Suria KLCC
Today, we look forward to doing some Malaysia shopping on this week long Malaysia vacation. We also intend to visit some of the Malaysia attractions such as KLCC and Petronas Twin Towers which we have not done so yet on any of our previous travel to Malaysia. At the same time, we shall be providing some tips for travel if you intend to travel to Malaysia.
As we wanted to do quite a bit of shopping today, we booked the 1030 hrs complimentary shuttle from our resort, Palace of the Golden Horses, to KLCC. Without any traffic at that time of the morning and being a Saturday, it took us just twenty minutes to reach KLCC. The shuttle dropped us off at Suria KLCC Shopping Centre off Jalan Ampang.
Beware of taxi touts!
Suria KLCC Shopping Centre
The premier shopping destination in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSuria KLCC Shopping Centre is one of the premier shopping destinations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is within walking distance of another striking landmark attraction, the Petronas Twin Towers, renowned for its unique and unmistakable skyline of the city of Kuala Lumpur. Petronas Twin Towers is one of the biggest attractions of Malaysia and is also one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Petronas Twin Towers, a Malaysia iconEntrance of the national pride of Malaysia, the Petronas Twin Towers
Soaring 452 metres into the sky 
Stunning night view of the Twin Towers
With a tagline saying ‘Always Something New’, you can always expect great, unique experiences at the Suria KLCC. Some of the hot picks here include local and international designer items, a must for those who want to get the latest fashion or gadgets in the market.
With over 300 international and local fashion stores spread across 6 levels, Suria KLCC comprises Ampang Mall, Ramlee Mall, Park Mall and Centre Court and you will be spoiled for choice. To enrich your experience, Suria KLCC was offering tourists with the Tourist Privilege Card to enjoy amazing discounts and incentives at participating outlets.
Specialty shops
We managed to do some shopping in Suria KLCC Malaysia before having lunch in Signatures, a food court on Level 2. With a variety of local food adding to the varied cuisines, we decided on Nasi Kandar campur Ayam (Rice with Chicken Curry) and the BBQ Chicken Wanton (dumpling) noodles.
Food abounds... 
Wantan noodle shopBBQ Chicken with Wanton noodles
Nasi Kandar Ayam
More specialty shopsAntiques
Interactive petroleum science discovery centreThe RM6.50 (USD1.90) BBQ chicken was fragrant and tasty with smooth noodles. The nasi Kandar Ayam came with a tender chicken thigh and was served with Indian curry which was nice and spicy.
As we had forgotten to take more cash which we had left in the hotel room, we made arrangements to have the shuttle pick us up back to The Palace of the Golden Horses at 1330 hrs. This time with a little more traffic, the journey took us thirty minutes.
Back at our resort, The Palace of the Golden Horses, we toured the swimming pool area. There were two small water slides as well for some water fun.
The swimming poolThe greenery
View of the Palace of the Golden Horses from the lakeClose up
Spot the catfish
Gardens of the Palace of the Golden HorsesWaterfall
Next we visited the jetty by the lake where you could hop onto the water taxis. Known as Venice of the east, you could go cruising within the city. There are a few ways to go cruising.
Water taxi on the lakeCruising within the City Adult Child
Amazing Cruise RM33 (USD9.75) RM24 (USD7.10)
Discovery Cruise RM27 (USD7.95) RM20 (USD5.90)
Greenery Cruise RM22 (USD6.50) RM17 (USD5.00)
Triangle service RM 9 (USD2.65) RM 9 (USD2.65)
Hotel Transfer RM17 (USD5.00) RM12 (USD3.55)
Ride n’ Shop RM 3 (USD0.88) RM 2 (USD0.60)
Ride n’ Dine
With set lunch RM30 (USD8.85) RM20 (USD5.90)
Steamboat dinner RM 45 (USD13.30) RM35 (USD10.35)
Splash & Dine
With set lunch RM55 (USD16.20) RM45 (USD13.30)
Steamboat dinner RM65 (USD19.15) RM55 (USD16.20)
Sunset Dining Cruise from RM199 (USD59.65) per pax (group of 7 – 10 pax)
Massage Cruise from RM199 (USD58.65) per pax
VIP Charter from RM400 (USD117.95) per boat
When we returned to our room, we were surprised to find that it had not been serviced yet even though we had left the “Service Room” sign on for the past four hours. However upon calling the attendant, he immediately came to service the room.
