KL with a Friend from Home

We are entertaining again! My friend from London, ‘Round the World, is visiting us as part of the around the world trip she is taking. She’s about three months into it and has hit the Philippines, Cambodia, Bali, Borneo…and now KL!

Once she is rested up, we hit our favorite vegetarian-budhist-temple-restaurant for lunch!

They love their mock meat here. Take a look at the selection of “fried chicken” and “burgers”.

Mr. Happy wanted to test one of the burgers.

Of course, he doesn’t know what meat tastes like, so he wasn’t sure if it tasted like the real thing or not.

‘Round the World only had one request for the day, “I want Starbucks.” She’s a big fan of the chai tea latte and this drink is not offered by Starbucks universally (what up Starbucks?).

However, KL is one cosmopolitan town. Not only do they have chai tea lattes, but some crazy drink they call “Jelly in your coffee. Coffee in your jelly.” In a word - gross.

After sufficiently caffeinating ourselves, RTW and I headed to Chinatown. We strolled the streets and browsed the shops.

There’s always something entertaining in these parts.

Back at the flat, our friend the Local (via India) stopped by and we enjoyed cocktails on the roof desk.

Our sunset drinks were quite photogenic!

Soon we were starving and decided to go to the hawkers of Jalan Alor for dinner. The Local had never been here before which was crazy considering the years she’s lived here.

I’m not sure of the name where we ate, but it was my new favorite. Everything from the stirfried carrot cake to the grilled squid, wanton mee, and fried mushrooms were Fantastic.

We had to call it a night early, because ‘Round the World and I are off to Tioman Island in the morning!!!