吉隆坡小遊記
2006.05.14 :: 星期日在吉隆坡公幹一星期. 我係大鄉里, 未去過 KL, 好似入左大觀園咁.
因為我在機場工作, 所以首先發現早我地一年開幕的機場同香港的很相似, 有大玻離幕牆透明電梯曲線的屋頂寬闊的空間, 其實配套不錯, 起碼乾乾淨淨, 有條有理, 保安都算嚴.
再發現原來個樣似華人的, 就 99％一定識講廣東話, 不過呢, 佢地同樣地又識華語/國語/普通話, 等我同我台灣同事汗顏. 再加埋英文, 馬來話, 甚至福建話, 真係乜言語都掂, 真勁.
由 於幾日都要住在機場酒店, 所以都幾悶. 機場酒店是在附近的, 不是香港那個在旁邊, 而是有條很長的天橋連接（比中環站至香港站還要遠）. 酒店有架車仔可以送你一程, 不過坐唔坐到都係講心情的. 坐到的話, 行六七分鐘的路程就只要一分鐘左右. 酒店都係一樣那種東南亞的大房間, 有個大泳池, 有說是東南亞最好的機場酒店, 咁我又信o既.
我鐘意去機場二樓個 food garden 食野, 平好多, 有兩間食唐人野, 有間有個大件嬸嬸的, 食的好廣東 feel 的炒粉麵飯咁, 幾好食的. 旁邊有個食雞飯的, 當然唔係 SG 那種, 不過都仲可以. 但我又留意到佢地好興飲美綠, 唔知點解呢？
之後搵左一兩日出去省城, 來回機場及 sentral 站的 express 車票 70 大圓, 貴就是貴d, 無辦法, 鬼叫自己鍾意四圍去. 在 sentral 一下車就是各大交通的交匯處, 要坐乜車有乜車, 繁忙非常. 要去雙子塔的話, 在這裡坐 Purat 的 LRT （同曼谷的 LRT 差不多一樣）去到 KLCC 站就可以. 我又留意到閘機有類似八達通物體的東東, 但是售票卻是很不先進, 那個售票機是沒有找續的, 沒零錢嗎？只有去售票處排隊. 排隊換來的是張票紙, 究竟坐車的有否出貓, 無人知.
而我, 對坐 KL Monorail 更大興趣. Monorail 雖然慢, 但可以睇到市內風景, 又可以坐在車頭看人駕車, 實在一大樂事. Monorail 站在東面出口的對面路, 經過一排似女人街的攤檔就是. 我先去 Bukit Nanas, 下車就是 Hard Rock Cafe, 先買件 T-shirt（個人喜好而已）, 再沿車路行回頭去 Bukit Bintang. 沿途都有很多高級酒店, 露天的 bar 同餐廳, 真係一個好西的蒲地方.
終於行到 Bukit Bintang, 站的一邊有很多 shopping center, 有間叫 Lot10 的, 有 Isetan, 那邊還有不少名店, 仲見有間 LV 不過裝修緊. 呢度新開的地方叫 Bintang Walk, 有閒（同 $）不妨在此磨一個下午. 因為睇唔到有乜好食, 我就選擇在此路邊一間意大利餐廳食 dinner.
不過唔知係行得太熱, 還是我跟本在病中, 無乜心機食野, 求其食左就算了, 留了一大片牛, 真係罪過.
再拎起地圖, 赫見站的另一邊行過少少就有個地方寫著 hawker stalls, 於是急急行過去看看. 原來是我很喜歡的掃街檔口. 一塊塊招牌全中文, 寫著甚麼魚丸粉, 蕹菜炒乜乜, 真係口水都流埋... 可惜無福消受了（當然, 呢度食我都開唔到單 claim 公數, 哈哈哈哈）. 原來這裡就是很出名的 Jalan Alor 食街, 不怪得如此熱鬧. 最後終於找了一間吃了碗肉骨茶, 好香, 那件肥豬肉好正.
可惜食完之後番到酒店成晚喉嚨痛得厲害... 太熱氣了...
