MRT Joy Ride For A Half-day Leisure Trip to Town

On Wednesday November 15, 2017, my wife Soh Ai and I left home at 10.00am to the nearby bus-stop where we took a MRT shuttle bus to MRT Bkt. Dukung Station.  The bus-fare for me as a senior citizen is only RM1.00.

On board of the MRT shuttle bus plying between Bandar Sg. Long and MRT Bkt. Dukiung Station

An empty bus at this hour of our ride at 10.00am on a Wednesday

From MRT Bukit Dukung Station, we took a MRT ride to Pasar Seni, 14 stations away and it is the furthest station I went so far since the operation of MRT Sg. Buloh – Kajang line.     

A glimpse of an empty MRT Bkt. Dukung Station

MRT train internal with few passengers

We reached there at 11.15am and met up with my cousin brother Pan MK who came by LRT from Puchong. 

Arrived at MRT Pasar Seni Station

Three of us walked to the backlane of China Town's Lee Lam Thye Wet Market for coffee at 乐安茶室 which was recommended by Pan for being an old coffee shop and he missed its coffee.  As I am not a coffee-drinker, I really could’t find anything special with the coffee. 

Old coffee shop in a backlane of ChinaTown

After that, we went to Jln. Sultan and visited Hai-O Medicine Store where I bought 2 bottles of Peking Liu Wei Wan (concentrated pills) (北京同仁堂六味地黄丸浓缩丸) - 240丸 (RM21.50 each) and a packet of organic Psyllium Husk (300g for RM26.50).  

We took Hainanese chicken rice/asam fish/sour-spicy vegetable/bean sprouts for lunch (RM40.40)at鸡容海南鸡饭茶餐室opposite Hai-O Store.

Hainanese chicken rice shop

The chicken rice is quite tasty and it costs RM15 for a quantity for 3 pax and the sour vege is RM6

Asam fish and bean sprouts (RM6 and RM5 respectively)

After lunch, we strolled along Petaling Street and took a look at Guan Di Chinese Temple and Sri Mahamariaman Temple (the oldest Hinud temple in KL, founded in 1873) at Jln. Tun H.S. Lee before proceeding to MRT Pasar Seni Station. 

A pose with Pan MW on Petaling Street

Guan Di Chinese Temple at Jln. Tun H.S.Lee.  Incidentally it belongs to Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan Kwong Siew Association of which I am a life member. 

Inside Guan Di Temple

Lee Lam Thye Wet Market

Sri Mahamariaman Hindu Temple at Jln. Tun H.S. Lee

We took a ride from Pasar Seni to Maluri Station and dropped in Aeon Shopping Mall, Taman Maluri.  We had Latte/Cappuccino coffee (treated by Pan) and chit-chat for about an hour. 

MRT Pasar Seni Station

On board of MRT heading to Maluri

Arrived at MRT Maluri Station

Starbucks Maluri

Pan parted way with us at about 4.00pm.  While he took LRT back to Puchong, we took MRT from Maluri to Bkt. Dukung.

Walking to MRT Maluri Station from Aeon Shopping Mall.  Sunway Velocity Mall is at the far background.

On top of the track leading to MRT Bkt. Dukung Station

Soh Ai and I returned home by MRT shuttle bus at 4.45pm and concluded a short trip of joy ride to town.