Delicacies 美食
Kim Lian Kee Hokkien Mee 金莲记福建面
Curry Puff 咖喱角
For curry-puff lover, you shouldn't miss out the curry puff selling at Petaling Street! It comes with two type of fillings, one with egg and another one without egg. The stalls is located in one of the back valleys of Petaling Street. To be more detail, the stall is located near at the end of a junction where there is a street of dried-meat shop.
Madam Tang’s
Mochi 麻芝
When you are walking along the centre of Petaling Street, you will probably hear a loud speaker. For those who is familiar with Petaling Street will know about this stall. The owner, Madam Tang has been running the Mochi business at Petaling Street for decades. Although she is in the age of retirement, It is remarkable that she still insists to continue on her business due to her passion and hunger for work. Sadly, no one wanted to take over the business as she mentioned that the younger generation would not favour such job and think the prospect of this business isn't great. With the current circumstances, if you happen to pass by this stall, do not miss out the chance to try out this unique Mochi while you can.
Koon Kee Wantan Mee 冠记云吞面
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The picture above is the Koon Kee Wantan Mee. It is one of the most famous delicacies of Petaling Street. Mr.Lee is the founder of this great recipe. In the year 1942, he started off his business by selling porridge and changed into a wantan mee business after the ending of World War II. The business showed promises and has expanded ever since then.
Hon Kee Porridge 汉记靓粥
If you happen to drop by Koon Kee Wantan Mee, you will notice a stall just next door called the Hon Kee Porridge. This stalls is famous for it porridge. Hon Kee started the business in the year 1942. This great recipe was originated from his ancestors in China. The businessturned out to be a renowned success.
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Longan Drink罗汉果
If you feel uncomfortable because of the scorching hot weather, grab a cup of iced Longan drink in the middle junction of the Petaling Street. The Longan drink was founded by the current owner's father, Mr Tan in the year 1977. His children took over the business after his retirement. Mr Tan insisted to maintain it's original great taste by always brewing this great drink himself. It is simply a nice drink that you shouldn't miss out.
Ah Fah's Tau Fu Far 豆腐花
Directly situated opposite of the Longan Drink stall, you can see a Tau Fu Far stall. It is another MUST-TRY in Petaling Street. The Tau Fu Far stall is famous for its soya bean and Tau Fu Far. The soya bean drink is concentrate in a way that you can taste thepcreamy soya within whereas the Tau Fu Fa has a very smooth texture. The mixture of this texture with Gula Melaka topping is just sensational!
Sun Gao Yu Beef Noodles 新九如牛肉面
If you are a beef lover, or looking for some nice beef noodles, then you should never miss out on the famous beef noodles in Petaling Street. It was founded by Mr. Guan in 1949 and the business was taken over by his son after his retirement. In the earlier days, Mr. Guan was selling beef noodles with his friends. After he got married, he opened a stall in Petaling Street and later upgraded to a bigger stall to accommodate more customers. His son, the current owner of the business is still using the traditional way his father taught him to serve beef noodles to the customers. This enabled him to preserve the original taste that the shop is famous for! Isn't it nice? :)
Chee Cheong Fun 中华巷猪肠粉
If you passed by Truly Lane, you should stop by and try the Chee Cheong Fun. This stall only serves Chee Cheong Fun without any ingredient like Yong Tau Fu. So, it is considered as a snack for those with big appetite.
Salted Duck 四眼仔鹹鴨
During the festive season, you might see some older generation citizens dropping by Petaling Street to buy salted duck for dinner at home. The stall is called 'Spectacles Salted Duck' (directly translate from Chinese, of course!). The stall was named like this because it was the nickname of the founder, Mr. Chong. The stall was then taken over by his pair of daughters. According to Mrs. Chong, the stall was selling sauced duck instead of salted duck at the first place. The idea of selling salted duck was out-of-mind as the founder himself used salt to provide flavour for the duck during the making process and the duck tasted better. Therefore, the stall started to sell salted duck from that time on.
Thinking of something sweet and cool during the hot weather? Then you will probably want to try the cendol located in Truly Lane. It is made by Chinese hawker so it is more Chinese style compared with the traditional cendol which is usually made by Indian hawker.
There are many others delicacies that can be found in Petaling Street. However, we are not able to try out all and share with you all at this moment. According to newspapers, magazines and media, there are lots of foods like fried potato balls, dried minced noodles, claypot lou shu fun, Portugese fried fish that can be found in Petaling Street. There consists of so many things else for you to explore! So, stop standing there and scrolling your smartphone!
Get a map and start the food adventure!
Tourist Attraction 旅游景点
Truly Lane 李林泰菜市场
The place mentioned above is called Jalan Tun HS Lee Market, previously named Truly Lane. The market was built in between the building, and has a total of 4 exits. The market was built to remember the people's representative that step up for the hawker's rights during the 19th century. You will be able to see 4 old clocks hanging in the middle of the market, but it is no longer functional and are considered as a historical item for the market.
