Kidzania Mutiara Damansara Kuala Lumpur

Went to KidZania Kuala Lumpur recently located in Mutiara Damansara. KidZania is an indoor family edutainment centre currently operating in 11 places all over world. KidZania Kuala Lumpur is the 3rd outlet in South East Asia and 11th outlet in the world.

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We went on a Saturday and entered at about 11am (it opens at 10am daily). It was already packed when we went in, so I guess it's better to be there as early as possible, furthermore it was a weekend.

Kidzania Kuala Lumpur

At first, I was clueless about KidZania and what was the hype all about. I couldn't imagine what was it like inside Kidzania. Well, as soon as I entered, I was in awe and surprised to say the least. It was like being in a totally different world, where it is like a mini-scale of a big city (imagine New York being compressed into a shopping mall!)

KidZania Opening Hours

On weekdays, there is a single session from 10am to 5pm. So you get to spend more time inside KidZania on weekdays as compared to weekends. Weekends are divided into 2 session; first session is from 10am to 3pm; Second session is from 4pm to 9pm

Ticketing Area

A big hit was the Skyrider Training Area, where kids get to be a pilot and flight attendants (Don't blame me if I got my info wrong as adults were not allowed to enter! lol!) From there you can see children really aspire to be pilots, or flight attendants, or maybe they just like aeroplanes. When my son started to queue, the waiting time was about 45 minutes. He got tired of waiting after 20 minutes (kids!)

I think most kids would head here first

Another attraction; being a firemen riding the fire engine and putting out some fire off course!

And some other random pictures:

The Entrance (coming from The Curve via the bridge)

Time to spend your hard earned money here!

It's an actual theatre

Infant's area

A theatre in action

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Kuala Kangsar, Royal Town of Perak

I went for a day trip to Kuala Kangsar recently. It's about 2 hour 30 minutes drive from the city centre via the North South Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE). I entered the expressway by taking the Kota Damansara interchange and exited at Kuala Kangsar interchange.


In my opinion, Kuala Kangsar should be one of tourist attractions for local and overseas tourists due to its rich history. This town has a lot of potential still untapped for the tourism industry.


Brief on Kuala Kangsar (source from Wikipedia)

• The Sultan of Perak officially resides in Kuala Kangsar, and it has been Perak's royal seat since the 18th century. It is one of four towns that plays a role in Perak's complex succession system. It was the administrative seat of the first British Resident in the Malay Peninsula, James W.W. Birch, from October 1874 until he was murdered on November 2, 1875.
• Kuala Kangsar is also known in Malaysian history as the site where the first Conference of Rulers, the Durbar, was held in 1897. By the 1890s, the growth of the tin mining towns of Ipoh and Taiping had eclipsed Kuala Kangsar, but it remains to this day one of the most attractive of the Malay royal capitals.
• The town is also the site of the first rubber tree planted in Malaysia. The person responsible was the English botanistHenry Nicholas Ridley. He was the one who helped Malaya and eventually Malaysia become the largest rubber producer in the world. The tree still stands today.
• The first Malaysian scout troop was established in Kuala Kangsar. Consequently, its squad number is 001.

The first thing I did after arriving in Kuala Kangsar was to have its famous dish, laksa. A dish rice noodles with thin fish gravy (or soup rather). Its look and smell could not be appealing to some, as with its taste. I guess it requires an acquired taste. But it's one of my most favourite dishes! You can find almost every restaurants in Kuala Kangsar selling laksa. My personal favorite: Laksa Taufik located at the food court just next to the Perak River. 


I had laksa with cendol, which is one of the popular desserts in Malaysia. It's ingredients are coconut milk, 

The dessert's basic ingredients are coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar. Other ingredients such as red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, might also be included. (source: Wikipedia)

       
                                              

Among the picture I managed to take while I was there (descriptions will be added later):

IKEA Malaysia in Damansara

Welcome to IKEA Malaysia

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Went there as my wife wanted to have the famous IKEA meatballs. The IKEA cafe nowadays are always packed, it's like every hour is peak hour. So you just have to be patient to get your seats. I'm sure you can find it somewhere in that huge cafe. It's worth the wait if you ask me as it is simply delicious.

This is the famous IKEA Meatball. I don't think this picture do it justice, but I can assure you it taste a lot better than it looks!

This is what I had that day, IKEA's Chicken Chop. Also good. (or maybe I was extra hungry that day so everything tasted good lol). But it's good, honest.

IKEA's operation hours. Ample of parking space available. Connected to IPC Mall, which is a shopping mall with an indoor children's playground, some cafes and retail outlets. Some factory outlet stores also available in IPC mall.

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This is the children's play area available at IKEA. It's an attraction on it's own, as you can see from the image above, people are queuing up to get their kids in there.  

Damansara Perdana - Resort-style Suburb in the City

Damansara Perdana, one of the most exclusive suburbs situated in the Klang Valley, at Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. As one of the biggest developments in Petaling Jaya, this township is serviced by the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP), the North Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), and the Sprint Expressway.

Damansara Perdana located next to Mutiara Damansara, houses the famous shopping malls (The Curve, IKEA, IPC Mall, Kidzania, e@Curve, Tesco). These malls are just less than 1 kilometer from Damansara Perdana.

There are easily over 200 shops and restaurants in Damansara Perdana.

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Highly recommended restaurants are:

 Baloh Restaurant Damansara Perdana - Authentic Malay Food. Type of food: Rice with dishes (lots of choices!) Usually packed between 12pm-2pm. So come early to get your seats.

 Mum's Place, Damansara Perdana - A mixture of Malaysian and Portuguese cuisine. Very popular among the locals.

Lots of shops here...

and lots of restaurants too!

One of the landscapes in Damansara Perdana

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