Avenue K Shopping Mall

Another day and another mall to check out – yeah! I bet that is what you are saying, right? Listen, we get it, it’s a bit repetitive, and for folks who are not into shopping for the sake of shopping (like us), I would totally agree, but you have to remember that the heat and humidity here is exhausting, and we cold-blooded Scots are just not used to it. Or to phrase it better, “we cannae cope wi it m’laud!” Although R has taken to carrying his thin hoodie in his backpack as the AC in some of the malls can seem like they are taking the proverbial p*&$ because they are so cold. Yes, I have more insulation than R to be able to cope with the cold, but he’s always felt the cold more than I, hence the reason for the war of the thermostat at home. So, suck it up, folks, we're doing another mall today!

The other day, when we were in the Suria KLCC Mall (beside the Petronas Towers), waiting for our taxi to arrive to take us back to the apartment, we noticed that there appeared to be some sort of mall across the road. We banked that for a future visit, and today that is where we are headed. We follow the path as before to get to the pedestrian walkway at the Pavilion Mall that takes us over to KLCC (Convention Centre). We did get slightly lost in the Pavilion Mall trying to find the walkway, but that may have been because Hungry Horace spotted a Five Guys restaurant and got somewhat distracted. Honestly, you would think he doesn’t get fed, but he does (and he eats way more sweet things than me!).

We find the walkway and cut through the Suria Mall from the Convention Centre (we didn’t realise this shortcut existed the last time we came through here). Then in and out of the Suria Mall and across the road we go to the Avenue K Mall.

The Avenue K mall is not huge, but it has a variety of shops and eating places. I’m not sure how old it is, but I suspect it must be 20-30 years old, as the layout is fairly basic and consists of a standard layout and then several floors with some pop-up type stalls in the ground floor atrium area. It wasn’t very busy when we visited, which is fine by us, and it was much quieter than the Suria Mall when we passed through it on our way to it. For lunch, we headed up to the food court, and I had a curried fried rice, and R had some sort of pork noodle dish. Mine was good, although the spice level built up as you ate it, so it got a bit spicy towards the end. R’s was a bit bland in flavour, he said, which was a shame.

After we left Avenue K, we continued walking along the street until we found a cross-over bridge and used that to get to the other side of the road, then started to make our way back towards the Suria Mall. It was very interesting, though, to see one of the big high-rise buildings which appears to have an issue with its glass panels and fixings. You could quite easily see various additions to sort or retain glass panels in place. We very quickly made our way past this building as it did not inspire confidence. Having had some experience of building glass panels that shatter, this was on a different level as it looked like there was evidence of issues with these external panels, and I dread to think what could happen if one of these came off and dropped to the ground in such a busy, populated area.

We then popped into the Shops at Four Seasons Place, and they had a big Decathlon Store where we bought a few items. Then it was back to the Suria Mall to pick up a few grocery items before getting a taxi back to the apartment. We could have probably walked back, but it was so hot, busy, and we had a few bags of items by then, that for around £2 (11 MYR), it seemed a sensible decision.

Today's route:

Day 63: 26 January 2026

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia