2005.12.17
Hong Kong > Kuala Lumpur CX723 (0900-1240)
Hotel Equatorial Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50250
Sentral Station
2005.12.18
Kuala Lumpur
Peter Hoe Evolution + Beyond
2, Jlan Hang Lekir, 50000 Kuala Lumpur
The shop, by Malaysian designer and batik entrepreneur Peter Hoe, has eclectic home décor pieces and elegant ethnic-inspired clothes.
Old China Café
11, Jalan Balai Polis, Kuala Lumpur. (LRT Pasar Seni)
This shophouse located at the opposite end of Julan Petaling, was previously the guild of the Selangor and Federal Territory Laundry Association, which still retained many of its original features such as the half door at the front entrance, the stairway and the back door with its wooden locking devices. Many of the original furnishings, including the pulley lights, feng shui (geomancy) mirrors, marble top tables and bentwood chairs are the ambiences evocative of the 1930s. The silverware was previously belonged to the prestigious E&O Hotel in Penang. The café serves Nyonya food, a cuisine of the Peranakan or Straits Chinese, the descendants of early Chinese-Malay intermarriages.
2005.12.19
Kuala Lumpur
Restoran Sin Seng Nam (新盛南中西茶餐室)
(LRT Masjid Jamek)
The block of shophouses located at No 2-6 Medan Pasar was designed by AK Moosdeen around 1906, which was sometimes referred to as “the red house” owing to its distinctive exposed red brick, which has since been painted over. Although designed as a whole, each shophouse façade is treated differently with the alternating window designs. In 1908, the block was extended to include No 8.
The corner shophouse, Sin Seng Nam Restaurant, has very fine stepped Dutch gables. Note the interesting entryways where wooden bars serve as security doors and also provide ventilation.
Sultan Abdul Samad Building (阿都.薩馬德蘇丹大廈)
(LRT Masjid Jamek)
Architects A.C.Norman and A.B.Hubbock designed the Moorish-styled Sultan Abdul Samad Building in 1894-7. Formerly the colonial administrative center, the building now houses the Supreme Court.
Masjid Jamek (嘉美克清真寺)
(LRT Masjid Jamek)
This mosque is situated at the historic meeting place of the Gombak and Klang rivers.
Central Market (中央藝術坊)
Jalam Hang, Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur (LRT Pasar Seni)
Eatery and shops in the Central Market, which was formerly fruit-and-vegetable market.
Sentral Kuala Lumpur > Butterworth 8 - EKSPRES LANGKAWI (2045-0535)
2005.12.20
Penang
Sheraton Penang Hotel
3 Jalan Larut, Penang, Malaysia 1005
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (張弼士故居)
14 Leith Street, 10200 Penang, Malaysia
www.cheongfatttzemansion.com
Generally known as the Blue Mansion (La Maison Bleu), the house was composed of 38 rooms, 5 courtyards, 7 staircases, and 220 windows, owned by Cheong Fatt Tze, a 19th century rags-to-riches Chinese Mandarin.
This 19th century masterpiece is an architectural statement of the eclecticism of the times and of Straits Settlements design and detailing. It was embellished with Chinese cut & paste porcelain works, Gothic louvered windows, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles, and Scottish cast iron works and Art Nouveau stained glass.
The film “Indochine” starring Catherine Denueve was shoot here. This mansion was awarded the 1st place winner “Most Excellent Project” UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards 2000, and the National Architecture Award for Conservation 1995.
THE GARAGE (倉庫商店街)
Lebuh Farquhar (Opp. E&O)
The Garage is housed in a restored old automobile garage building opposite the Eastern & Oriental Hotel. It has a several antique and curio shops, and the cozy coffee house Gloria Jean’s Coffees, the Latino-flavoured Slippery Senoritas, and a couple of bars and pubs. All these chic spots blend tastefully within the “art-deco” style of the building.
Tom Yam hotpot
2005.12.21
Penang
Clock Tower (鐘塔)& Fort Cornwallies (康華利斯堡)
Hokkien Mee (福建麵)is the Hokkien style noodles with shrimps; fried seafood; lime juice.
Old Georgetown on foot
Old Georgetown streetscape
Butterworth > Sentral Kuala Lumpur 8 - EKSPRES LANGKAWI (2130-0635)
2005.12.22
Melaka
On the way to Melaka
The Hainanese chicken rice dish is served with the innovative rice balls, in this corner shophouse restaurant Old Town Chicken Rice Ball (古城雞飯粒).
8 Heeren Street Malacca -Model Restoration Project
Badan Warisan Malaysia (Heritage of Malaysia Trust)
http://www.badanwarisan.org.my/
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This Dutch era shophouse built in the 1700s is located at No 8 Heeren Street in Malacca, which serves as a model restoration project carried by the Badan Warisan Malaysia, and granted by the U.S. Embassy’s “Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation”. The narrow frontage of the shophouse is composed of a Dutch gable and the Nyonya-styled woven screen commonly used for privacy.
The eclectic shophouse & the ceramic tiles on the shop front.
Geographer’s Café (地理學家咖啡館)
83, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Malacca
http://www.geographer.com.my
Located in a corner pre-war shophouse right in the heart of Chinatown, Old Malacca, this café was awarded the PAM Prize for Colour On Buildings in 1999 by Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (Malaysia Architect Association). The Hong Kong film “Summer Holiday” (夏日的麼麼茶) was shoot in this café, starring Sammi Cheng and Richie Ren. Nasi Lemak - a popular local Malaysian dish with polished rice cooked in rich coconut milk, accompanied by boiled cucumber, egg, fish, roasted peanuts, and spiced up with “sambal” chilli paste; Tomyam spaghetti – a wild try of East meets West; Lime juice; Star fruit juice.
2005.12.23
Kuala Lumpur
Chow Kit Market (秋吉市場)
(Monorail Chow Kit)
Bahkuteh (肉骨茶)
British India
Ground Floor, 1 Utama Phase II
This home grown fashion label from KL, by a Malaysian Chinese, is a brand that exploits what is called colonial chic.
Kuala Lumpur > Hong Kong CX724(1805-2145)
