The Crazy Streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[@benfishermin]

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[@tazzznphilly]

Wow, what a crowd. I enjoyed watching all of the stores, people, food, culture in this video...thru your eyes. Thanks for another great walk n talk, Benjamin. ~ Tazzz ~

[@byrdworky]

You will enjoy the Malaysian durian. Musang King or even the kampung variants are good. Can't wait for that video.

[@aren3130]

Hi Ben...love your bukit Bintang video.We used to stay Bukit Bintang area whenever we visited KL on family trip those days.Plan on a family trip again to KL in near future.

[@stefanexplores]

Looks really fun to be there!

[@fairusfedder7206]

One by one content Ben...its trending in Malaysia now😂

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Popular varieties in malaysia : 1. Musang king, world no 1 2. Blackthorn, most expensive in malaysia 3. D24 4. Tekka 5. 101 6. Red prawn 7. Village durian, generally cheap 8. XO

[@kiplingkoliak]

A good fun video of Bukit Bintang, Ben.

[@lindaregislee5125]

Haven't ventured out on a bustling night in kl city for like aeons. Good job, you're doing it for me. 😊

[@3208enrique]

Hi Ben, can’t wait to see you try out Malaysia durian. You will fall in love with it 😂

[@azharidris7092]

Ben.. you've learn so much in a short space of time.. well done.. to be honest.. i haven't been to Bukit Bintang for ages.. you know what.. by the look of it.. it's changing fast.. when all those construction is finished.. it will be even more livelier in a year or two.. it would be good to show what Kampong Baru looks like at night.. i heard there too is coming a live..

[@kayellai5278]

Bukit Bintang become worse because of street busking.

[@rodzitazainal19]

Bukit Bintang area is always lively and buzzing. The food options are just crazy.

[@shin-hinlau4691]

There is a place near Bukit Bintang, DurianBB Park where you can get a sampler platter of just 5 pips of durian of different varieties.

[@arivfotomoto3642]

Ben, some tip; never compare Thai durians to a Malaysian durians... Malaysians are 'vehemently' proud of their durians 😅. Try the Musang King, it's the premium of Malaysian durian, not affordable for the average Malaysians. The Musang King is so popular regionally that the Thais has started planting them.

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Indonesians and thais can copy our musang king but will not work. Soil is important.

[@kamrulz659]

Yes, Musang king indeed a best durian in the world.Thai durian are not a kind closed to Musang king.😊

[@synnell88]

Durian fruit, locally or wild, is very costly because of the difficulty to harvest and transport. The cultivation from durian seed will vary from its parents, so the only viable way to cultivate durian is from grafting. Musang King is the first durian to be genome sequenced, so it means only the certified grafted plant can be sold as Musang King after rigorous test, which is conducted by FAMA Malaysia. The Musang King can be sold at standard high prices because of certification, which helped the farmers to have more stable income to offset the cost incurred during early stage. FAMA Malaysia have worked together with many ASEAN countries to plant Musang King at their respective countries to expand the market of durian, so the only difference of tastes of Musang King on any countries is the way they harvest the fruit. The ripe durian fruit usually dropped by itself, so we are assured to get matured taste from the fruit. But durian fruit have a short 'rich-taste window', from its 1st hour of drop and gradually loss of 'flower' aroma up to 48 hours. After 48 hours, a lot of aroma and taste of durian fruit will be lost, which leave a lot of bitter taste. That's why a lot of durian addict usually goes to the plantation directly to eat fresh-dropped durian fruit. In Thailand, they usually carter for overseas countries, which means it's impossible to deliver those durians within the 'window'. So to ensure constant taste of all exported durians, the durian fruit usually cut off from the tree without waiting it to be dropped. The fruit is harvested weeks before the ripe period. The durian fruit is expected to be matured during the transportation period. The exported durian fruit is usually the variety with least cost to farm, so the best Thailand's variety are rare to be found outside Thailand. In Malaysia, the usual approach is used; wait the fruit to dropped by itself. The farmers usually hanged nets about 3-4 meters height around the durian tree to catch all the dropped fruit. During the durian season, the fruit will be picked up from the net every 3 hours to not leave any fruit expired before the window period. The fruit will be sold immediately to the local market or nearby town within hours. Because of time-constraint, this will be very costly for the farmers. That's why the only viable fruit to be harvested this way is the high prices durian variety, such as Musang King. To export the Musang King to overseas, primarily China, the fruits will be flash froze to captured any aroma and taste within the fruits. The high price of Musang King can coup the cost of this process

