Kuala Lumpur - Hello Sandwich's Mini Stopover Shopping Tips



Cute lego-land style houses in primary colours near Sunway Lagoon!





My very first Ice kacang - thanks for the tip Dawn! (I stayed away from Durian though! ewwww!)







Possibly the cutest Japanese packaging ever!



Hello. Sandwich.







Crazy mega shop in Sungei Wang Plaza in Bukit Bintang.







Lovely garden and vertical garden on the rooftop of Lot 10.



A chance to brush up on my Katakana while in KL!





This drink was called 'I miss you lemonade'! How A d O r a B l e!



Going to KL? Here are some Hello Sandwich tips. But please note - I can't help myself going to the Japanese stores!

First things first. You might like to take the monorail straight to Bukit Bintang - the 'Shibuya' of KL as Mr Y says!

Here, you won't want to miss:

Sungei Wang Plaza. Turn left straight after exiting the monorail - it's the pretty peachy pink building. Stock up here on super cute accessories (aka glittery eye liner and nail accessories) and super cute shoes - that is if your foot is smaller than a size 40 unlike me! (sob sob). You might also spy some very cheap DVD's.

Cross over the main intersection and you will find Lot 10 (I love the Lot 10 logo / font - typography nerd alert!) Inside Lot 10 you might like to step into Tower Records (pretend you are at Shibuya's mega stall branch and pick up some J-pop) or pick up a onigiri or bento the Isetan food court. The rooftop bars at Lot 10 are a lovely place to unwind after an afternoon of shopping - just watch out for the tropical storms! eep!

A stroll down the road and yet another mega mall - this time by the name of Pavillion. Inside - Top Shop (say no more) and Marc by Marc Jacobs (hello pear watch necklace, I think I love you!)

Head through the Convention Centre and up to the Petronas Twin Towers and you will find Suria mall. Inside - Kinokuniya - a giant branch with a large Japanese section (and unlike the Sydney Kinokuniya, the books aren't sealed so you can look before you buy! yes please!) You can also find another branch of Japanese department store Isetan. Craving western food in a 'hip' environment? The Apartment is the place for you.

+Wondermilk cafe is well worth the $4AUD cab ride from KL Sentral and if you are a big kid at heart, get the taxi to drive on to Sunway Lagoon water theme park. Here, I laughed so much I had tears in my eyes! Now if that's not relaxing I don't know what is!

Ow holiday I miss you!

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

Fold-out Toast Card





My dearest friend Gracie is moving to Tokyo soon and has finished up her apartment lease so I have been lucky enough to have her as a lovely house guest for the past few nights. These last few days have been filled with so much fun and laughter...dancing in the kitchen, story telling, looking through old photos, painting our nails and the odd G+T. I am going to miss her dearly when she moves away. I wanted to share with you the cutest fold-out toast card Grace gave me upon 'check out'. It's based on some ham, cheese and cucumber toast I made her for breakfast. Isn't it gorgeous! Cutest. Card. Ever!

You are so clever Miss Gracie. Love you lots.

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

+ Wondermilk































Want to know a super cute cafe in Kuala Lumpur? Where you can eat anything from sandwiches and crisps to coffee and homemade cupcakes?

Look no further than Petaling Jaya's Wondermilk cafe . (Thanks Superfuture for the heads up). I fell in love with this cafe on my holiday to Malaysia last week.

If you are ever in KL, I do suggest you make the short ($4AUD) taxi ride from KL Sentral to Petaling Jaya for a little visit. Go on, print out the below address for your friendly taxi driver just in case! You know you want to.


Wondermilk

39 & 41 Jalan ss 21/1A
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling jaya
Selangor, Malaysia

9am to 10pm daily

They also have a cute shop selling stationery, toys, lomo cameras, clothing and (my favourite) a do-it-yourself-cupcake-kit with everything you need to recreate Wondermilk fresh cupcakes at home.

Did I mention they also have a blog?

AND, they have the best in-house illustrator ever who is the genius behind the gorgeous graphics you see above. What more could you want? Love. Love. Love!


HS
xx

P.S. More pics here.

Multicoloured Manicure - I'm Mod About You



Oh Lovely holidays! When you might just find yourself with enough time to paint your nails!

I stocked up on some glitter-meets-floral style false nails in Sungei Wang Shopping Centre in KL today. Tacky? Perhaps, but I couldn't resist! I tend to do silly things like this when I'm on holidays. Eeep! I won't even go into the three glitter eyeliners I bought!

Pretty glitter manicures can only be rivaled by multicoloured manicures don't you think? But be sure to include my ichi-ban favourite OPI colour 'Mod About You'- a pretty barbie doll pink.


Above image from little miss Lovelorn unicorn who loves OPI too!





Above images from this lovely little nail polish post on Little Lost Love blog.



Above image from this sweet multicoloured manicure post.





Don't have time to paint your own nails? Pop in to Sexy Nails (Surry Hills, Sydney). The name says it all. Or for a Japanese manicure stop by Koko nails (Wynyard, Sydney).