Bragging Brats: Central Market and Petaling Street

If you are wondering where to buy souvenirs that is truly made in Malaysia,then Central Market should be the right place.It was built in 1888. Now it has been classified as a Heritage Site by the Malaysian Heritage Society and landmark for Malaysian culture and heritage. Central Market is located along Jalan Hang Kasturi, just a few minutes walk from "Pasar Seni"Putra Lrt station. It is very convenient for tourist or locals to go there.

Main Entrance of Central Market

It is also the hailed as one of the main tourist attractions in metropolitan KL and for good reason. This is because all the souvenirs or Malaysia products sold there are at a reasonable price. We all know that Malaysia is a multi race country, at Central Market we can find so many different varieties of products or souvenirs from different cultural.

Goods sold at Central Market

Central Market has different zones to categorise the different areas. Such as,Lorong Melayu, Lorong Cina, Lorong India, Jonker Street and also Blue Mansion.Lorong Melayu is to denote all things Malay sold along this lane, and so forth.Jonker Street, which is named after the famous street in Malacca, describes the Baba-Nyonya inspired architecture constructed.While Blue Mansion is named after the heritage building in Penang denotes the antique trove of treasures.

Examples of good that are sold there are handicrafts, art, kebaya, songket, batik and best Malaysian made batik items ranging from clothes,shoes, bags to home finishing.

View of Lorong Melayu

View of Lorong Cina

View of Lorong India

Batik and Handicrafts at Central Market

To improve the and upgrade facilities in Central Market, the management has include many varieties of food and beverage outlet for tourists and local shoppers to dine.

Central Market Food Court

Not to forget is the colorful Malaysian Traditional Cultural and Arts events that are held at the Central Market Outdoor Stage to celebrate the festive season together with all the citizens in Malaysia.

View of Central Market Outdoor Stage

After walking at Central Market, next stop would be Petaling Street or also known as Chinatown. One can reach within few minutes walking distance. Petaling Street is famous as a vibrant marketplace for Chinese-centric goods such as medicines and herbs to more contemporary items like fashion accessories and electronic products.Petaling Street is located at the centre of Kuala Lumpur.

Main Entrance of Petaling Street

Its is also very convenient because there are bus station and train station within walking distance.Basically if you are a shopaholic, Chinatown is the best place for you. Many tourists says that this place is a shoppers heaven. This is all because there are chock-full of shops selling goods. Most of them are selling imitation of branded goods such as clothes, bags, watches and many more. The quality may not be as good as the original, but when someone saw you with a branded bag, who knows it is fake or not. So remember to bargain with the sales person on the price because some imitation goods are not worth the selling price.There are many locals who wants to use branded goods, but just cannot afford it ,they will come here to buy imitation ones.

imitation goods

Besides that, Petaling Street also have lots of delicious food to try. For example are the famous Hokkien Noodle and another stall's famous drink named "Air Mata Kucing''. Many local and tourist are willing to wait just to have a taste of the drinks and foods.