More Chinese New Year countdown photos from China Town, Kuala Lumpur

China Town, or Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur is the traditional hub for Chinese New Year countdown every year. Many Malaysian Chinese are coming here to buy dried foods, flowers and decorative for the festive season. I came here every year mainly to buy Bakkwa (Rougan,肉干) or dried meat as new year gifts to relatives.

I blogged about the same trip to Petaling Street last year. The scene is similar. This year I shot with my Nikkor 35mm f1.8 instead. You may spot the difference! Haha.

This year, a new version of Bakkwa came out. Instead of using minced or sliced meat, they are using bacon! It tastes marvelous but more costly. These smoky scenes are seen everywhere in China Town!

If you’ve seen how it looked along the covered terrace at Petaling Street last year, this is how it looks this year. Any difference?

These are some traditional Chinese candies made from ginger, melon, plums, lotus seeds and etc. A must in Chinese New Year!

Red means happiness in Chinese culture…. so everything must be in reds!

Another season delicacy, Chinese styled waxed meat! They are mainly from China or Taiwan and could be in the form of waxed sausage, waxed duck or waxed meatloaf. Chinese waxed sausage is made of either minced or sliced pork meat and both are also my favourites.

Chinese chestnut. I missed this last year and managed to capture it this time. Look at the little photo within. Is this called the Kung Fu chestnut??

Also missed out last year, this little hawker stall selling Longan (Dragon eye, 龙眼) herbal drinks is the most popular drink stall in Petaling Street. For only RM1.20 per cup, every traveler to China Town deserves a try!

As usual, we went to China Town last weekend to have a walk at night. We bought many many bags of dried meats or Bakkwa, waxed sausages also some Chinese candies for Chinese New Year gifts to our relatives. Before we go off, we had a cup of Longan drink to ease our thirst. Not showing in photos here (but you could spot in in my last year post) are also those many seafood restaurants with roadside seating which are the foreign travelers’ favourite eateries. Come here to visit this China Town aka Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the only place where you could really appreciate the festive feel of Chinese New Year in K.L. See ya! – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog