Chinatown Essentials - Petaling Street KL (Part 2) Final

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Continuing from Part 1 of Chinatown Essentials....we move on to Madras Lane (opens from 8am to 4pm daily but quite a lot of stalls are closed on Mondays).

I haven't been in here for ages and it seems this place hasn't really change through the years (well, at least not to me). Walking passed the meat stalls was definitely a challenge for me as I'm one that doesn't like handling raw meat and the sight of all these raw meat would definitely affect me.

See the leg sticking out at the bottom left of the pic ? Hahaha....It was an adventure for me indeed but I'm glad I made my way in there as I had forgotten how it was like. And now, I remember... it was this thought of wanting to remember that made me forget the fact that I was surrounded by all these raw meat and I could even stop to take photos! Documenting this place was more important and that made me overcome my fear! Hahaha...I know Mrs Pitt will surely stay outside and can do without the memories :p.

After passing all those stalls, we got to the food stalls and then decided to order some noodles to try...


 

This delicious looking Assam Laksa looked better than it tasted, an average fare as Jason said.

Now, normally my bowl of Curry Laksa would be cockles free but since we all shared a bowl - the cockles stay :o). Precious Pea who loves cockles obviously loves the sight of this. Along with fried pork skin, tofu puffs and long beans, this fared better than the assam laksa but I would rate it in the average category too. Maybe it was the whiff of "blood" and other "miscellaneous" stuff in the air that cut down the enjoyment for me. It was definitely an experience ... an experience that I welcome but might not go through again ... but I did! I went back to this place recently with Precious Pea as she brought her bro-in-law to the wet market for some meat shopping and stopped by at this same stall for curry noodles :o)

This nearby drink stall caught our eye with these green "wrigglers" and we stopped to try it.

The cendol drink here is unlike the Indian version and till then, I didn't know there was a Chinese Cendol version. Not as rich as the former version ... this was more akin to our Ais Kacang. One expecting true cendol style would be disappointed, so have no expectations except to quench one's thirst, which it did.

The boss is one happy lady ... happily working away and even posed for me to take this shot!

Moving out of Chinatown area a bit, we made our way to Happy Meal Cafe at Jalan Tun H S Lee solely for one reason ...

To get ourselves some durian puffs - a box of 4 for RM2.40 (this was back in late 2007, not sure if that's still the same price now).

These durian puffs were yummy -given that price, I didn't expect chunks of durian flesh but it was adequately mixed with the fresh cream. We got what RM2.40 gave :o).

We also tried out the noodles at the famous at Lorong Yap Ah Loy but the noodles were below average, hence I shan't write or post pics about it! Read more from Precious Pea about this trip HERE.

I need to go down to Petaling Street more often ;o), we all should!

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