Go to the back alleys for good food
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 7/14/11
There is lots more to Petaling Street then buying fake goods. In fact, its the last thing you should do there. If you go to the little alleys behind Petaling Street, thats where the locals go to eat. Amazing amazing amazing variety of food. Somewhere around the area there's a big colourful indian temple, a chinese temple and other interesting things to see.
Sadly, most sellers in the street are not chinese anymore, so why issit still called chinatown! and they can be very rude. But if you take your time to explore the area, you will find little shops selling chinese tea, semi precious jewelry, antiques etc that have been there since the beginning! There is alot of heritage in the area which I fear is slowly fading away.
I heard that crime rate in Petaling Street is very low because the traders want to keep the tourist coming back. A friend who works around there told me she saw a pick pocket getting beaten up by some traders.