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Street foodChinatown
Central Market, known locally as Pasar Seni, on Jalan Hang Kasturi in Kuala Lumpur began in 1888 as a wet market and is now an Art Deco hall of craft stalls.
TipKasturi Walk, the covered street beside the building, adds more open-air stalls, snacks and cold drinks.
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Street foodSentul
Pasar Malam Bandar Baru Sentul takes over Jalan 1/48A in Kuala Lumpur every Friday evening with a compact run of neighbourhood hawker stalls.
TipArrive at around 17:00 to see every stall; many start packing up by 20:00 on this Friday market.
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Street foodChow Kit
Chow Kit Market, also called Bazaar Baru Chow Kit, on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman is Kuala Lumpur's largest wet market, a maze of produce, fish and meat stalls.
TipGo before 09:00 for the freshest catch, the wet section thins out by late morning.
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Street foodPudu
Pasar Besar Pudu on Jalan Pasar Baharu in Kuala Lumpur is a working wet market with its own breakfast hawker corner that draws a loyal crowd.
TipLook for Indian kuih, putu mayam, chicken rice and assam laksa among the stalls under the same roof as the produce.
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Street foodPudu
Imbi Market inside ICC Pudu in Kuala Lumpur took in the traders from the old Jalan Imbi site back in 2016 and still opens as a breakfast market.
TipThe wet market fills the lower floors and the breakfast hawker hall sits above it. Closed Mondays, and the stalls sell out by early afternoon.
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Street foodPetaling Street
Petaling Street Market in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown runs under a covered canopy from morning to late evening, with stalls busiest from 11:00 until late.
TipHours vary by stall, but something is open from about 09:00 to midnight; the market stalls peak from late morning.