Chow Kit Market
Chow Kit has been a reliable place to purchase fruits, spices, meat,
vegetables, clothes, shoes and so on. For generations, the Chow Kit is a wet
market frequented by many to obtain the freshest ingredients for their household
and also for some restaurant owners.
This place may not be somewhere visitors may want to visit because it is in fact
a wet market but this is the only place where you can try out local foods at a
very low price. The market here begins as early at 6.00 am and you can expect to
experience lively and culture rich scenes here.
Such market is a rare scene in Kuala Lumpur because of its development.
Even though many supermarkets have grown all over Kuala Lumpur like wild
mushrooms, the Chow Kit Market endured it all. You will be amazed by the variety
of fresh ingredients sold here. If you are a fan of photographing emotions of
people and it culture, the Chow Kit Market is a great place to start.
While you are here, remember to try the street foods here. All sold at a low
price, remember to not overeat. The Chow Kit has gone through good and bad
times. Chow Kit was nearly demolished to make way to a eleven-storey
multipurpose building but was luckily cancelled due to the economic crisis back
then.
The Chow Kit Market is a remarkable area for you to really submerge into
Malaysian culture. If you would love to see more of the unique of the cultures
at the market, do consider staying over at any hotels in Kuala Lumpur. The
nearest hotels around Chow Kit Market are the Cititel Express Kuala Lumpur and
Hotel Brisdale Kuala Lumpur.
Getting There
Chow Kit is part of a district in Kuala Lumpur. It is located around Jalan Chow
Kit and is enclosed by the parallel streets such as the Jalan Raja Laut and
Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. Getting to Chow Kit Market is pretty easy. All you
need to do it get on the monorail line and remember to stop at the Chow Kit
Monorail Station.
Kuala Lumpur is served by Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The Airport
located around 50 km from the Kuala Lumpur city center. Besides buses and taxis,
the Express Rail Link is the latest means of transportation to KLIA from the
city centre. The KLIA Express and the KLIA Transit links KLIA to Kuala Lumpur (KL
Sentral - City Air Terminal) and vice-versa.
There are more than 50 airlines operating in KLIA (including charters and
seasonals). To name but a few are Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines,
Emirates, Garuda Indonesia, Gulf Air, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, KLM, Malaysia
Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways International.
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