Chinatown and Petaling Street
- November 7, 2005
- Rated 2 of 5 by
jabela from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Things kick off here at about 6pm, and there's a myriad of stalls to choose merchandise from.
What surprised me about Petaling Street was the amount of cheap-food stalls. There's plenty of things to try, most of it of reasonable quality.
In terms of things to buy, there's a lot of cheap clothes, rip-off brands, and souvenirs. Frankly, it's a bit of a tourist trap.
Also, watch your purse, as this area is known for light-fingered fiends, and that applies in the LRT and bus station near here, and I wouldn't recommend being in this area late at night on your own.
Also, this is NOT the place to get the latest DVD, VCDs, and software. Go to Bukit Bintang instead.
From journal Around Kuala Lumpur
Chinatown night market
- February 27, 2002
- Rated 3 of 5 by
erasmus from Copenhagen, Denmark
The night market in Chinatown is one of the liveliest places in KL. At around 7 pm the shops start their business, and the entire length of Jalan Petaling turns into one big souvenir market selling everything from t-shirts to fake watches and sunglasses. The imitations are really quite good, and a "Rolex" watch bought here will last between 1/2 and 7 (and counting) years, provided you don't take the "water resistant down to 100 m" too seriously.
Don't forget to bargain hard when buying; pretty soon you will get a feeling what the market value of each type of merchandise is. Sometimes it pays to postpone your transactions till late in the evening (the market closes down between 10 and 11 pm), where succesfull vendors may be willing to cut their profit a little.
From journal Metropol with a friendly face