Date of Visit: Numerous – my local KL breakfast place
This post is for my friend who will be visiting KL next month with her family. She asked me about good local eats in KL, so I am recommending Restoran Win Heng Seng at the junction of Jalan Barat and Jalan Imbi, near Bukit Bintang in KLCC. It is close to the majors hotels e.g. Westin, JW Marriott, Ritz Carlton as well as Pavilion where I stay. This is also where I go for my local breakfast when I am in KL – total spend of under RM5 for a bowl of wonton noodles and a drink! Cheap!
How do one get there from Pavilion Mall…
Cross Jalan Bukit Bintang and walk into the street between the Sephora and Uniglo.
I am perplexed as how this funky deconstructive building received its development approval seeing that one of the sharp corners of the building pokes out into the pedestrian pavement. A wee bit dangerous, one would think, nevertheless, I am unperturbed since I like Sephora because they stock some niche make-up brands including Stella, Too Faced, Urban Decay, Kit, etc…
Keep walking until you reach the end of the street.
You will have arrived at Jalan Imbi when you see a green coloured corner lot in front of you. This is the restaurant. Take care to cross the busy road (the pedestrian lights do not work)
This cafe is as local as it can get – one can mingle with the taxi drivers, office workers, families alike.
There are many stalls selling a myriad of hawker foodstuffs from fried noodles, soup noodles, tofu, rice (including nasi lemak – Malay rice delicacy) and pastries. The local tea and coffees are very nice. I always order Kopi-C Kosong Ais – Iced coffee with evaporated milk, no sugar. Take care if you order Teh-tarik – Malay pulled milk tea which is extremely sweet!
I recommend sitting alfresco if you are early, before the sun gets too hot (around 7:30am – 8:30am) because it can get a bit stuffy and smoky from the woks inside the restaurant. You will be hassled by beggars, hawkers selling lottery tickets and charitable organisations seeking for donation – please check the charity workers’ ID tags since it is compulsory that they carry it!
I always have fish-skin wonton noodles soup. The wonton skins are made from fish paste and filled with minced pork. The soup base has ikan billis (anchovies), parsleys and bean sprouts – and a LOT of MSG! Very delicious, but still, don’t drink the broth!
There is also a stall selling mini pastries baked fresh on the premises – egg tarts (or princeling tarts), siew bao (pastry ball stuffed with BBQ meat), pineapple tarts, apple tarts, tuna pies, etc. This stall is apparently very popular among the locals. (Psst…they misused 1 Chinese character, since when is a tart=tower?)
After breakfast, it’s back to Pavilion Mall for window-shopping. The mall only opens at 10am though.
I reckon the Christmas decoration in Pavilion Mall is the best in KL! There are lots of activities, meaning it is very noisy which drives me KRAZY!
More furry friends on the top floor. Let’s be naughty – let’s give ’em a good rub to turn them black! OK, because we are adults, we say it’s for Good Luck then! 😝
I love looking at different Christmas decorations from around the world. So many Christmas trees at Pavilion Mall, I like the non-traditional ones at the entrance.
Yes, the cartoon charater was cute. There were a lot of people posing in front of it. I was there very early so I got the mascot all to myself! Christmas decorations in Asia are quite good since we don’t have snow, we make do with twinkling lights and christmas carols played on-repeat! 🙂
Mimi, you are soooooo sweet!! Million thanks to you!!! 😀
No worries Frieda! Hope u enjoy KL!