Next we caught the 1600 hrs shuttle back to KLCC. Once again, we ended up at KLCC. However, this time, we did a walking tour and headed for Bukit Bintang (Star Hill) area instead.
On our walking tour
Wedding cars 
Hard Rock Cafe
Malaysia Tourism CentreKL Tower
421m high telecommunications and broadcasting towerBukit Bintang is a popular shopping and entertainment district in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and is home to many landmark shopping centres, cafés, clubs, shops, malls and specialty shops.
Bintang Walk was closed as they had a mass sing along session called Sing Along, 1Malaysia. It was an euphoric atmosphere there as thousands of youths participated in the session, enjoying themselves while singing to their favourite tunes.
We did some shopping in Sungei Wang Plaza and bought some items from Giant hypermarket and Parkson department store. Sungei Wang Plaza is the most popular city shopping which houses retail outlets offering great bargains. You can find local fashion apparel and accessories as well as IT and mobile phone gadgets here.
After shopping in Malaysia’s shopping district, we walked to Federal Hotel where we had made reservations for the Seafood cum Barbeque Buffet dinner at 1830 hrs at The Verandah.
The Verandah in Federal HotelBuffet counter
SeafoodDuck rice
Barbequed just for youSome of the cooked food
Japanese food made upon orderSome nonya cakes for dessert
Bubur cha cha dessert - a popular Nyonya dessert of sweet potato, yam, tapioca jelly and sago pearls in thick coconut milk.
Ice kachang dessert - a dessert made of ice shavings topped with colourful sweeteners and condensed milk. At the bottom of the ice should sit some red beans, corn and some attap chee (seed of the attap or nipah palm)TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
If you like staying in the heart of the shopping district and enjoy some great travel deals, you can sign up for the FHI Privilege Club. For RM448 (USD132), the valued member can look forward to complimentary dining in any of the FHI Hotels which include Federal Hotel and Capitol Hotel when accompanied by at least one guest.
Other bonuses include:-
• 2x Complimentary Night Stay
• 5x Complimentary Room Upgrade
• 10x Complimentary Visits at The Federal KL’s Swimming Pool
• 2x Complimentary Welcome Drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
• 1x 50% Discount for Special Occasion
• 1x Complimentary Bottle of House Wine / Appetizer / Dessert
• 1x Complimentary One-kilogram Cake for Member’s Birthday
• 1x Complimentary Set Lunch or 1 hi tea for 2 persons
• 1x RM20 (USD5.90) Cash Voucher
• 1x RM30 (USD8.85) Cash Voucher
• 1x Birthday/Anniversary Benefit of 1 Complimentary Bottle of House Wine or 2 dessert
We had the seafood and barbeque buffet dinner for RM40++ (USD11.80) in The Verandah, Federal Hotel, and used our certificates for the Birthday cake and Birthday wine.
Free bottle of wineAnd the 1kg cake
At the same time, we had the complimentary welcome drink and also used the RM30 (USD8.85) Cash Voucher bringing our dinner bill for 2 persons to RM22 (USD6.50).
Our complimentary drink
You can choose either alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinkThere was quite a great choice of food variety including Japanese and local flavours. Again, this was value for money.
After dinner, we walked back to KLCC to wait for the complimentary shuttle back to our hotel at 2045 hrs. It was a slow thirty minute walk to burn off the calories.
Suria KLCC premier restroomChrismas decorations in Suria KLCC
TIPS FOR TRAVEL:-
If you know the direction to walk from KLCC to Bukit Bintang shopping area or vice versa, it can be quite a nice slow walk and you get to see more of Malaysia.
That ended the second day of our Malaysia vacation. We managed to get some Malaysia shopping done at Suria KLCC and at the same time indulged in some great food of Malaysia. The Malaysia attractions were also impressive especially the towering Petronas Twin Towers. As we travel to Malaysia quite frequently, we are also able to share some tips for travel as well as make use of one of the travel deals that we have which was the FHI privilege card. It was good to get back to our resort, Palace of the Golden Horses, at the end of the door and be greeted with a green environment.
Palace of the Golden Horses Mini Lounge
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