[I haven’t written a lot about my last Visit Malaysia trip which I did with my friend Debbie. As a break from my past posts about my round-the-world trip, I’d like to take you to Kuala Terengganu.]
When I was in Kuala Terengganu, I was surprised to find that the street passing through Chinatown had two names: Jalan Bandar (City Street) and Jalan Kampung China (Chinese Village Street). If someone told me this sooner, I might have felt less anxiety when I was searching for a food outlet.
When preparing for our trip to the east coast of Malaysia, Debbie scouted a list of food places to check out. Among the eateries was Madam Bee’s Kitchen in Kuala Terengganu’s Chinatown which specializes in Peranakan food.
On Madam Bee’s website, her address was Jalan Kampung Cina so I set that location on my Google Map.
Detour from Madam Bee’s
When we arrived in Kuala Terengganu, we were famished so we decided to head to Madam Bee’s. All was well as we walked to the street, based on my Google Map app.
We decided to get of the map and turn into a very Chinese street. The whole road was over-the-top Chinese with many lanterns and colorful walls. It was already a month after Chinese New Year so I don’t think the deco were put up for the festival.
While on the street, I kept checking my Google Maps app to see if we were on the right street. The apps showed that we were on Jalan Bandar so I thought that we might run into Jalan Kampung Cina if we just keep on walking.
We walked and walked. It didn’t help that the only sign I looked at listed Jalan Bandar.
I was quite embarrassed that I’ve brought us to the wrong place.
Then suddenly, we saw Madam Bee’s Kitchen with its prominent sign. Hurray!
I also saw that one of the road signs kept the old name Jalan Kampung Cina.
Sights from Kuala Terengganu’s Chinatown
The only thing I knew about Terengganu was that it has a large Malay population so I was curious about Kuala Terengganu’s Chinatown.
The street had many Chinese-influenced shop houses but since it was a public holiday period, I didn’t see a lot of inhabitants.
Do you know any streets with two names?
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