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Weekend trip: Top things to do in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur’s best-kept foodie secret

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Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown is a buzzy, gentrified area with restaurants, bars and boutiques.

Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown is a buzzy, gentrified area with restaurants, bars and boutiques.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Duck into a bar hidden behind a hole-in-the-wall shopfront. Tuck into punchy assam laksa from a famous hawker stall in an alley. Sip cocktails made with South-east Asian ingredients and dine on local fare in a botanical-themed restaurant.

Do all this and more in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, a buzzy, gentrified area similar to Keong Saik in Singapore.

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