The murtabak is popular among Malaysians, but many foreigners miss out on this yummy treat because many eateries promote naan and tandoori chicken over it. It has been called “Indian Pizza” although it does not have cheese nor tomato sauce. It is basically a plain roti canai, a pan-fried bread with an omelette-like stuffing with [...]
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End To Komuter Woes Soon
Commuters in Kuala Lumpur, take heart. There are efforts afoot to reduce your woes as plans to implement alternative transportation is on the way. Two sets of the six-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains are being tested at the KTMB academy here. A local newspaper recently reported the Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho [...]
Mural At Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur
A recent article in a local newspaper highlighted an ongoing heritage preservation project in Kuala Lumpur. The event organised was the painting of a mural on an old building in Jalan Sultan by over 50 artists. The heritage preservation project, known as Preserve Our Heritage, is being led by The Star newspaper and began around [...]
More Buses In Kuala Lumpur
If you are in Kuala Lumpur and noticed that there have been more buses plying the routes, then it is not a figment of your imagination. Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL) has added another 150 buses to its fleet with improved features for the disabled in a bid to increase the efficiency of [...]
Death At Sepang International Circuit
The inevitable finally came to pass at the Sepang International Circuit on 23rd October 2011 with the passing of Marco Simoncelli after a horrific crash during the Sepang MotoGP race. The rider, who was the 250cc world champion, died at the on-site track medical centre at 4.56 pm after losing control of his bike on [...]
Heritage Cities of Malaysia
When the topic of heritage cities crop up regarding Malaysia, there is a tendency for most people to name Georgetown and Malacca as shining examples. Having being conferred the joint status of world heritage cities by UNESCO in 2008, they are, of course, associated with heritage. But lost in that recognition is another city that [...]
Watch The Watch Exhibition
A significant amount of income generated from the tourism industry in Malaysia comes from exhibitions and trade conferences. In recent years, the number of exhibitions and trade conferences has increased, as has the number of visitors to Malaysia.
Craft Brews Gone Rogue
Like wine, there is more to drinking beer than just guzzling it down blindly. For some beer lovers, it is the subtler aspects of the beer that attracts them to it – the smell of the beer before drinking it, the interaction of the beer when it goes into the mouth and the after-taste that [...]
MAS To Be Part of Oneworld
A rather interesting piece of news about Malaysia Airlines appeared in a local news outlet recently, stating that the national carrier is still on track to join Oneworld Alliance. As most travellers would already know, Oneworld is one of the three largest passenger alliances in the world, besides Star Alliance and SkyTeam. Airline alliances are [...]
Jimmy Choo – Tourism Ambassador
It is indeed befitting that Datuk Jimmy Choo has been acknowledged by his country as being an extremely valuable asset. Believe it or not, Malaysia and Malaysians were not the first, nor the second, nor the third country to catch on to what this gentleman had to offer. It was only after he became so [...]
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