Travel Reference
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RAMADAN MARKETS
Kampung Baru is a great area to visit during Ramadan when street markets offer delicacies prepared specially to
break the daily fast. Just remember not to start eating until after sundown.
Chow Kit & Kampung Baru
KIN KIN$
CHINESE
(40 Jln Dewan Sultan Sulaiman; noodles RM6.30; 7am-6.30pm; monorail Medan Tuanku)
These 'dry'
noodles, topped with a soft boiled egg, minced pork,
ikan bilis
(small, deep-fried an-
chovies), fried onion and a special spicy chilli sauce, are one of KL's great taste sensa-
tions. They come with a side of clear soup made from potato leaves and egg. If you don't
eat pork, staff do a version topped with mushrooms.
There's also a branch in the EAT food court at Publika.
IKAN BAKAR BEREMPAH$
(Gerak Pak Lang, Jln Raja Muda Musa; meals RM5-10; 24hr; Kampung Baru)
If you can't make it to
Kampung Baru for its Saturday
pasar malam,
head to this excellent barbecued-fish stall,
within a hawker-stall market covered by a zinc roof. Once you've picked your fish off the
grill there's a long buffet of great Malay
kampung
-style side dishes you can add to it.
HAWKER
KAK SOM$
(Jln Raja Muda Musa; meals RM7; 8am-3am; Kampung Baru)
Specialising in some east coast
peninsular Malaysian dishes such as
nasi kerabu
(blue rice), this is the place to dine inex-
pensively on the main Kampung Baru restaurant strip. Take your pick of items from the
buffet along with rice, sit down and the waitstaff will come to take a drink order and tally
up your bill.
It also serves BBQ cockles and
kueh
, traditional Malay cakes.
MALAY
MUNGO JERRY$$
CHINESE
