Tagged: Malaysia

Restaurant recommendations in Kuala Lumpur

Some notes from a visit to KL, focusing just on food:   Best Nasi Lemak (9 MYR): Village Park Restaurant, 5, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya Seafood dinner outdoors: Restoran Siu Siu, Lorong Syed Putra Kiri, Taman Persiaran Desa, 50460 Kuala Lumpur Hainanese coffee shop for breakfast: Yut Kee Restaurant, 1, Jalan...

Pulau Tioman: seafood!

While our journey to and from Pulau Tioman was not exactly relaxing, once we were there we had a great time. The island is beautiful and you really feel like your “away”. While our hotel was beautiful, we felt like we wanted to experience a bit more local kampung (village)...

Crossing into Johor for a football game

After our recent encounter with the fans of Johor Darul Ta’zim in Singapore and their invite to follow them to JDT’s next home game in Johor Bahru, we decided to check it out. JDT’s home turf is the Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium in Larkin (a suburb of Johor...

Pulau Tioman: How to get back

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back   After beautiful days on Pulau Tioman (more on that later), it was time to head back on Sunday morning. As written earlier, we only managed to get tickets...

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back So we made it to Mersing. Our ticket agent for the ferry told us to collect our tickets 1.5hrs before departure. We did not quite understand why but obliged...

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back Good Friday – long weekend in Singapore! Flights to just about anywhere except Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were outrageously expensive, so we settled on Pulau Tioman. Why not travel...

Kuala Lumpur: Bak Kuh Teh not too far from the city centre

A friend of ours was kind enough show us one of the better places to have Bah Kuh Teh in Kuala Lumpur. Apparently the very famous places are all further out, mostly in Klang (around 30km outside of KL). Without going into details, I think Wikipedia gives the best summary...

Kuala Lumpur: great, casual Indian food

Sunday morning we had a craving for Indian food. There is definitely no shortage of Indian food in KL, thanks to approx. 10% of the population being of Indian descent. We didn’t do any research, but instead just walked to Jalan Masjid India and tried to find a place there....