[@IrrissHenderson-sz4cl]

Ben.. Welcome to my country.. Hope you enjoying your life here..

[@benfishermin]

Thanks a lot, im enjoying it 😁

[@mr3111]

Malaysians like extra ripe Durians but the Thais generally like almost unripe Durians. The vendors will generally push for the more expensive Durians like Musang king or Black thorn . They are bitter sweet durian really meant for locals with acquired developed palate. If you're not used to these or don't have a developed palate its better to try milder sweet Durians like red prawn or D24 just ask them for the sweet varieties. They are cheaper too.

[@TheMightyBeer]

Cheers!!

[@elwwmatrix]

Great Bukit Bintang. I stayed there sometime at Jalan Alor area hotels are quite affordable. maybe RM40-50 for a single person with very clean room.

[@kayellai5278]

That is not the price for a room, it is more like a capsule or a hostel. RM140-150 is more likely.

[@elwwmatrix]

@@kayellai5278 Maybe you missed out. I stayed there and I did get the price of a room(single) not a capsule or hostel or sharing. You can try Apple Hotel (or whatever name it is now) FKI international,

[@elwwmatrix]

@@kayellai5278 RM140-150 is a 2 star above hotel. I have the booking receipts and everything if you wish to see

[@abmohamed5217]

Heeeloooaà Ben good evening good job where are you doing😂😂😂😂😂❤❤

[@fluritho3486]

Ben there is a must-try nasi lemak out there in uptown damansara, called Village Park

[@darrylk808]

Getting out on the town. Saturday?

[@fadzilhashim.0910]

Fun facts about Malaysia 🇲🇾 : We have the 2nd tallest building in the world, which is PNB 118, Kuala Lumpur 😎 . We have the 1nd tallest twin tower in the world, which is KLCC, Kuala Lumpur 😎 . We have the 7nd tallest tower in the world, which is KL Tower, Kuala Lumpur 😎 . We have the 1nd biggest hotel in the world, which is Genting Highlands Hotel, Pahang 😎 . We have the 3nd biggest shopping mall in the world, which is IOI City Mall, Putrajaya 😎 . We have the 2nd & 3nd longest sea bridge in Southeast Asia, which is 2nd & 1nd Penang bridge, Penang 😎 . We have the 1nd longest highway in Southeast Asia, which is Pan-Borneo Highway (toll-free) in Sabah & Sarawak (East Malaysia) 😎 . We also have the 2nd longest highway in Southeast Asia, which is PLUS Highway (with tolls) in Malay Peninsular (West Malaysia) 😎 . We have 1nd best service of low-cost airlines in the world, which is Airasia X ✈️ . We has the 1nd tallest mountain in the Southeast Asia, which is Mount Kinabalu, Sabah 😎 . We has the most beautiful island in the world, which is Tioman Island, Pahang & Semporna Island, Sabah 🏝️ .

[@noorazmanarshad3810]

Correction. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

[@fadzilhashim.0910]

@@noorazmanarshad3810 Tq 👍🏻 .

[@alimichalkan8046]

1nd, 2nd, 3nd? The heck are they?

[@fadzilhashim.0910]

@@alimichalkan8046 Sorry, my English aren't that good, because that language aren't my native language 😅 .

