Arab street by night

Ruth had mentioned that there was something going on in the Arab Street area so 5 of us decided to investigate - it was a 10 min walk - we saw the Beautiful Sultan Mosque - although we couldn't go in due to inappropriate attitire and also as it was prayer time. The whole area has been cleaned up and seems a bit too touristy - we found Zam Zam rated the best place to eat Murtabak - believe me it was tasty - i had the Mutton one - it's like a stuffed thin Naan bread. Then we wandered over to the Malay Heritage Centre where there appeared to be a party going on - we saw a Gamelan band, drummers and dancers - it turned out of was Malay New Year - and we ended up meeting the Minister for Home Affairs twice and filmed by local tv.Read more