Food Guide to Pudu Wai Sek Kai Glutton Street • 4 Eyes Fried Chicken 半山芭 • 为食街 • 四眼仔胜利炸

4 Eyes Fried Chicken is perhaps the most popular stall in Pudu's legendary glutton street or Wai Sek Kai. WSK is a side street off Jalan Pudu and its official name is Jalan Sayur (which means Vegetable Street in Malay). 

"Vegetable Street" was the original wet market of Pudu before it moved to its present location (at Pasar Pudu Baharu). Cooked food stalls replaced vegetable stalls after the latter moved to Pasar Pudu Baharu but the name Jalan Sayur remained.

Leong Kei Tai Bu Hakka Noodle 📍 Pudu Wei Sek Kai Glutton Street 📍 Jalan Sayur 半山芭 为食街 亮记大埔面 ☎ +6016 607 9983

I always love Hakka noodles - so simple - egg noodles sauced with lard and soy sauce topped with fried minced pork and eat with wanton soup. So comforting, tasty, filling and affordable.

Hien Kee Fish Ball Noodle📍Pudu Flats off Jalan Loke Yew 馨記正宗西刀鱼丸粉 • 新義豐茶餐室 ☎ +6017 252 5012

Fish ball places ain't that common in Kuala Lumpur, compared to say Johor Bahru and Singapore.

Hung Kee Wanton Noodle📍Pudu KL 亨記飯店•馳名雲吞麵炒粉麵食•各式燉品•燒鴨燒臘 ☎ 011-28 391388

Hung Kee at Jalan Loke Yew is over 60 years old now (founded in the 1960s). 

Girl & Mommy Cockle Mania Curry Mee📍33 Jalan Emas, Chan Sow Lin • 烧肉 Siham 咖喱面 ☎️ +6018 321 3606

Finally found my way to the famous Girl & Mommy Curry Mee in Chan Sow Lin, KL.

Herbal Chicken Soup in Coconut • Keong Kee & Fatt Kee📍Pudu Kuala Lumpur 椰子燉药材雞湯

Herbal chicken soup in coconut shell is worth a try if you are a fan of Chinese herbal soups.

Pudu Pak Lock Wanton Noodle📍Kuala Lumpur • Menu & Review 百樂茶餐室•順友麵食•全蛋麵•燒臘飯 ☎ +6016 250 0094

Most wanton mee lovers and foodies in Kuala Lumpur know Pak Lock wanton mee (founded in 1987).

Pudu Kun Kee Chicken & Fish Porridge 📍Jalan Seladang outside RHB Bank 坤记鸡鱼粥

Kun Kee is a popular street side porridge stall in Pudu.

An Kee Chicken & Roast Meat Rice • Ring Road Restaurant 📍 Pudu Kuala Lumpur 按记鸡肉烧肉饭 正宗菜园鸡 马草鸡

Two years ago while prowling around KL's Pudu neighborhood for good food, I stumbled upon An Kee Chicken & Roast Meat Rice stall. The royal yellow colour chicken in the window looked so enticing.

Pudu Yap Hup Kee Chee Cheong Fun & Yong Tau Foo 半山芭葉合記 +603 2148 9220

One of my objectives for coming back to Pudu this time, was to document my favourites when I was living in KL nearly 30 years ago.

One of them was a yong tau foo shop. I couldn't remember anything except that the dining area was long, narrow, and air conditioned (no the norm in Pudu at that time). Its business card had a fish or fish bone motif.

Chun Kei Tai Bu Noodle📍Pudu Kuala Lumpur • 100 Year Old Hakka Mee Institution 春記大埔麵 ☎ +6016 212 6870

Stumbled upon Chun Kei Hakka Noodle shop at Pudu's "glutton street" 半山芭为吃街. Founded by 杨春华 in 1931, Chun Kei is just 5 years shy of 100 years old (as at 2026).

Keong Kee Famous Herbal Soup near Pudu KL 强记補品 ☎ +6016 227 8688

Keong Kee Herbal Soups is one of the type of places I travel for - We won't get exactly the same dishes and very unlikely to get this type of setting and vibes in Singapore now.

Foong Lian Claypot Chicken Rice 📍 Pudu • KL Michelin Listed 丰年瓦煲美食馆 ☎ +603 9287 2294

Three days in Kuala Lumpur, I decided to go in-depth on food in the Pudu neighborhood. As Pudu has a sizable Cantonese population, so claypot chicken rice is a popular dish here. 

There are three well known claypot chicken rice places in Pudu. Yan Kee, 168, and this - Foong Lian 丰年.

168 Claypot Chicken Rice Pudu Kuala Lumpur 富都瓦煲鸡饭 ☎ +6016 373 6622

When we were living in KL, charcoal cooked claypot chicken rice was one of our favourite local dishes.

In Pudu, we liked Heun Kee and 168. Over in Petaling Jaya, we had another couple of favourites but I forgot their names. Yeah, before I retired, I didn't pay attention to what's famous and what big names. Just know what we enjoyed and where.

Sin Yuan Kee • Best KL Chicken Rice & Cantonese Roasts near Cheras LRT 新源记滑鸡饭 ☎ +6012 313 0079

This is the proverbial "hidden gem".

Yan Kee Claypot Chicken Rice (Formerly Heun Kee Pudu) • Menu & Review 甄記炭火瓦煲雞飯 • 富都桥底瓦煲雞飯 📞 +6016 259 0110

When I was a living in Kuala Lumpur 20+ years ago, we were regulars at Heun Kee in Pudu. Most people including myself know it as "claypot rice under the bridge" 桥底瓦煲雞飯.

Vertigo Rooftop Bar • One of the Best Views of KL Skyline 📍Banyan Tree Hotel Kuala Lumpur ☎ +603 2113 1822

After a full day in Kuala Lumpur, we chilled a while at Vertigo rooftop bar.

Global Travel Meet Kuala Lumpur 2025 • Tourism Malaysia's RM420 Million Masterstroke.

1 - 3 Oct 2025. Malaysia successfully hosted 1,500 of the world's key hospitality and travel industry leaders, innovators and stakeholders at the Global Travel Meet 2025.

Backlane Tian Ya Ker Handmade Pan Mee (Ban Mian) @ Chow Kit Kuala Lumpur 天涯客板面

Pan mee is a dish which mothers make at home for the family. It requires little ingredients or equipment but lots of love, time and effort. 

Tian Ya Ker is as close to mother's pan mee as you can get that money can buy. 

San Peng Guang Ji Chicken Rice & Hor Fun @ Pudu, Kuala Lumpur 广记鸡丝虾河粉和滑鸡饭 半山芭 ☎ +6016 222 6293

Buddy Jeffrey suggested I try the gai shi hor fun 鸡丝河粉 at Pudu LRT station, so here we are 😊