Lonely Planet book refers to it as "eat your way through Malaysia”. Already Singapore boosts great food, especially vegetarian food. My favorite was one Indian food stand in a nearby Hawkers centre.
Malaysia brings it all to a whole new level. I stayed in Chinatown and this is packed with footstalls. You can easily have a great meal for 1.5 euros. There was a vegetarian stand where at least 20 different type of vegetarian options are laid out in front of you. You are given a plate with a mountain of rice and then you add the rest yourself. It is totally ok to run to another stand and perhaps take some chicken curry sauce from there. Once you have sat down someone comes to check if you want something to drink. Later on you walk on the street and perhaps grab a quarter of mini pineapple on a stick for 20 cents. Ahh and these Mangosteens. Mangosteens are the best fruit in the world.
Besides culinary exploration, I went to a mosque. Checked out Petronas Towers from downstairs. Tried to sneak to the top, but with no avail. Paid the entrance to get to the top of the Kuala Lumpur tower (TV, radio tower) and checked the view from 335 metres towards the Petronas Towers that are some hundred meters taller.
I had a mission to buy a new camera and THE place to do it is a specific supermall for all electronics, Low Yat. The mall has some five floors packed with stalls and open shops. Fist two flows are filled with mobile and camera shops, upper three with laptops and computers. Mad. But there is no VAT to be paid, so an excellent place to gear up.
Last but not least where the people I met in KL. We had long discussions about long term travelling, the point of it and making it purposeful.
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