We're back at Petaling Street for a short staycation with entire fam! We stayed at 5 Elements Hotel which is right smack in the heart of Chinatown. Basic amenities, basic level of cleanliness with friendly frontdesk staff. The toilet came equipped with bidet if that's of interest to you.
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| view from the hotel lobby |
Because we were there during the weekends, we could hear the bass/music thumping from presumably the nearby bars in our room at night.
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| hotel lobby |
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| instant coffee, tea, bottled water |
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| closet, safe, hair dryer |
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| bathroom things |
Interesting observation during our stay at this hotel. Toilet roll supplied at max is one per room per day if it was near to depleted. By the next day of our stay, the hotel had run out of bath gel and advised us to use the soap instead. Hmm.
Hotel breakfast was minimal. There's carbs like nasi lemak rice, and fried bee hoon. White bread is available too. The usual condiments for nasi lemak like fried egg, anchovies with peanuts, sambal and cucumber slices.
Western fare included sausages, baked beans, hash brown and snacks like fried cuttlefish balls.
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| hotel breakfast |
Cereals, milk, watermelon slices were available too.
The 5 Elements Hotel
Address: Chinatown, 243, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Right next to the hotel, a few steps away is the Fung Wong Biscuit shop/cafe.
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| signage |
It is airconditioned inside for the tired travelers to rest and have a cup of coffee. Granted it is not the only coffee place around, but this shop hints at certain nostalgia due to their long history for their bakes. We used to buy their kaya roll cakes from the original shop whenever we visited Petaling Street.
Now, this new shop is modernized and cafe-like with simple snacks like dim sums on top of their daily bakes.
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| choose your bakes |
I ended up with a cup of iced coffee as we'd be doing early dinner shortly. The sliced rolls or the baked siew bao price was around MYR4.50 each, and biscuits such as the hup tao sou (walnut biscuit) was around MYR3 per piece.
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| iced kopi |
Iced kopi was not too acidic and I liked that the milk wasn't too overpowering either. Around RM5 after tax if not wrong.
Fung Wong Biscuit
Address: 85, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: +60320728888
Business Hours:
Daily: 8:30 am–10 pm
Passed by some interesting shops on our way to dinner. Like the 'Original Beckham' that made us did a double take. Apparently its instagram states that "鲍师傅 Original Beckham, with over 20 years of experience originating from China and specializes in chicken floss pastry and walnut cookies."
DurianBB looks like a durian cafe/dessert shop.
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| it must've been hot in there |
For dinner, we headed to places that are really near the hotel so that our elderly parents need not walk too far.
As per previous visit, the old lady boss was at the shopfront, so we greeted her and she enthusiastically asked if we were having dinner there. Haha, yes we are.
Family of 5 adults, we ordered two noodles, an egg dish, a vegetable plate and a meat dish to share. The portion size for noodles is either for 1 pax or 2 pax. So we ordered for 2 pax.
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| 原汁鸳鸯 Ying Yong with original sauce (Cantonese fried noodles) @MYR30 |
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| 福建面 Hokkien Fried Noodle @MYR30 |
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| Stir fry vegetables @MYR30 |
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| Tomato Eggs @MYR15 |
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| Lemon Chicken @MYR30 |
Overall taste was ok and the portions were still generous this time round for the noodles dishes. Fried chicken was nicer (not dry) as compared to past year, although lemon sauce is not my favourite.
Westlake Restaurant
Address: 40, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: +60320723350
Business Hours:
Daily: 11 am–2:30 pm, 5 pm–1 am
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| Mixue half-half ice-cream for dessert |
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