fish spa
April 13, 2010
One thing you shouldn’t miss while in Central Market is the fish spa. Compared with other fish spa rates, like Aquaria (post to follow soon), the rates here are so much cheaper. It was so cheap that you wouldn’t mind paying for another spa session. But because we are all in it just for the sake of trying it out, we did it just one time.
It was really fun. No matter how much you resist, you’ll be tickled to no end at how the fish kiss your feet. I wish we could have brought a camcorder to capture that squirming tickled delight the moment your feet hit the water and the fish start their spa. I seriously recommend this.
King’s Confectionery
April 8, 2010If you think stuffing your face silly with the dizzying varieties of sweets and chocolates in the Beryl’s chocolate shop in Central Market would make one reach for the nearest acne face wash, wait till you see this bakeshop called King’s Confectionery.
One of the things that called our attention was the huge throng of people lined up. Curious tourists that we are, we went near to investigate and saw this amazing spread!
Bread, cakes, and pastries all on sale! No wonder people are lining up. Who would pass up the opportunity to have delectable cakes at cheap prices?! I was actually thinking if I could hand carry these cakes and if they could survive the airplane trip back to Manila. But don’t worry, they also sell these cakes by the slice, so just grab a few slices of those that look oh so delicious (good luck trying to pick just one)!
Central Market
April 1, 2010
The Central Market showcases KL’s culture and heritage through products like handicrafts, art, etc. It is divided into three zones, Larong Melayu, Straights Chinese, and Larong India, to highlight the various dominant races in Malaysia.
We took our time visiting and browsing the different stalls. This is where we bought our souvenir shirts, magnets, wallets, and chocolates (Beryl’s)! The owner of the chocolate shop was very kind and he made all four of us taste the different kinds of chocolate they have. Of course we never say no to free food, most especially chocolates. And because my companions are such chocoholics, we bought A LOT. I think the ladies dumped more than 5 kilos of chocolate in my backpack. If only we had our pre paid credit cards, I’m pretty sure we would have bought more. We were also able to persuade the merchants at one shirt store along Larong India to give us huge discounts, most probably because of KG’s bargaining skills and charm.
My wife bought some good quality pearls at one stall, and I was able to purchase a couple of awesome wooden boxes with mother of pearl inlay. And if you must know, we went back to Central Market one more time before leaving KL to do some last minute shopping and to get more chocolates.
KL style commute
After a great meal at Kampung Boy, we boarded KL’s MRT to head towards Central Market.
Compared to Singapore’s MRT system, KL’s MRT is very much similar to what we have here in Manila. It’s also quite inconvenient having to run up and down the stairs to exit and enter connecting stations. I think we rode the MRT a few times before totally deciding to take a cab instead. We’re basically spending the same amount of money anyway since there are four of us and a typical MRT fare is about 1.5MYR to 2MYR. Whereas a taxi charges from 5MYR to 10MYR, depending on the distance. The only downside is that we’d have to negotiate and haggle. I’ll tell you this, it’s much easier to get a life insurance quote than to get a taxi driver to agree to a fair price. One taxi that we took said that our destination (Bukit Bintang, which I will write about soon) is very far so he charged us 10MYR. When we boarded the taxi, in less than 5 minutes, we were there. We were all surprised because it was so near that we could have walked! The key I think is to be firm and to let them know that you are aware of how far your destination is, so research, research, and research.
Up next, Central Market.
