My Borneo Story (Day 3)

After a day of sun and beach, day 3 was shop and relax.

Basically, we had a makan-makan tour around KK town. Started from 9am in the morning till around 5pm, nothing more than shop, talk, eat, and drink! In fact, no much picture of ourselves. Most of them (should i say all) are photos of the food we had! The journey begun after we sent SockHua to Hyatt Regency for her first day at work. Woohoo.

1. Fook Yuen

Fook Yuen is easily found in KK town. It is situated next to Old Town in KK Town. We visited this modern kopitiam of Fook Yuen. 

 The one with two colours, that's teh madras. It was tea with evaporated milk. Half a cup of milk and half a cup of tea. Hmm...if you like your drinks with more milk, you will like it.
As for Teh C, that's the usual Teh Ais in Peninsular Malaysia but less sweet.
RM2.30 for each of these.

Roti Kahwin. I insisted to have breakfast in Fook Yuen due to the highly recommended Roti Kahwin. Anyway, this is just steamed white bread with kaya and butter. >.< Still....DELICIOUS~

RM1.30 for each set. (picture shows 2 sets of it)

Besides this outlet, we also visited the main outlet of Fook Yuen for tea. It was packed with people! The only difference between East and West Malaysia is that, kopitiam in every edge of KK is packed with people in the evening, during tea time. (3-5pm). They enjoy traditional kopi, toast and a group of friends chatting in the kopitiam. We were shocked to see coffee shops all packed with people in the evening. Anyway, that's the culture. Make yourselves into the old classic coffee shops and enjoy the sound, taste, scent, and faces of KK evening.

2. Suria Sabah.

We walked to Suria Sabah, which is around 5 minutes from Fook Yuen. Suria Sabah is one of the latest shopping mall in KK. So, it's shopping time!!!! Woohoo. Suria Sabah has TGV cinema and KTV as well.

 We spent a little while reading books in here. Nice environment. Both of us enjoyed reading "Honk if you're Malaysian". I know I know, the book is a little outdated as the author has more later books. But we enjoyed it very much.

Then, a little movie time!! We watched Water for Elephants.

Just the two of us, but they let us have the whole cinema!! We paid RM6 each for this!!

3. KK Plaza

Next, KK Plaza for Har Mee. A local recommended us to this claimed to the authentic Penang Har Mee. It was on the 3rd floor if I remember it correctly. Anyway, to get there, just follow the direction food court.  It's right in front of the escalator and elevator. You will never miss it.

Penang Har Mee!

The reason we traveled to KK Plaza. Anyway, probably because we were in KK eating Penang Har Mee, it didnt taste the same although it claimed to be authentically from Penang.

Kuey Teow Soup was ok too. Just OK.

RM5.50 for each bowl

3. Warisan Square

Warisan Square is also good for shopping. It is more like street shopping in KK. 

4. Yoyo cafe

Yoyo cafe can be easily found around KK town. basically, they are not really cafes. Most of them are kiosk selling bubble tea. A local claimed it is better than Chatime. Anyway, in terms of variety, Chatime wins. But in terms of taste, based on the Pearl Milk Tea we had that day, I would say, the tea was smooth, and the pearl was good. There are some cheap Pearl Milk Tea sold out there with uncooked pearl, but for Yoyo cafe, I would say cheap and good! @RM3.80

5. Filipino Market

Locals advice: Do not enter. Nothing much than just handicrafts made by Filipino. This place can be very dangerous and the locals do not have trust in these Filipinos. Most importantly, BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS.

So, we didnt dare to enter. All locals told us to keep out of that place. We only look from far.

Anyway, something really hilarious happened here. PeiLin insisted on buying a mop after looking at the demonstration in the market. It was RM10 each and PeiLin said she wants to get one for her house in Klang! She said she wants and will carry it home on the plane!!! Totally our of control. It was fortunate that her wallet was in my bag and she chased me around for me wallet, which she failed to get it. I was convincing her that we can get it at the same price in Klang but she didnt believe it. I had to call home to prove to her that this hairy creature can be bought in Klang at RM10! Fuuh...hard work

Anyway, you can spend a day shopping in KK town. Just walk around the town. Everything is within walking distance. Great place for backpackers.

 We ended our shopping trip early. Just chilling by the sea-side waiting for SockHua.

It was almost time for sunset. Everyone awaits for the beautiful sunset. It was gorgeous. The best view? From Hyatt Regency. Anyway, you can sit somewhere near Hyatt. While enjoying sunset, you can also count the number of airplanes landing and departing from KKIA.