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Label : Top Things To Do
Tags : Street Food & Drinks
Timings : 5:00 PM onwards
Time Required : 1-2 hrs
Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur Overview
Jalan Alor is a 500-metre food street in the heart of Bukit Bintang, lined with open-air hawker stalls and restaurants that set up tables right on the street. It comes alive after dark, when stalls serve everything from grilled seafood and satay to noodle dishes late into the night, making it one of the busiest food streets in the world. It's within walking distance of Bukit Bintang's malls and nightlife, making it an easy add-on to an evening in that part of the city.
The old-world charm of the jam-packed street stands in sharp contrast to the rest of the modernized Kuala Lumpur. It was once a red light area with movie theatres and cabarets but now it has shed this character, although still, one can feel a tinge of this vibe. Jalan Alor is a must-visit for tourists since it offers a deep insight into the rich Malaysian culture. The shouts and calls of the street vendors, aromatic smell of the fried dishes, actions of the grills and the skewers, render Jalan Alor a quirky festive vibe.
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Best Hawker Food at Jalan Alor
Food for one person can cost around RM 100. Some of the best and the most famous dishes to try at Jalan Alor include:
- Sangkaya Coconut Ice cream: For those with a sweet tooth, this coconut ice cream costing RM 5.60 is a creamy sinful delight. Also, a wide range of toppings is served with it.
- Soup Pan Mee: Don’t miss to visit Uncle Lee Pan Mee's Soup Pan Mee. It’s a bowl of traditional soup made of handmade noodles, vegetables, fried ikon biles and mushroom.
- Fried Seafood coated with Salted Egg Yolks: This dish is easily available in the Chinese Restaurants. The seafood used in the dish includes deep fried squids and prawns.
- Dim Sum: A colourful Chinese dish made of shrimps, chicken or pork.
- Barbequed Chicken Wings: ‘Restoran Wong Ah Wah (W.A.W.)’ offers the most famous chicken wings.
- Other popular hawker food in includes Hokkien Noodles, Chicken, beef skewers and fried oyster eggs.
- Not just the dishes, the tropical fruits too sell like hotcakes at Jalan Alor. These include rambutan, mangosteen, mango, durian, langsat, pomelo, water apple, cikes, duker, champedak and jackfruit.
- Fried durian fruit is a speciality. Fresh durian costs around RM 60 to RM 120 per kilogram.
•Wong Ah Wah (W.A.W)
•Uncle Lim Pan Mee
•Alor Corner
•Sister Drunken Chicken Noodles
Best Time to Visit
How to Reach Jalan Alor
Taxi: Hire a Grab or Uber cab service to reach Jalan Alor. It is likely that other taxi drivers will charge high prices from tourists unless one can convince them to charge as per the meter.
Foot: Jalan Alor is a 15 minutes’ walk from the Bukit Bintang Area.
Monorail: Imbi Station, Raja Chulan Station and Bukit Bintang Station are the nearest to Jalan Alor. The Bukit Bintang station is located at a 5 minutes walking distance away.
Car Parking: There is no public parking facility available. Private parking spots cost around RM 10 to RM 15.
Tips
- As Jalan Alor is a tourist place, food hawkers offer English menus apart from those in Chinese or other local languages. Also, to make things more convenient for tourists, picture menus are available.
- There is no facility for public toilets. However, most restaurants have washrooms.
- Beware of pickpockets, especially when the street is crowded.
