A couple of blocks away from Her House, on Jalan Petaling, a street known for its plethora of counterfeit goods, you will find a risqué little speakeasy called G-String. “Concepts can be a bit more daring in Chinatown,” confesses Leong, “it’s one of the things that attracted us here.” Photo: Aim Airis G-String and Concubine: Risqué concepts that are a nod to Chinatown’s pastĭaring is right. It became an instant hit with the social media crowd. Located in a derelict unit in a century-old shophouse, once a mahjong café, Leong transformed the space with plush velvet furnishings and psychedelic murals. Her House opened in January 2022, three months after Malaysia lifted movement control restrictions. It’s good to see new generations re-discovering it.” “You used to be able to hear the sounds of mahjong being played from all of these old streets,” Leong recalls, “but times changed and, for years, people stopped coming here.
He grew up near Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown district and went to school a few blocks away. “Sometimes people think we’ve staged it to look this way, like a museum, but it’s all authentic.” Leong should know. “Guests have asked us if the shops around us are real,” Roy Leong, 38-year-old co-owner of Her House, laughs. It is a surprising discovery at the top of an ancient stairwell that the bar shares with some of Chinatown’s oldest businesses: a dental clinic, a hair-waving saloon and a mole removal specialist.
Magic mirrors and neon lights create a heady illusion that’s certain to confuse patrons after a cocktail or two. Standing at the entrance to Her House is a bit like being on the edge of a portal to another world. Fast forward forty years and it’s clear that times are changing Her House: Surrounded by Chinatown’s oldest businesses But as KL modernised, and the mining industry declined in the 1980s, the area fell into disrepair and disrepute. As wealth grew, merchants built shophouses and, for a time, the community thrived. Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown originated in 1870 and later established itself as a settlement for Chinese immigrants during the tin rush. Anyway, worth to check it out.A raft of unconventional cocktail bars is pouring new life into Kuala Lumpur’s once-dilapidated Chinatown There are regular performances as well in Susie Wong as shown in my pictures. Personally, I find it a bit too bright to my liking unless they off the spotlight after midnite. The other section (which is shown in my pictures) is the noisiest one because of the performance and also the brightest one. 1 side is quieter and less smokey so it is suitable for chilling and business talk as you don’t need to scream to be able to hear each other. Will hangout there more regularly with my brother until his new sports bar open in December 2016/early January 2017. It seemed like everyone couldn’t resist checking out the coolest and newest speakeasy bar in KL. Bumped into a few people I know and on my way out, the Who Who’s of KL just arrived after the Malaysia Tatler Ball dinner gala at Shangri-La Hotel. I was there around 9.30pm and I left around 12.30am. It got almost unbearable as the place became overly crowded. The only thing I dislike was the ciggies smoke.
It is modelled after Maggie Choo in Bangkok.
It is located in Wisma Lim Foo Yong at Jalan Raja Chulan. Last Friday, went to the latest and biggest speakeasy bar opening in KL.
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