Old Klang Road Market — Attraction in Kuala Lumpur

Mixed feeling towards a wet market. It is a dying culture. Imagine shopping for your daily, weekly groceries and fresh vegetables, meat and fish in a wet, hot, dark, smelly place. Wading through yukky wet floor, smell of everything, nice and not nice. It used to be The Market for this suburb, but now dwindled in importance by hypermarket nearby, the NSK. It's great if you want to bond with the past, when your mom or grandma went marketing. Finding a place to park is the first hurdle. Be properly attired, with rubber boots and a big basket for your purchase. Thirdly know your price and look for bargain. Get ready a bottle of water in your car for washing and bag for stashing your dirty boots. Yes, there is dim and dark food court, with great coffee for the brave souls.It is a great cultural experience, to mingle with the natives. As for marketing and eating there, the choice is to your degree of tolerance, to dark and...

Truly, there are pros and cons. No doubt it is bit messy traditional wet market but do not expect Victoria wet market in Melbourne. Also parking is always not enough. No credit/debit card or Samsung pay accepted. So after near by Kucai Lama NSK super market was built, many restaurant owners and household consumers go there including me. But talking about quality of pork, the many butcheries here provide much fresher and higher quality meat with good price. So go with your pal so that he/she can wait in the car, quickly buy and go back. Also wear sandal or Crocs so that you can easily clean when you...

This market is really a WET......market. Lots of things to see and buy.... Very much the same when i was there 40 years ago. Although it has been renovated, but i could see most of the old stalls and seller are still there. Really a great place to revisit, especially my favourite Pan Mee stall. Been eating that since i was so young, and now the seller is the son of Pan Mee boss. They still recognise me and my family, especially my mom. Must try the Pan Mee, may not be the best in taste for others but it's the good old memory that reminds me of...