Glimpses of Kuala Lumpur's China Town (Petaling Street)...
Happy New Year again everyone! Today's post is quite different in that I usually stick to recipes for probably 99% of the time on this blog but I thought it would be nice to share with you some shots I took while wandering around Petaling Street (Malaysia's Chinatown) after having not been in the area for years. Especially for those of you who have yet to visit Malaysia, perhaps this will give you some glimpses of an older and let's just say less developed part of town in Kuala Lumpur. Photographically speaking, there are gems all over the place - shooting street or people scenes is something that is still very new to me and is vastly different from food photography but is definitely no less interesting. I do hope you'll enjoy this mini photo tour through some parts in and around Petaling Street and for my fellow Malaysians living overseas, perhaps this will bring back some good memories.
The facade of a 'typical' Chinese style grocery or sundry store, see the abundance of dried foods available from dried shiitake mushrooms to anchovies...
I love the red gates leading into Kuala Lumpur's oldest Taoist temple located near Petaling Street and Central Market. See the vibrant red colour and I love the combination of old and new in this photo..
These shelves are filled to the brim with carefully prepackaged incense sticks and paper offerings for devotees to offer up to the Heavens...
Entrance to the temple, as the temple has an air well of sorts, the temple was very well-lit with natural light, it was an auspicious day for prayers when I visited hence there were quite a lot of devotees at the temple.
The painted red wood panelling behind the brass urns must be hundreds of years old, I just wish I had more time to take more shots.
Crowded shop selling Chinese New Year decorations, the year of the Water Dragon will be here soon!
A ramdom street scene I caught in a back street, probably not the prettiest of photos but I was fascinated
The same back street, I was so fascinated by the elderly gentleman giving his customer a shave which is something we usually only get to see in movies?
I hope you found the shots interesting and I'll be back with a recipe next!
The facade of a 'typical' Chinese style grocery or sundry store, see the abundance of dried foods available from dried shiitake mushrooms to anchovies...
I love the red gates leading into Kuala Lumpur's oldest Taoist temple located near Petaling Street and Central Market. See the vibrant red colour and I love the combination of old and new in this photo..
These shelves are filled to the brim with carefully prepackaged incense sticks and paper offerings for devotees to offer up to the Heavens...
Entrance to the temple, as the temple has an air well of sorts, the temple was very well-lit with natural light, it was an auspicious day for prayers when I visited hence there were quite a lot of devotees at the temple.
The painted red wood panelling behind the brass urns must be hundreds of years old, I just wish I had more time to take more shots.
Crowded shop selling Chinese New Year decorations, the year of the Water Dragon will be here soon!
A ramdom street scene I caught in a back street, probably not the prettiest of photos but I was fascinated
The same back street, I was so fascinated by the elderly gentleman giving his customer a shave which is something we usually only get to see in movies?
I hope you found the shots interesting and I'll be back with a recipe next!
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