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Food scene
Changkat Bukit Bintang is the city’s go-to hotspot for after-hours entertainment. An avenue on which a large number of KL’s most popular bars and restaurants can be found, it is a trendy place that is great for pub crawling. It is actually located just behind Jalan Bukit Bintang, so it's very easy to get to – particularly if you are staying in the Golden Triangle area. It can get very busy here, especially at weekends and public holidays.
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Changkat Bukit Bintang
Changkat Bukit BintangChangkat Bukit Bintang is the city’s go-to hotspot for after-hours entertainment. An avenue on which a large number of KL’s most popular bars and restaurants can be found, it is a trendy place that is great for pub crawling. It is actually located just behind Jalan Bukit Bintang, so it's very easy to get to – particularly if you are staying in the Golden Triangle area. It can get very busy here, especially at weekends and public holidays.
Called the cultural heart of the city’s local cuisine, Jalan Alor is one of the most famous roads in Kuala Lumpur for food. Located just behind Jalan Bukit Bintang, it is basically a strip of atmospheric air-conditioned Chinese seafood restaurants, with a row of hawker stalls set up on the five-foot walkway on both sides and plastic tables and chairs spilling out onto the road.
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Jalan Alor
亚罗街Called the cultural heart of the city’s local cuisine, Jalan Alor is one of the most famous roads in Kuala Lumpur for food. Located just behind Jalan Bukit Bintang, it is basically a strip of atmospheric air-conditioned Chinese seafood restaurants, with a row of hawker stalls set up on the five-foot walkway on both sides and plastic tables and chairs spilling out onto the road.
As many tourists find out, Malaysia has a proud but perhaps underappreciated culinary heritage and once you get a taste of the country’s diverse cuisine, you will find yourself wishing you could recreate it back home. If this sounds like you, then the sleek Starhill Culinary Studio, located in Starhill Gallery along busy Jalan Bukit Bintang
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Starhill Gallery
As many tourists find out, Malaysia has a proud but perhaps underappreciated culinary heritage and once you get a taste of the country’s diverse cuisine, you will find yourself wishing you could recreate it back home. If this sounds like you, then the sleek Starhill Culinary Studio, located in Starhill Gallery along busy Jalan Bukit Bintang
At the heart of Kuala Lumpur is an area that never sleeps, and far more colourful and bustling than its bigger and more glamourous neighbours, KLCC & Bukit Bintang. Chinatown, based in Petaling Street, is also known as 'Chee Cheong Kai' (Starch Factory Street), a reference to its roots as a tapioca-producing district. Deeply immersed in Oriental culture, heritage, and history, Chinatown is undoubtedly one of the most popular tourist spots in Malaysia.
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Chinatown Kuala Lumpur
At the heart of Kuala Lumpur is an area that never sleeps, and far more colourful and bustling than its bigger and more glamourous neighbours, KLCC & Bukit Bintang. Chinatown, based in Petaling Street, is also known as 'Chee Cheong Kai' (Starch Factory Street), a reference to its roots as a tapioca-producing district. Deeply immersed in Oriental culture, heritage, and history, Chinatown is undoubtedly one of the most popular tourist spots in Malaysia.
Sightseeing
Berjaya Times Square is a 48-storey twin-tower complex that spans the lengthy Jalan Imbi boulevard. Currently the fifth largest building in the world, it has over 1,000 retail stores and 65 food outlets. First opened in 2003, adjacent to the 700,000sqm mall is the four-star Berjaya Times Square Hotel – a high-rise venture with 650 rooms, a pool, gym, sauna room, roof-top garden and squash courts.
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Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square is a 48-storey twin-tower complex that spans the lengthy Jalan Imbi boulevard. Currently the fifth largest building in the world, it has over 1,000 retail stores and 65 food outlets. First opened in 2003, adjacent to the 700,000sqm mall is the four-star Berjaya Times Square Hotel – a high-rise venture with 650 rooms, a pool, gym, sauna room, roof-top garden and squash courts.
Along with the Petronas Twin Towers, Menara KL is easily Malaysia’s most recognizable and popular landmark. Constructed in 1994, the tower stands at 421 metres and effortlessly trumps the PETRONAS Twin Towers for height with a viewing deck that is, at 276 metres, at least 100 metres higher than the Twin Towers’ Skybridge. Currently the 18th-tallest freestanding structure in the world, Menara KL plays host to a revolving restaurant, Atmosphere 360.
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Menara Kuala Lumpur
Off Jalan P. RamleeAlong with the Petronas Twin Towers, Menara KL is easily Malaysia’s most recognizable and popular landmark. Constructed in 1994, the tower stands at 421 metres and effortlessly trumps the PETRONAS Twin Towers for height with a viewing deck that is, at 276 metres, at least 100 metres higher than the Twin Towers’ Skybridge. Currently the 18th-tallest freestanding structure in the world, Menara KL plays host to a revolving restaurant, Atmosphere 360.
The focus for the city’s artistic community, Central Market is a Kuala Lumpur cultural landmark, just a short walk away from Petaling Street, along Jalan Hang Kasturi. Also called Pasar Seni, it was built in 1928 and used to be a simple wet market, until the early 1980s when it was revamped into a handicrafts outlet. Inside the building is a warren of boutiques, handicraft and souvenir stalls with traders selling local merchandise such as authentic Malaysian batik prints and more.
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Central Market
The focus for the city’s artistic community, Central Market is a Kuala Lumpur cultural landmark, just a short walk away from Petaling Street, along Jalan Hang Kasturi. Also called Pasar Seni, it was built in 1928 and used to be a simple wet market, until the early 1980s when it was revamped into a handicrafts outlet. Inside the building is a warren of boutiques, handicraft and souvenir stalls with traders selling local merchandise such as authentic Malaysian batik prints and more.
Formerly known as Bucket Weld Forest Reserve, Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve is one of the oldest permanent forest reserves in the country. A welcome bit of lush greenery in the middle of a bustling metropolis, the 100-year-old forest reserve covers an area of approximately 11 hectares and is the only remaining tropical rainforest in the heart of the city.
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Bukit Nanas
Formerly known as Bucket Weld Forest Reserve, Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve is one of the oldest permanent forest reserves in the country. A welcome bit of lush greenery in the middle of a bustling metropolis, the 100-year-old forest reserve covers an area of approximately 11 hectares and is the only remaining tropical rainforest in the heart of the city.