As a disclaimer, please bear in mind that the three days we spent in Kuala Lumpur were characterized more by misadventures than by for-the-win gastronomic discoveries. This also means that that places we tried were chosen mostly based on convenience and their proximity to our hotel, rather than on our desire to try new places that would be representative of Malaysia’s generally hot and spicy culinary philosophy. We were unable to visit Jalan Alor, which we heard to be Kuala Lumpur’s branch of food paradise. Supposedly the heart of the city’s local cuisine, the entire stretch of food establishments and hawker stands would have made the ideal destination for a Malaysian food trip. However, with the erratic and frustratingly uncooperative weather – melting in 35 degrees of pure solar power during the day and at night, getting rained on by cats, dogs and we reckon even cows – bingeing on local favorites like grilled chicken wings, satay and char kway teow in tables sprawled out on the street became, to our dismay, an impossibility.
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