Cafe 55

Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas


All-day breakfast options here include local flavours such as pandan or kaya (coconut-cream jam) spread on the toast. Or you could go for a yee sang soba, where you get to toss the noodles with colourful, healthy salad ingredients. It's all served up in a shabby chic, renovated shophouse that is spot on for 21st-century Chinatown style.


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Nearby Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas attractions

1. Pasar Karat Murals

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Students from Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan College (KLMCU) have contributed a variety of fun murals along the alley known as Pasar Karat, where a flea market…

2. Chinatown Wet Market

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If you want your chicken freshly plucked, this is where to get it. The market is squished in darkened alleys between Jln Petaling and Jln Tun HS Lee and…

3. Bumble Bee Cafe Mural

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Look up to see this charming mural of a young girl peeking over the upstairs window of this cafe.

4. Kwai Chai Hong

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Cross the wooden bridge off an alley running between Jl Panggong and Lorong Panggong to find this Instagram hotspot lined with six murals by local artists…

5. Lostgens'

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A variety of solo and group artist exhibitions are held at this contemporary arts space, including intriguing installations and video work. Check its…

6. Raw Art Space

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Check the Facebook page of this edgy graphic arts space for details of art shows and gigs by local and visiting musicians and performance artists, many of…

7. REXKL

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Occupying the old Rex Cinema building, this community-based cultural and creative centre is the brainchild of a group of young cultural entrepreneurs. It…

8. Guandi Temple

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Founded in 1886, this atmospheric temple offers photogenic high ceilings, red walls, tiled eaves and pointy gable ends. It's dedicated to Guandi, a…