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Jalan Masjid India
One of the oldest road of the
city, Jalan Masjid India is the original shopping haven that has dated back
over a century ago. Its name is derived from a mosque built in 1870 for the
Indian Muslim population settling there at the times when tin-mining was
booming.
Little India is at the heart of a thriving neighbourhood built up around the
district's mosque. The heart of Little India is the Jalan Masjid India.
Vendors lug bales of sarees through the traffic and past shops heaped with
gold, traditional medicines and gaudy glass bangles. Rows of Indian textile
shops, like Kamdar. They have also a branch in
Georgetown - Penang.
Money changers (they say, you can get pretty good rates here), shops,
Imported clay and brass pots, sarees, Bollywood dvd (Bombay - Hollywood of
India). In this neighbourhood is also a little hawker center.
During the day, the hawker stalls
along this colourful and vibrant street offer tasty Indian snacks, like
samosa, ghulab jamun (sweet dumpling & dash; like dessert) and vadai (a
snack made with yellow slit peas, ginger, curry leaves, onions and masala),
which can be washed down with the black cincau (grass jelly drink) or pink
air bandung (syrup drink).
For those wanting a sitdown meal,
the numerous budget cafe dish up delicious roti canai (tasty Indian bread),
biriyani (rice and curry dish) and dhal (curried lentils).
For jewellery is important to know, that the prices correspond to the weight
of the jewellery. Remember, the price of gold is fixed. What you're
negotiating down then is the premium on the workmanship.
The
Masjid Jamek LRT Station is only 200 meters away from this road and the
shopping bazaar there.
Jalan Masjid India can be reach easily by
KLIA Taxi for the fare of RM74.30 (budget taxi) and RM102.10 / RM199.80 for
premier and family limo.
Note: The taxi fare published here (as on 15 Dec 2015) is an estimate and subjected to changes.
If you travel between 11:30 pm to 6:00 am, there will be an
additional 50% fare surcharge.
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