Kuala Lumpur: Tuesday 15th May 2018

Today I had booked a food tour with a local guide.  It was originally going to be an evening tour but he asked to move it to earlier in the day so we met him at 11am at our hotel.  We made our way to Kampung Baru, a traditional Malay village in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. The area is a mixture of old wooden houses, food stalls and simple shops and is known for its traditional food.  

Our first stop was to try a different version of Nasi Lemak which we tried yesterday.  It was from a very basic restaurant where they served the food out of tubs and somewhere we would never of tried on our own! We tried two plates between us - one with cockles and the other with dried soya beans and it was very nice.

We walked round the area trying a number of different foods from the stalls, and then walked through a wet market where the locals buy their food, and tasted a number of different fruits along the way.

By this time we were stuffed but our guide wanted us to move on to Chinatown to try some more food. We had a walk around but only tried the Chinese pancakes before we had to give up as we were fit to burst!

It was a good day, but we all agreed we preferred yesterday’s tour more although we did get the opportunity to try some more local food.


In the evening we went to a bar that was on a helipad! As you can imagine it is a popular spot and when we arrived there we no seats available so we just stood and admired the view whilst we had our drinks.  Then one of the waiters come over to say they had a table for us on the other side but when we went there we could only find a reserved table available which was right in front of the twin towers (so pretty much the best seat in the house). He then told us we could sit there!  Talk about lucky - we think it was the ‘olds effect’ because mum and dad were the oldest there so we think they took pity on them standing - not that we are complaining!