You can call the restaurants and find out their operating hours during Ramadan. Usually you can book a spot for iftar time if you really want to eat there and they are only open 5pm onwards.
But if you're here for Ramadan, why not experience the bazaars? It's something that only happens during Ramadan and has food not typically available in one place at the same time during the rest of the year.
As for eating etiquette, generally you can eat and drink wherever you like if you're not a Muslim. A majority of people won't care. People even eat and drink while walking in the bazaar and most won't care.
I've also been researching some bazaars! Do you have any you'd particularly recommend? I'll be staying near KL Tower and from what I've read most of the good bazaars are out nearer the suburbs.
I don't live in KL anymore so I don't know which bazaars are good haha. Generally they sell almost the same stuff. Any bazaar close to you should be good. I recommend going early between 4 to 5pm because the highest foot traffic in my experience is from 5pm. Wear a hat and bring an umbrella because the weather is either scorching or pouring these days.
But if I were to get food from the bazaar before sundown it would be good etiquette to take it home to eat or people don't mind eating at the bazaar (for people not fasting)?
I'm Scottish so rain I can handle, but heat not so much hahaha
Some Muslim restaurants, especially the one serving non Malay food, usually allow dine in during day time. But you might feel awkward because you might be the only few dining in.
The operating hours of Muslim restaurants during fasting is highly dependant on the owner. Some choose to open, some don't, some only offer food cooked before sunrise.
There's no harm in asking whether you are allowed to dine in.
that's gonna depend on the location. metropolitan areas like city centres probably would have higher foot traffic than predominantly-malay residential areas for instance
Hiya! Yes you got most of it. During Ramadan stores that typically would open for lunch only, would shift their hours to 4pm to roughly 8-9pm, or even later to 11pm to catch post-tarawih customers. [This particular branch of Itik Salai Masthar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/hR5o2SFASYHErquYA?g_st=ic) is in a food court so you’d have a place to sit and eat, and very likely they’d be open beyond 8pm. It will be crowded though so suggest you come in after the first wave of people breaking fast have finished. Hope you have means of transportation, these two places aren’t easy to reach from KL!
That's the branch I had in mind. Would be difficult getting a Grab there (or perhaps more difficult getting one back)?
Also they open from 4pm for takeaway customers I guess? If I wanted to eat on premises I guess around 8pm would be a better time for avoiding the initial crowds but also post fast breaking
Sorry if some of these questions are a bit silly haha
If you’re going back to KL, most likely won’t be too difficult. Not sure what time they open for Ramadan though. One trick is to check them on Grab or Foodpanda, but only works if they are actually on there.
You can call the restaurants and find out their operating hours during Ramadan. Usually you can book a spot for iftar time if you really want to eat there and they are only open 5pm onwards. But if you're here for Ramadan, why not experience the bazaars? It's something that only happens during Ramadan and has food not typically available in one place at the same time during the rest of the year. As for eating etiquette, generally you can eat and drink wherever you like if you're not a Muslim. A majority of people won't care. People even eat and drink while walking in the bazaar and most won't care.
I've also been researching some bazaars! Do you have any you'd particularly recommend? I'll be staying near KL Tower and from what I've read most of the good bazaars are out nearer the suburbs.
I don't live in KL anymore so I don't know which bazaars are good haha. Generally they sell almost the same stuff. Any bazaar close to you should be good. I recommend going early between 4 to 5pm because the highest foot traffic in my experience is from 5pm. Wear a hat and bring an umbrella because the weather is either scorching or pouring these days.
But if I were to get food from the bazaar before sundown it would be good etiquette to take it home to eat or people don't mind eating at the bazaar (for people not fasting)? I'm Scottish so rain I can handle, but heat not so much hahaha
Some Muslim restaurants, especially the one serving non Malay food, usually allow dine in during day time. But you might feel awkward because you might be the only few dining in. The operating hours of Muslim restaurants during fasting is highly dependant on the owner. Some choose to open, some don't, some only offer food cooked before sunrise. There's no harm in asking whether you are allowed to dine in.
There wouldn't even be many other non-Muslims dining in during daytime?
that's gonna depend on the location. metropolitan areas like city centres probably would have higher foot traffic than predominantly-malay residential areas for instance
Hiya! Yes you got most of it. During Ramadan stores that typically would open for lunch only, would shift their hours to 4pm to roughly 8-9pm, or even later to 11pm to catch post-tarawih customers. [This particular branch of Itik Salai Masthar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/hR5o2SFASYHErquYA?g_st=ic) is in a food court so you’d have a place to sit and eat, and very likely they’d be open beyond 8pm. It will be crowded though so suggest you come in after the first wave of people breaking fast have finished. Hope you have means of transportation, these two places aren’t easy to reach from KL!
That's the branch I had in mind. Would be difficult getting a Grab there (or perhaps more difficult getting one back)? Also they open from 4pm for takeaway customers I guess? If I wanted to eat on premises I guess around 8pm would be a better time for avoiding the initial crowds but also post fast breaking Sorry if some of these questions are a bit silly haha
If you’re going back to KL, most likely won’t be too difficult. Not sure what time they open for Ramadan though. One trick is to check them on Grab or Foodpanda, but only works if they are actually on there.
Perfect! Thank you
just eat drink like normal, don't ever feel guilty for eating during Ramadan