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Enjoying the Night Life in Kuala Lumpur

05 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by mrsselfish in Asia, Food & Drinks, Malaysia

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Asia, Food & Drinks, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malls, Selfish Years, Tate, Times Square Mall

Mr. Selfish and I are not really party animals. Truth be told, we’re pretty much old farts when it comes to partying and clubbing in a big city. However, we do enjoy nice cocktail bars with fancy drinks. We hadn’t been to a swanky cocktail bar in a while, so we decided to go to Tate while in Kuala Lumpur.

The Tate’s website states the following as the introduction to the bar:

“Some days, Batman just wants to be Bruce. Not Bruce Wayne, just Bruce.

He wants to lounge about with his other hero friends, all of them in stealth mode. They stand at the bar and recount their adventures; play pool and puff on cigars. They are at ease, undisturbed by fainting damsels in distress . . . .”

It was an interesting introduction, and I was intrigued.

The Tate is located in the Intermark and is behind an unmarked door next to a hanging top hat. The bar is themed like a speakeasy during the Prohibition Era. All of the televisions were playing old Superman episodes, which me and Mr. Selfish found surprisingly hypnotizing.

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Mmmmmmmm…Malay Food!

04 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by mrsselfish in Asia, Food & Drinks, Malaysia

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Asia, Beef Rendang, Bijan, Food & Drinks, Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Malay Food, Malaysia, Malaysian Food, Nasi Lemak, Petronas Towers, Precious Old China, Satay, Selfish Years

While still in Orlando, Mr. Selfish discovered a beef rendang recipe on allrecipes.com and fell in love with it. Since there were no Malay restaurants in Orlando, we kept cooking this one recipe of beef rendang, which epitomized Malay food for us. We knew that we would try as much Malay food as possible while in Kuala Lumpur.

During our first night in KL, we walked to Kampung Baru to feast on Malay street food. The view from the night market of the Petronas Towers was magnificent, and the food was great to boot. First, we tried some delicious chicken and pork satay. They were cooked over an open flame to perfection.

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The Most Awesome Bird Park Ever in Kuala Lumpur

03 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Asia, Bird Park, KL Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Selfish Years

Mr. Selfish and I stayed in Kuala Lumpur for three nights. When I found out that Kuala Lumpur had a bird park that it touted as the “world’s largest free-flight walk-in aviary,” I knew that we would visit it.

I had to take two photographs because the owls don’t play too nicely with the other vegetarian birds. I loved the Malay Eagle Owl (on the right). His feathers give him so much character!

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Last stop in SE Asia: Kuala Lumpur

02 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by misterselfish in Accommodations, Asia, Malaysia, Starwood, Travel Hacking

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Selfish Years, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur, Travel Hacking

After catching breakfast at the Double Tree Phuket, Mrs. Selfish and I were ready for Kuala Lumpur!  We weren’t really sure what to expect, but having grown somewhat familiar with Malaysian cuisine, we were excited to see what Kuala Lumpur had to offer.

After a little research, I settled on booking the Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur, which was a little bit out of the center of town, but was highly ranked on Trip Advisor.  Since we were running low on Starwood points, I decided to pay in cash. A little searching found an offer online – 3 nights for the price of 2 at Starwood Properties in South East Asia – score!  The price was normally 444 MYR a night, which is roughly $143, so at 66% we were getting close to $96 a night before taxes.

Getting there, was a little bit of a challenge, but fortunately Kuala Lumpur removes most of usually airport taxi headaches.

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