Kuala Lumpur Restaurants

  1. 1+1

    Good for 'drunken' chicken mee (noodles) with rice wine, and Hong Kong dim sum and wantons.

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  2. Chynna

    The best of the Hilton's cutting-edge Studio restaurants, centred on Frank Woo's sculpture, Dancing Shadow . Shanghai-chic décor and lots of upmarket Cantonese and East Coast Chinese cooking.

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  3. Restoran Oriental Bowl

    Chinese office workers are lured to this health-food restaurant by the menu of Chinese dishes cooked with ginseng and medicinal herbs from the traditional Chinese pharmacy downstairs.

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  4. Shang Palace

    Seafood is the speciality at this gorgeously designed Chinese banquet restaurant. Topping the bill is 'Monk Jumps Over the Wall': sharks-fin, abalone, scallop and sea cucumber served in a monk's bowl. It's worth coming just to see the fabulous temple-style entrance.

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  5. Tai Thong Grand Restaurant

    A popular lunchtime stop for dim sum, this upmarket Chinese banquet house switches to a Cantonese à la carte menu in the evening. Locals come here for the filling set meals.

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  6. U Village

    Locals pack into this bustling canteen throughout the day for Hong Kong-style Cantonese food at bargain prices, served in double-quick time. The barbecued pork rice is a treat. It's near the back door to Sungei Wang, opposite Plaza Chow Kit.

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  7. Yé Chine

    Round Chinese doorways create a suitably imperial mood at the restaurant downstairs from Loft and Cynna. Come for dim sum at lunchtime or filling claypot casseroles after a night on the dancefloor upstairs.

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