Another morning, another run to the Lot10 food court. Most food courts have just 10-20 shops, but this one had 40-50 different places, all close together for easy access. One shop we noticed yesterday had a huge line of Chinese people waiting, so this morning I went there first and got a good position at the front of the line. The dish was worth it, too – Duck Egg Fried Kuey Tow – flat noodles mixed with duck egg and vegetables and cooked up in a big iron wok with plenty of hot sauce. Kuniko picked up some beef noodles, which were also awesome. And we also got a few more custard buns.
We did a little more poking around the area of the park and Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, checked out the twin towers gift shop to see if they had any stupendous ornaments for our tree, and then ended up at a shopping center restaurant called Madame Kwan’s for a traditional Malaysian lunch. This time we had fruit rojack topped with soft shell crab, a fairly good beef rending, and a steamed fish cake wrapped in a banana leaf called otak otak. We weren’t a big fan of the fruit rojack, but the crab on the top was great! We also really enjoyed the fish cake – I think it would see well in Japan. For dessert we ordered a shaved ice sort of dish with beans, tea jelly and a big dollop of durian on top. I liked everything but the durian – but Kuniko had no trouble and ate it all.
With our shopping pretty much out of the way, we retreated to our hotel room to relax. The fridge was stocked with a couple bottles of sparkling wine, we had snacks, and so it was just time to wait for midnight. We spent most of the time napping, using the big bathtub, and snacking, until finally it got close to twelve o’clock. The park underneath the tower had some sort of concert going on, and even from where we were we could hear the music. More people gathered under the Petronas Towers and when midnight hit they let loose with some serious fireworks. The fireworks mainly exploded at about our height, between our hotel and the towers beyond the park. It made for some dramatic viewing, and it was a big payoff to the end of 2019.
We slept in the next day and then headed off to the airport, catching a flight out of Kuala Lumpur in the early afternoon and arriving around 9:30 pm in Japan. We barely caught the bus from the airport to Kobe, and ended up arriving at home a little after 11 pm. The colder weather was a shock – back to electric blankets and long underwear. It was another great trip – we were never bored and ate so much good food. I don’t think we’ll forget this winter holiday for a long time.