[@SuhaimiAmir]

@@fadzilhashim.0910 Mudah ingat macam ni je bro. First = 1st Second = 2nd Third = 3rd Kalau atas tu nak sebut macam mana? haha 1nd = oneed?, 2nd = twoned?, 3nd = threned?

[@Richerrabbit]

Bb park …last time name BB plaza. Around 30 years before this building is build attach with sungai wang shopping mall. That shopping mall is a hit that time… everyone shop there… a must go when go to kl…that time 1990 the shop rental can range from 20k to 50k or above. But bb plaza just next. It… still can’t attract much people go next shoot to shop…they said is feng Sui problem…Last 15 years many new shopping mall build up and less people going now

[@arivfotomoto3642]

BBC Park predates BB Plaza and Sg Wang. BB Park existed since the 1940s as an entertainment area with cabaret and night clubs.

[@uripiru]

Those who don't like Malaysia with whatever reasons like some comments above, you are free to visit other South East Asian countries. Of course if you carry Israel passports, the Malaysia immigration officers have rights to refuse the entry, but many dualcitizenship pasport holders can use any other than Israel passports, and this happened in the past that these individuals ( Israel citizens) were sent to assasinated or created chaos in Malaysia, fortunately one of them was caught few months ago.

[@kayellai5278]

Yes, Malaysia is NOT Israel friendly. Malaysia are very friendly towards Iraq, Iran, Syria, etc.

[@hplagt6880]

Despite the business, don't you realise that there's hardly any honking?

[@isaacng315]

Have you tried / considered living and rental apartment or airbnb in Petaling Jaya ? hehe

[@eerievon2208]

thai durians are plucked frm the trees while malaysian ones are naturally ripe n fall to the ground then collected n sell.. that’s why malaysian durians are soft n creamy while the thai ones the flesh are slightly harder.. thais use this method so that the shelf life is longer as they export a lot overseas.. malaysia old school.. we like naturally ripe n eat on the spot wearing helmet (so will protect our heads if durian fall on us while eating..) 😅😅 any massage parlours with women fronting it def hv ‘happy ending’ service… the legit one is where the masseurs are blind men… masseuse will of cos offer additional service.., 🤣🤣🤣… most masseuse there r vietnamese… bro… one of the nasi kandar joint shd take u as their joint ambassador.. or at least sponsor u for promoting them… if they watch ur video promoting n rating their food…😂

[@edgehogR]

Make sure u have a meal before eating durian, earing durian while on empty stomach can make u feel nausea

[@rushdrift]

You might find Malaysian durian extremely strong in taste because Thailand doesn't wait for their Durian to fell naturally, Malaysian durian fell naturally so its ripe and the texture is a lot softer, Thailand durian isn't they are actually unripe which why the texture is abit crunchy, but yah you can actually start a war with the Thai and Malay about durian if you compare it because Malaysian would make fun of Thailand for unripe durian and Thais will make fun of Malaysian saying the durian is over ripe and has lost its texture, yes this is a common war for the durian lover and yes you can actually start a war if you say you prefer Thai durian in front of Malaysian.

[@DamienYuen7718]

Fights are not common in these areas in Malaysia. Drug and alcohol problems like in Thailand where fights happen all of the time, Mostly from the British tourists. I have seen maybe a few arguments over the years here but in Thailand it's everyday with violence. Alcohol, drugs and the sex industry create many social problems. Thankfully those issues are not really a thing in Malaysia.

[@AbengAbeng-s2l]

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[@KamalAKhan]

Why dont you open a tattoo parlour in KL, it would probably be a hit.

[@kayellai5278]

I am against street busking, it should be banned. DBKL should ban all street busking in Kuala Lumpur. It is an eye sore to Malaysia tourism industry, no law and order. 1. Street busking is disrupting to pedestrian traffic flow. 2. It is noisy to the neighbouring businesses. There are already live bands in pubs and concerts, we do not need these nuisances. Nevertheless, there should be a place for everything. Hope DBKL can provide a place for that, perhaps a busking open theater which we have but not utilised. Having said that, busking in shopping malls are allowed with the management consent and with limits on the volume. Street busking is NOT a Malaysia culture.