番去時見到一檔車仔檔, 烚下烚下, d 食物有冰鎮的, 幾專業 :P 行過少少見到一位坐輪椅的女士在穿一些很有趣的飾物.
English version...
I went to Kuala Lumpur for a while week for business. Haven't been to KL for my whole life, I looked really stupid as if everything were completely new to me.
Because I work at the airport, the first thing I noticed was the airport really looks like its 1-year younger cousin, the Hong Kong International Airport: big shiny windows, transparent elevators, spacious check-in areas, clean for the most of the spots. Really not bad at all, and the security seems fine too.
And then I found that 99% of the person who looks like Chinese, can speak Cantonese well. While in the same time, these people can also speak Mandrain as well as English, Malay, or even FuJian, so impressive. My taiwanese colleague was also stunned.
I have to stay at the airport hotel so it's pretty bored. The hotel is close to the airport but not like the one in ours that is just a footbridge away. There is buggy service that takes u from the terminal to the hotel for only about a minute, but only when YOU CAN CATCH THE buggy (no schedules, of course). The hotel room is usually found in SE Asian hotels, big and spacious. The hotel is also equipped with a nice swimming pool. I was heard it was the best airport hotel, i think so too.
I really like to go to the Food Garden at the 2nd floor of the terminal. very cheap, ample selections. Two of them serve chinese food (or like so), one is Cantonese style like noodles and fried rice, another one is chicken rice, but not like those in S'pore. I reckon the people here like drink Milo as well, interesting.
Went to the city one day by taking the express train from airport to sentral, but it costs you a hefty 70 bucks. Yes its expensive, but well what can I say, I like to go everywhere.
Sentral station is the place for traffic, it's hustle and bustle with people everywhere and they change trains there. If you want to go to the twin towers, just take the Purat LRT to KLCC station.
I reckon there is a thing like "Octopus" on the toll gates, but the stupid thing is that the ticket machines only accept exact change, if you have no change, you are out of luck and have to line up at the ticket counter. You get a cheesy paper ticket in return, who knows if u can cheat it for anything.
But I like the KL monorail more. Yes it is slow, but you can see the city sights from above, and watch the captain drive the thing, nothing more fun compared with this. The monorail station is just opposite the big sentral station, you will see it after crossing a bunch of stalls like "Woman street".
I went straight to Bukit Nanas, where the Hard Rock Cafe is just below the station, to buy T-shirt (which is my own personal favorite). And then I followed the railroad and walked back to Bukit Bintang where all the goodies are there. During the walk I saw a lot of roadside bars, restaurants and discos and such, a lot of foreigners are gathering around, so much fun.
Finally after a half hour or so walk I arrived at Bukit Bintang. On one side of the station I saw big shopping malls like Lot10, there is an Isetan too. I also saw LV as well, but it is under renovation. the place is called Bintang walk and if you have the time (and $) it's a nice place to spend an afternoon. Since I couldn't find any place to eat I settled down at a roadside Italian restaurant for dinner. But then, I don't know if I was too hot walking or sick, I didn't have the mood to eat and wasted half slab of the steak. so pitty.
After dinner I picked up my map, where I suddenly noticed that at the other side of the station there are hawker stalls on the road. So i hurried there and found that it is really my heaven, outdoor roadside food stalls with noodles, veggies, stuff like that, all in Chinese written on the shining florencent plates that drew all my attention. oh well, too bad I was in a bad shape I would try every one of them, but i finally settled down in a shop to have Yoke Kuat Cha. It's not at all spendid, but good enough for me. The pork is fatty yet tasty. haha. I noticed later this place is called Jalan Alor and is famous for roadside food.
Oh well, the bad thing is that I had a very bad sore throat that night, maybe it was too "heaty". Yes, that's all about it, didn't have time to travel around.
PS. I was adviced to buy Harrod's bags in the airport, which it has a store there. I immediately spotted a shop beside the train stop in the departure area, but I haven't noticed there is one even bigger in the satellite terminal. But then, the bag selection is quite slim, only can satisfy but not all requests. It is a bit cheaper then they were in "watergoods" places in Hong Kong.