓 admission 🎟, so why not pay it a visit to learn more about Malaysia 🇲🇾
If you’re visiting it with friends👭👬👫, do join the treasure hunt & win some prizes 🎁🎁
Address📍: No. 22, Jalan Petaling, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
Operation hours🕙: 10am to 10pm daily
Website🌐: https://www.lostinchinatownkl.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lostinchinatown/
There are plenty of mirrors around the photos 📸 gallery where you can selfie/ wefie 🤳 with family members or friends 👭👫👬
Do enjoy selfie 🤳 during your solo visit ya 😊
Merchant’s Lane 美真林 Cafe
Finally had a chance to dine in 🍽 this beautiful 😍🤩 instagram worthy cafe & met 1️⃣ of the founder, Ken 🙋🏻♂️ for a humble chat 🗣👥👤 about his journey of transitioning from finance expertise to food & beverages industry 😃
Most of the dishes & dish names served in this cafe are from Ken’s 🙋🏻♂️ creative ideas💡
It’s located at the 2️⃣nd floor, so if you’re not paying attention to its staircase with its cafe signage, you may not find it 😬
Ha…Ha…Ken 🙋🏻♂️ told that he is just too lazy to put up a big cafe signage, anyway his cafe still very crowded 👭👬👫, people still able to find it 😁
Guess what❓⁉️
This cafe also served yummy delicious 😋🤤 foods, beverages & desserts with creative names, no wonder so famous & crowded ya 👭👫👬
All happy satisfied dining in here 🍽😋😃
She was holding a dessert 🍮 named “Better Than Sex” ~ Pandan 💚 flavour roti jala served with kaya toast ice cream 🍦🍨 & topped with sliced almonds, strawberries 🍓 & Gula Melaka 😋🤤
Ken 🙋🏻♂️ has shared that because of this wall with tree 🌳 roots that his partners & himself 🙋🏻♂️ decided to rent this place📍to start this café
The cafe interior was a decision between Ken 🙋🏻♂️ & the interior designer, he never thought that it’s now so famous as instagram worthy 😍🤩
He 🙋🏻♂️ jokes that he still not undestand 🤔 & always wondering why ❓⁉️ some of his cafe guests 👭👬👫 can really spend hours/ whole day dine in 🍽 & to capture photos 📸 in his cafe
A group photo 📸 with this cafe signage after the dining too 🍽
Address📍: No. 150, Jalan Petaling, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
Operation hours🕤: 9.30am (weekends), 11.30am (weekdays) to 10pm daily, closed Wednesday
FB: https://www.facebook.com/merchantslane/
New 🆕 Express Style Hotel 🏢 ~ Pacific Express Hotel Chinatown
Hmm…Express style hotel 🏢 aims to offering standard amenities lean toward the convenient & practical, it specially caters for business travelers & short-term stays at a reasonable price 💰
She had a cosy comfy 1️⃣st express style hotel stay 🏢🛏🚿🚽 with her media friends 👭👫👬at this newly 🆕 launched (since early Oct 2018) hotel named Pacific Express Hotel Chinatown 🏢
She was checked-in 🔑 to a Premier Family Suite (4️⃣ pax) superb early 🔑🚪@ 1.30am after her Redang Island 🌴 🏖🏝 trip to join her media friends 👭👭
Guess what❓⁉️
Her Grab driver 🚖🚕 has sent her to the nearby named Pacific Express Hotel 🏢 Central Market instead. This is because this hotel 🏢 just 2️⃣ weeks old during her stay🛏🛋🚿🚽, too new 🆕 & yet to be updated with its address📍in the Grab app 📲 She has shared her experience with the hotel management 👨🏻💼👩🏻💼 so that they will connect with Grab to update its hotel address📍into the app 📲 to offer greater convenience to its hotel guests then 👬👭👫
1️⃣st impression when she got on the bed 🛏 to catch up her sleep 💤😴 , she loves ❤️ the light & soft blanket, an energised rest for sure 😌
She was impressed with its go green 💚 & sustainable initiative 👍🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 by setting up iron board & water 💦💧 dispenser at each floor for its hotel guests 👭👫👬, it definitely reduce ⬇️ electricity 🔌 & plastic wastage, bravo‼️👏🏻
The above 2️⃣ tourist destinations 📍📍 shared are both within walking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️ distance from this hotel 🏢
It’s very convenient to exploring around the KL city 🌆🏙 from this hotel 🏢 with the free 🆓 GOKL bus 🚌 service as right outside the hotel’s entrance 🏢 is 1️⃣ of the bus station named Kota Raya (Purple 💜 Line) 😀
Not to be missed‼️
Currently for the 1️⃣st 🔟 guests 👭👬👫 daily will enjoy the special rate of RM99, so grab it before this new 🆕 launch promotion ends ya ✌🏻
Do exploring for your express city stay ya 🤗
Address📍: Wisma Fui Chiu KL, No. 32 Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
Website🌐: https://www.facebook.com/PacificExpressCT/
FB: https://www.chinatownkl.com/
A group boomerang 📹🎥 with her media friends 👫👭👬 before checking out from the express stay here 👋🏻🏢
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