Petaling Street is the
center of Kuala Lumpur's original Chinatown.
It's the place that
never sleeps. Adventurous visitors should not miss a walk on
Petaling Street.
Even in daytime you have great bargains. Petaling Street is not
open for the traffic. It is a great place for locals to get some goods at bargain
prices and certainly an eye-opening experience for tourists.
Chinatown has a bustling market
serving as a bargain hunter's paradise and one of the premier shopping areas in
the city with its distinctly oriental atmosphere.
If you're looking for cheap clothes, fabrics, souvenirs, electronic items, watches,
DVDs, CDs and more? Then Petaling Street is the place for you. It is easy getting to
Petaling Street. Take a taxi, but also numerous bus companies service the area.
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Petaling Street is particularly famous for its all-day
parade of stalls, that sell imitation goods of all sorts, like: wallets,
handbags, t-shirts, watches, shoes and many other things.
You can buy imitation goods of Rolex, Seiko, Cartier, Christian
Dior, Adidas, Nike, Calvin Klein, Armani, Gucci, Prada, D&G,
Louis Vuitton.
Bargaining here is an absolute must. Bargain hard! It's
the ideal place to test your bargaining skills.
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The area attracts many locals
and visitors in search of bargain items, including inexpensive dresses,
sunglasses, shoes,
fabrics and souvenirs.
You can get anything from food to bags and
sunglasses to handicrafts all along Petaling Street.
The police is taking action against the
illegal cd's and dvd's. I think the copying is done in Malaysia.
The selling
of these illegal cd's and dvd's is also in Petaling Street. I don't know, how
it works, but................ the salesmen get a phone call, that the police
is coming in a quarter of an hour.
In a few minutes they break up and the
van is loaded and of they go. Then the police arrives and find no cd or dvd
on the market. I think their informant must in or near the police station.
Be warned though that it can get rather crowded sometimes.
You should be
prepared to sweat it out.
The crowd and the noise are really part
of the fun of visiting Petaling Street. Without these, it just wouldn’t be
right.
Chinatown is also known for its jewellery shops
with their fascinating variety of fine jewellery items beautifully crafted in
gold and set with priceless gemstones.
You can also have a look out for Chinese
pharmacies,
that sell ginseng and all sort of traditional remedies for all sorts of
ailments.
There are many restaurants with a lot of delicious choices to choose from. Some
of the restaurants here have been operating for generations! We're sure, your
dinner is fantastic.
Look out for Yook
Woo Hin restaurant on Petaling Street. It is one the longest surviving
family-run food places in KL.
Expect queues, shouting and fantastic food.