Chuckler Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 This is off topic, so there's some chance that my thread will be deleted, but I had to ask: has anyone got good recommendations for a restaurant/cafe/bistro in KL, preferably near KLCC? If so, I'd love to hear about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) Not too far from KLCC - There are some decent restaurants in Bukit Bintang - French - Le Bouchez (I think), and a good Italian up the hill a little. Star Hill Shopping gallery (KL's equivalent of Gaysorn Plaza but bigger) has some good eateries in the basement. For the Visa Runners with a few hours - day to kill: Bukit Bintang is also a reasonable shopping area... Sun Gai Wang Plaza is KL's answer to MBK... KLCC area is a rather slack... Edited August 12, 2008 by richard_smith237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I like Sungei Wang because that's where the cute ethnic Chinese Malaysian girls go and dress sexy and show off skin... Not "all covered up" like the rest of the Malaysians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I like Sungei Wang because that's where the cute ethnic Chinese Malaysian girls go and dress sexy and show off skin... Not "all covered up" like the rest of the Malaysians. Well the Malay Malaysian woman I knew quite well "dressed sexy and shoed skin" and she liked a glass of wine or two and she was Muslim, obviously not devout, so don't generalise. To the OP. The food courts in Suria KLCC are crap as are most in that area. As said above get yourself over to Jalan Bukit Bintang are around the intersection with Jalan Sultan Ismail. If you head down Bukit Bintang away from the Maccy Dees you'll come across a small road Jalan Changkat Bukit Bintang (KFC on corner). Turn down there and about 100 metres or so, just as it starts to run down hill, there is a pretty good Thai restaurant if you don't fancy curry or any of the other foods. Whatever you do avoid either of the two Ship restaurants "The Best Steak in Town" as they are utter <deleted>. KL is a great city with lots to offer if you have time to hunt them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I like Sungei Wang because that's where the cute ethnic Chinese Malaysian girls go and dress sexy and show off skin... Not "all covered up" like the rest of the Malaysians. Well the Malay Malaysian woman I knew quite well "dressed sexy and shoed skin" and she liked a glass of wine or two and she was Muslim, obviously not devout, so don't generalise. Gee why didn't I think about that? And while we're at it: Don't say Thais have a hard time in English coz there are some who speak English well. That'd be generalizing! Don't say Americans are more confrontational than Asians, coz I know some Asians who are confrontational and Americans who are not. I'd be generalizing! Don't say that... (List goes on and on, yea?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Every day we should strive to learn something new. Think yourself lucky you have achieved that goal already today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Every day we should strive to learn something new. Think yourself lucky you have achieved that goal already today. Oh and not only that... I'm even more lucky... nay, the word should be "blessed", to meet such an enlightened one like you oh guru Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I'm in KL right now and one thing to look forward to here, which I have never had in Thailand, is the McDonald's Quarter Pounder. (To McD bashers: Okay, okay! We know you have sophisticated tastes. Happy? ) Nestle Ice cream in 7-11 also has an excellent Ice Cream Bar called "Trophy". The chocolate is very thick and the ice cream is very creamy... almost like a Haagen Dasz and it's only 20 Baht (2 MYR)! Nestle Trophy is also available in Bangkok but for some reason, it sucks! (Chocolate is thin, tastless, and ice cream is thin as well). There are many low-end restaurants right off the main roads (not on the main roads themselves) with really good lamb/chicken curry, etc for about 70 baht; similar to what you'd find deep inside Nana for 150-200 baht; much cheaper in KL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) Latest update for KL foodtrip: Very near the embassy (about 1 km down the road on Ampang) is the Roadhouse Grill (charbroiled steaks). I had the sizzling mixed platter of beef, chicken, and lamb with baked potato for about 550 baht, 600 baht including my coke. Not superb but not bad either. Certainly wouldn't be that cheap in Bkk for the same thing. *** On a narrow street parallel to Bukit Bintang, somewhere behind Low Yat plaza and Sungei Wang, are Chinese food laid out to choose and order at a very low price. You can eat either on the street or inside their cheap restaurant, your choice. I had sweet'n'sour pork, lemon chicken, morning glory with garlic, stir fried noodles, salted fish fried rice, and a diet pepsi... all for 145 baht. In Thailand, for that selection of (cantonese) chinese food, you'd have to sit down and order in a semi-pricey restaurant and spend about 150 baht PER dish. Thai-chinese food is available on the street in yaowarat and the like; but aside from duck noodles, the thai-chinese food is just that... thai-chinese. Not the yummy cantonese food like sweet-sour pork and lemon chicken, etc. that we can eat in Panda Express in the States. *Okay Hongkies, maybe it's not "authentic" cantonese food; but I must've heard it somewhere that this type of chinese cuisine is cantonese inspired... ? Unlike thai-chinese food which is taichew inspired...? Enjoy yourself in KL when you do go... Edited August 21, 2008 by junkofdavid2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chivo Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 if you like lebanese food, Tarbush is great. also Crystal Jade if you like chinese dumplings... my 2 favourites in KL. i dont care for malay food much, they put some shrimp/dried clam paste in everything....awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singa-traz Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Oversea restaurant was a favorite place (Chinese). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I find the food in KL particularly uninspiring but did have a couple of really good (and expensive) meals at the Renaissance hotel (some of the best Chinese food I ever had) and at the Crowne Plaza (Japanese). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbeer Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 u really need to hang out with malaysians to enjoy malaysian food! if thats what you are looking for. must be the best cuisine of all throughout South East Asia IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 the street where you can sit outside and order good Chinese food is called Jalan Alor and it's behind Sugai Wang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenman Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 preferably near KLCC? Pelita has good nasi kandar, about a five minute walk on Jln Ampang from KLCC (heading towards Ampang Park). As mentioned above, Jln Alor in the evening for Chinese food. Tarbush on Bukit Bintang for great Lebanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefball Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 preferably near KLCC? Pelita has good nasi kandar, about a five minute walk on Jln Ampang from KLCC (heading towards Ampang Park). As mentioned above, Jln Alor in the evening for Chinese food. Tarbush on Bukit Bintang for great Lebanese. U can't miss the Pelita's "ayam madu" (honey chicken),one of the best malay dish i ever had as for chinese food u really need to go with the local msian,they know all the hidden gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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