Jian An Pharmacy 建安药行
Before World War II, Petaling Street was a place full of Chinese pharmacies. However, most of the pharmacies could not meet up with the changes of the modern society and was closed as time passed. Those who manage to change its business model were able to survive and Jian An Pharmacy was one of the successful results. The pharmacy was founded by the Wu's brothers at 1943. As more and more Chinese medicines being imported from China and more restrictions towards the pharmacies that time, most of the pharmacy failed to survive and was forced to wind up. The Wu's brothers foresee this coming and decided that only diversification could overcome this issue. From that time on, Jian An Pharmacy started to sell western medicine, provide Chinese therapies and so on to meet the changes. Now, the pharmacy provides not only Chinese medicine services but also western medicine services to the public.
Chai Huat Hin Dried Seafood Shop 再发兴海味店
Dried foodstuffs. This shop has been operating for the pass few decades and still running in a
traditional way of trading dried and canned foods. As you can see from the picture below,
the old uncle is using an abacus instead of a calculator. I believe this shop and
the old shopkeeper in the picture are quite recognisable now because there was
a story about this store been reported on last month SinChew newspaper's publication about the
history of Petaling Street.
Pak Tai Photo Shop is another ageing shop located at Petaling Street. It provides photo taking services for the people during the olden days. According to the founder, a lot of police members and traditional Chinese culture dancers came here to have their photo shooting done last time, and that era was their peak period for the business. However, as technology is getting more advanced, modern and digital photo shops took over their place in the market. Pak Tai Photo Shop is now suffering from the competition and the owner himself has admitted that he is going to close the shop as the photo shop could not catch up with the changes and no one is interested in taking over their business.
Yan Kee Studio 恩记唱片行
If you ask the older Chinese generation about the studio in Petaling Street, they will most probably mention about the Yan Kee Studio. It sells music cassettes and gramophone records at Petaling Street when music disc or online download was not invented during that time. Many people will come here to purchase their favourite artist music cassettes or gramophone record at that time as it was one of the fewer shops that are selling music cassettes. Despite that, famous Chinese singer, Teresa Teng has made an autograph signing event at Yan Kee Studio at the year of 1972 which made Yan Kee even more famous.
Sri Mahamariamman Temple
Guan Di Temple 关帝庙
Anyone who have studied the Chinese trilogy 'Three Kingdom" (三国演义) before will probably know the character name Guan Yu (关羽), he is also named as Guan Di (关帝). You will be able to find a Guan Di Temple located in Petaling Street and this is where the legendary 59kg copper Guan Dao (Chinese pole weapon) is located. Many worshippers have been continuously swarming this temple as they believe that the sword possesses a special power to bless and protect a person if he/she touches or lifts it. Some even believe that it has an inner force that can magically turn a person’s luck around as well.
Xian Shi Ye Temple 仙四爷庙
The name, in the old days can be
interpreted as the "personal advisor" to someone active in political
scene. The history of this temple can be traced back to early beginning period
of the great city of Kuala Lumpur and it can be regarded as the oldest temple
in Kuala Lumpur. The record can track the establishment of this temple to the year of 1864 which is approx. 165 years now
Please don't get it wrong, although
inside you may still find some traditional Buddhist figures for worshipping,
but the XIANSI SHIYE temple is not a Buddhist temple. The installed statues
figures being worshipped by devotees are actually true personalities during the
early conflicting days of Kuala Lumpur back in 1860. As officially, the trustee
stated "The SIN SZE SI YA*Temple was founded in 1864 by Capitan yap Ah Loy
1868~1885 who is popularly referred to as the founder of Kuala Lumpur; it is dedicated
to patron deities of SIN SZE YA & SI SZE YA.
The deities has guided Kapitan Yap
Ah Loy to defeat the enemies and defended Kuala Lumpur during the civil war
during 1870~1873...". . Other than the temple located here, there were
actually another 12 temples which were built with the same theme and objectives in
many other towns and cities around the region, each of them can easily date back to more than 100 years old. The temple signifies a lot of
sentimental reasons for the local Chinese as it reflects the hard work for the early batches of Chinese who came here and witnessed the birth and growth of the
city of Kuala Lumpur, hence indirectly,this formed the core starting point for the
current Chinese community who eventually resides here in the country as their home.
As Petaling Street was established long time before Malaysia become independent, there are still a lot of historical shops located all around Petaling Street like Central Market, Yan Keng Benevolent Dramatic Association, Kwong Fook Wing Tailor etc. These shops truly need the supports from the local community like us and we should pay close attention to them as they are eliminating by the market and soon disappear from our view.
As Petaling Street was established long time before Malaysia become independent, there are still a lot of historical shops located all around Petaling Street like Central Market, Yan Keng Benevolent Dramatic Association, Kwong Fook Wing Tailor etc. These shops truly need the supports from the local community like us and we should pay close attention to them as they are eliminating by the market and soon disappear from our view.
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