Cool KL bars, fine dining, nightclubs, music lounges and throbbing dance floors. And the Kuala Lumpur nightlife throb pulls in locals as well as visiting pin-stripers, its full-throttle crescendo during the March F1 race period. Days can be devoted to food for KL serves everything from the lightest, savoury kuehs cakes to the silkiest curries round the clock.
It's 7am at a small gerai street hawker on an obscure lane downtown โ umbrellas have been popped open, stalls set up, simple round tables and plastic stools laid down and all manner of cooking is furiously underway. By nightfall, countless woks would have been stirred and umpteen bowls of noodles and curries dished out to hordes of hungry people.
A plate of nasi lemak a combo of coconut rice, spiced anchovy, chilli relish and condiments served at a street-side stall can surpass the best eating that five-star hotels can offer. KL street food is cheap too. Kopitiams coffee shops and hawker stalls are icons where owners know their customers by name and tastes.
Their service, intimate and personalised, while their dishes are packed with flair. Breakfast is an all day affair at the legendary Yut Kee tel: [] , one of the city's oldest kopitiams. Though having moved premises after 86 years, Yut Kee still packs in the charm.
Gone are the faded tiles, straight-backed wooden chairs and marble-top tables. This unassuming stall with its age-old wooden stove, manned by a husband and wife team, has achieved a certain notoriety for its smooth-as-silk rice noodles. The layers of rice flour rolls are packed with chopped spring onions and tiny bits of dried prawns.
