Kuala Lumpur Food Tour Through Chow Kit

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Experience Kuala Lumpur Largest Wet Market Discovery hidden Street Food with Culture and People including dinner

4 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the atmospheric district of Chow Kit on a 4-hour foodie tour through one of Kuala Lumpur’s most exciting culinary destinations. Learn how to order and eat like a local as you follow your local guide through a vibrant wet market, and hear the secrets behind your favorite Malay dishes. Pause for a series of tastings at three stops, and sample at least ten of Kuala Lumpur’s specialties. Experience something new as you immerse yourself in the distinctive tastes of Kuala Lumpur.

4-hour foodie tour of Chow Kit district
Visit the bustling neighborhood with a local guide
Learn about Malay cuisine and culture
Enjoy Kuala Lumpur's culinary specialties
Small-group tour ensures a personalized experience

Sample Menu

Dessert

Peanut Pancakes

Made with flour,egg, sugar and coarsely ground roasted peanuts.

Main

Northern Beef Noodles Soup

This noodles are famous on the northern state of Malaysia. The noodles is a bit different from the normal vermicelli noodles.

Dessert

Corn/prawn fritters

It's just a simple ingredients. Just add water, salt and flour and adding either corn or prawn,deep fried it. Will be serve with spicy peanut sauce.

What's Included

Beverages and dinner
Professional English speaking guide
Small-group walking tour

Alcoholic Beverages
Souvenir photos, available to purchase
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Hilton Garden Inn Kuala Lumpur Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman South
452, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Chow Kit, 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hilton Garden Inn Kuala Lumpur (South), Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman

End point

Mohd.Yaseem Nasi Kandar Restaurant
Jln TAR, 351, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Chow Kit, 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
We end with at a Mamak Indian Muslim store selling Indian rotis and Malaysia's signature pull tea.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Tips to enjoy Simply Enak's food tour:
Near public transportation
BE HUNGRY, BE OPEN
Make sure you come hungry when you join the food experience and be open to foods introduced by the guide
WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES

The food experience tours are normally walking trails. It's advised for guests to wear comfortable shoes during the food experience
BRING YOUR WATER BOTTLE
Water helps during the tour especially during hot weather. Its very easy to get thirsty in Malaysia.
UMBRELLA AND RAINCOAT
Malaysia's weather can be unpredictable. Please bring your own umbrella or raincoat if its raining or going to rain.
AVOID WEARING WHITE
There's nothing worse than spilling food on a white t-shirt. If you don't mind the stain, you can always wear white.
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Taishi_M

I participated this tour with my daughter (8 years). Throughout the tour, our tour guide, Danny was really kind and knowledgeable. I and my daughter could fully enjoyed local foods and learned a lot about KL without any concern. The best memory in KL!

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Our guide made the tour very enjoyable

Andy_H, Nov 2023

Where to begin, was the first thing our guide Danny asked us. Not a cookie cutter tour but rather we were fortunate enough to do this at our own pace. The mixed eating and city/historical walking tour is always our favorite. We found we could eat more that way. After a quick breakfast the journey went from fresh fruit market, to nasi lemak with pork which is a rare find, to more fruit, juice and bake goods, to tea, dessert, to the main meal which was more variety of nasi such as kerabu, teh tarik, etc. And finally for us a leisurely and educational walk thru the new village then thru the Saloma bridge to Petronas towers where Danny said his fairwell. His attentiveness was uncanny. Well prepared with everything needed in his backpack for my occasions. 100% recommended.

The best memory in KL!!

Taishi_M, Feb 2023

Ezy greeted us so excited to us like...

Anise_M, Feb 2018

Ezy greeted us so excited to us like we were friends who haven't seen each other in a while. We began our walking tour with our first stop at a local sweet cart. The little cakes and the peanut butter tasting pancake were delightful. We experienced a very colorful dried noodle and rice market. Here were tasted two different types of noodle dishes. Then, we were taken through a large market with fresh fruits, vegetables, then then the wet section for meats. Exiting this market we were on a street where locals were setting up for the evening night market. We headed to another semi outdoor cafe and tried satay, fried dough and a coconut iced dessert that were delicious. After a brief rest because of rain, we walked to a small Chinese restaurant that only serves one noodle dish. It is famous for it's secret seasoning. It lived up to it's reputation. The secret seasoning had a wonderful roasted pepper flavor, but you have to eat the dish to try, you can't buy the seasoning to go. The last tasting spot was at an Indian cafe. We tried unique breads and this dish too was very good. Our guide had a true passion for food and enjoyed sharing information about food and history of the city. This tour is definitely takes you into the local markets where everyday locals go. So foodies, be adventurous!

If you want to eat in the...

ROSEANNE V, Jul 2017

If you want to eat in the backstreets then this is the tour for you. I cant say I enjoyed it. I found it very overwhelming and the markets were very confronting in the meat section. I suggest this tour is not for Westerners. Our guide was great, however, this was not a great experience for me.

Just what we were looking for in a...

Lisa B, Jan 2017

Just what we were looking for in a food tour! Pauline really knows KL and the wet market. We enjoyed the walk thru the wet market and tasting various prepared foods as well as fruits and vegetables. Not something we would have done on our own and wouldn't have known what-was-what without a guide. Chili-pan-mee was the best meal we had in 3 weeks in KL! I couldn't finish it or barely touch anything at the final stop. Highly recommend this tour!

Jasmin, who guided this tour, was...

Robert W, Oct 2016

Jasmin, who guided this tour, was very enthused and knowledgeable, and made the four hour tour a real treat. The information and background she gave on KL and Malaysia was as interesting as the food and meal samples. If anything there was too much food, and I think perhaps we should have resisted the small treats along the way and just concentrated on formal dishes. By the time my group got to the last stop, which was an Indian restaurant, we could not do justice to the food, which was in fact wonderful and some of the best of the afternoon tour. The markets were a revelation, especially that they were open 24 hours, and Jasmin gave us a detailed tour through them, providing loads of background. Certainly did not need dinner that evening given the amount of food sampled during the tour. Jasmin was an excellent guide, and made sure we knew what we were sampling and provided drinks to go with the dishes. She even helped each of the tour party with detailed directions on how to get back to their accommodation from Chow Kit. A recommended addition to your KL program, that's for sure.

Our tour guide was very...

Rebecca K, Aug 2016

Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and she had lots of fun stories and insight knowledge to share with us! We got to see all sorts of local foods and markets including an assortment of fruits I wouldn't have known how to eat otherwise, so that was fun. My one complaint was the price: it was 68 per person but the total amount of food consumed between 4 people was approximately 20 so the profit margin is HUGE and not comparable to other tours. There were no others available the 1 day we had so my choices were limited on this front. Otherwise I had a good time and ate a lot of tasty morsels

Awesome tour. Loved the variety of...

Yolanda C, May 2016

Awesome tour. Loved the variety of foods offered. The interaction with Mimi, our guide was amazing. She was very familiar with the area. I felt as if we were truly experiencing this from a local perspective.

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