Half-day Leisure Trip To Town By Bus

Kota Raya complex in the background

At 8.35am today Wed. December 20, 2017, my wife Soh Ai and I left home to take RapidKL bus.  We boarded the bus at 8.45am and alighted at one stop before Puduraya at Jalan Pudu at 10.00am.  We walked to Tung Shin Hospital where Soh Ai consulted her doctor about the blood test report for thyroid.  The consultation was fast because the blood test was done earlier at a clinic in BSL.  And by 10.45am, we could leave the hospital and go for our leisure trip in town.

Taking a bus from BSL

We took mixed beef noodle (牛杂面, each bowl RM10) at Lai Foong coffee shop (丽丰茶室) at Jalan Tun H.S. Lee, as the shop新九如牛腩面that we wanted to patronize was closed on every Wednesday.

Lai Foong coffee shop

Mixed beef noodle

After that, we visited Central Market for a short while before proceeding to Jalan Petaling.  We bought one whole piece of Sze Ngan Chye salty duck 四眼仔咸鸭 (RM56) and 鸭脚包(2 x RM2.50 each), Oloiyah dried pork meat我来也猪肉干(300g for RM31.60) and Traditional Hainanese kaya roll传统海南加央卷(RM6 per box).

Central Market side street

Inside Central Market (Pasar Seni)

Jalan Petaling

Famous "4-eye boy" salty duck

Traditional Hainanese kaya roll

Jalan Sultan

Waiting for bus to return home

We took a bus at Hub Lebuh Pudu at 12.15pm and returned home at 1.40pm. 

I found that for me the public transport by bus from my house to town (say Pasar Seni) is more direct and cheaper (RM1.20 per trip) than by taking the MRT.  For MRT ride, I have to take a shuttle bus to Bkt. Dukung MRT station (bus fare RM 1) and the MRT fare is RM1.90 from Bkt Dukung to Pasar Seni.  Of course, bus ride is more time-consuming and less comfortable compared to MRT ride.