Kuala Lumpur Chinatown Morning Food Walk: Chicken Rice, Beef Noodles & Madras Lane
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
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English (Sprache)
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Tour description
Kuala Lumpur got a Michelin Guide in 2023 and most of its Bib Gourmand entries turned out to be shophouses and hawker stalls that had been there for eighty years. This walk visits several of them, in the few blocks of Chinatown where the city started.
We begin with Hainanese chicken rice at a Bib Gourmand shop on Jalan Tun H S Lee - poached bird, chilli-ginger sauce, rice cooked in stock - then beef noodles at another Bib address, where the broth has been maintained for decades. The centrepiece is Madras Lane, an alley of a dozen stalls behind the wet market that most visitors walk straight past: yong tau foo, where you pick stuffed tofu and vegetables from a tray and have them dropped into soup, plus curry laksa and chee cheong fun.
We finish with KL's own Hokkien mee - thick noodles braised black in dark soy with pork lard crisps, a dish that exists in this form only in Kuala Lumpur - and a kopi ordered in hawker shorthand, which your guide will teach you.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot within about 1 kilometre.
We begin with Hainanese chicken rice at a Bib Gourmand shop on Jalan Tun H S Lee - poached bird, chilli-ginger sauce, rice cooked in stock - then beef noodles at another Bib address, where the broth has been maintained for decades. The centrepiece is Madras Lane, an alley of a dozen stalls behind the wet market that most visitors walk straight past: yong tau foo, where you pick stuffed tofu and vegetables from a tray and have them dropped into soup, plus curry laksa and chee cheong fun.
We finish with KL's own Hokkien mee - thick noodles braised black in dark soy with pork lard crisps, a dish that exists in this form only in Kuala Lumpur - and a kopi ordered in hawker shorthand, which your guide will teach you.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot within about 1 kilometre.
Meeting point:
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Petaling Street arch, Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur
We meet under the green arch at the north end of Jalan Petaling, two minutes from Pasar Seni LRT and MRT stations. Your guide will have a small sign with your name.
Detailed itinerary
Stop 1 - Hainanese chicken rice, Jalan Tun H S Lee: A Michelin Bib Gourmand shophouse. Poached chicken, stock-and-pandan rice, chilli-ginger sauce and a bowl of clear soup.
Stop 2 - Beef noodles, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock: Another Bib Gourmand address, with beef brisket, tendon and a broth kept going for decades.
Stop 3 - Madras Lane: The hidden hawker alley behind the wet market. Yong tau foo picked from a tray and dropped into soup, plus curry laksa with coconut and cockles.
Stop 4 - Chee cheong fun: Silky rolled rice noodles with sweet sauce, chilli and sesame, from the same alley.
Stop 5 - KL Hokkien mee: Thick noodles braised in dark soy with pork, squid and crisp lard, from a Jalan Petaling institution trading since the 1920s.
Stop 6 - Kopitiam finish: Kopi or teh tarik ordered in hawker shorthand, which your guide teaches you properly, with kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs.
Stop 2 - Beef noodles, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock: Another Bib Gourmand address, with beef brisket, tendon and a broth kept going for decades.
Stop 3 - Madras Lane: The hidden hawker alley behind the wet market. Yong tau foo picked from a tray and dropped into soup, plus curry laksa with coconut and cockles.
Stop 4 - Chee cheong fun: Silky rolled rice noodles with sweet sauce, chilli and sesame, from the same alley.
Stop 5 - KL Hokkien mee: Thick noodles braised in dark soy with pork, squid and crisp lard, from a Jalan Petaling institution trading since the 1920s.
Stop 6 - Kopitiam finish: Kopi or teh tarik ordered in hawker shorthand, which your guide teaches you properly, with kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs.
Tour price includes
• Small-group English-speaking local food guide
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
Tour price excludes
• Abholung und Rückfahrt zum Hotel, sofern nicht anders angegeben
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
Stornierungsrichtlinie
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour start time for a full refund. Cancellations within 24 hours are non-refundable. Tours run rain or shine - Chinatown has covered five-foot ways and the market alley is under roof.
Weitere Hinweise
Runs Sunday and Tuesday to Saturday at 08:30. We do not run on Mondays, when several Chinatown stalls including the Madras Lane alley take their rest day.
This route is pork-heavy and not halal. For Muslim guests, or for a mixed group, take our Kampung Baru evening tour instead, which is entirely halal - the two rarely overlap on the same street in KL, so we run them as separate products rather than trying to mix them.
Note: Imbi Market has permanently moved to ICC Pudu. Guidebooks still sending people to the old Imbi site are out of date; we do not include it.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian works well via yong tau foo, chee cheong fun and Indian stalls nearby.
Most stalls are cash only. Nearest transit is Pasar Seni on the LRT and MRT.
Entirely on foot, about 1 km on flat streets.
This route is pork-heavy and not halal. For Muslim guests, or for a mixed group, take our Kampung Baru evening tour instead, which is entirely halal - the two rarely overlap on the same street in KL, so we run them as separate products rather than trying to mix them.
Note: Imbi Market has permanently moved to ICC Pudu. Guidebooks still sending people to the old Imbi site are out of date; we do not include it.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian works well via yong tau foo, chee cheong fun and Indian stalls nearby.
Most stalls are cash only. Nearest transit is Pasar Seni on the LRT and MRT.
Entirely on foot, about 1 km on flat streets.
Detailed price list
| Guest type | Price |
|---|---|
| Erwachsene | $55 |
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