[@borneotrades]

now bro..."bang".... Next will be lah, or meh

[@cluster3859]

A ha ‘long time no see’ must be a regular for a ‘special service’ 😅

[@kamrulz659]

Bukit Bintang i like buskers😊

[@kayellai5278]

I don't and it is illegal to do street busking.

[@MrHir2012]

Like in Turkey the Syrians are the most enterprising in Kuala Lumpur.

[@perrykomick9478]

Not a bunch of fights....because alcohol is expensive...doesnt flow like water

[@DamienYuen7718]

No meth problem here and no sex bars like Thailand.

[@elwwmatrix]

For Shawarma. my favorite is Lokmah. Also at Bukit Bintang road next to Bitz Bintang Hotel. It's very affordable compared to Damascus. They don't have lines so you get your food almost less than 10 minutes❤

[@veronicacasey454]

Malik Shahmeer just made a vid on finding the best shawarma in KL, at 6 different shawarma places. Ben, you can check it out & perhaps, could do a collab with him, too.

[@dannys-beverage-world]

They sell so much durian in Vietnam.. The mangoes are great they ought to sell mangoes on sticks with chili powder salt and lime... or with hot sauce and lime The pineapple is great too they're not genetically modified like the ones from Hawaii.. They should sell something different than just Dorian I don't know why they focus on that only.

[@mr3111]

probably cuz they can make more money selling Durians than any other fruits.

[@asheka]

Off all the restaurant you really can take nasi kandar , 😂 its ok as long as you are not starving because of you have allergy

[@asheka]

Why dont you make your own channel and advertise your claim all over the world canang sana sini may you be happy live your live.

[@motorcyclesdream6921]

What are you talking about?

[@asheka]

@@motorcyclesdream6921 tak cakap apa pun nyanyi jr . la la la la

[@Hornscope]

It seems to me there's nothing much to do in kuala lumpur, except eating street foods or going to shopping Malls. It's also unfortunate kuala lumpur doesn't have a seaside or open space to relax

[@xshiro83]

u can go to the beach just 2 hours away drive

[@DamienYuen7718]

Malaysia is for families. But there are also many historical sites to see. When you say nothing much to do are you talking about sex bars? Because that is not what people want here. And obviously there is no seaside because this isn't a coastal city. There are many parks and places to relax. More then the concrete jungle of Bangkok.

[@Hornscope]

@@DamienYuen7718 I don't think there's many parks to relax in kuala lumpur. The whole country is suffocating people, cuz, it lacks open space

[@animshuk1083]

Hiaya..u're lazy [e-mail],'re so many free park in KL.for u to relax .U want to drink also can..lah..just don't do mischievous thing..

[@kayellai5278]

You have a lot of complaints, Kuala Lumpur is not a city for you. Hope you find one that suits you. Perhaps, Singapore a city and a country surrounded by sea.

[@dannys-beverage-world]

See I told you Ben you're a pixel guy.. You can buy a new pixel every two years for what Apple costs you and the camera is just as good.. And you'll have Google Maps and all the extra Google features... I use my lightweight Google Chromebook to... And when people donate you money you don't have to share it with the bastards at Apple.. Being a pixel Enthusiast as I am I might tell you to wait for the pixel 9.. The Pixel 8 is compact.. Compared to my pixel 7 Google's not like Apple they keep moving forward they got so much money to burn... That's why their phones are so good... Sure the CIA the FBI the US government that's what Google is the idiots think Google was created on a college campus but it was financed by the US government ... But fuck the bastards who gives a shit if they don't like what you're doing let them get in your face it's not like you have privacy with the other companies either.

[@badasspop9419]

Can wash the eyes looking beautiful women too.