PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur's iconic skyline, dominated by skyscrapers Warisan Merdeka Tower, the Exchange 106@TRX and the Petronas Twin Towers, is a familiar and comforting sight to many of us.

With its dazzling skyline, Kuala Lumpur, or KL as most people call it ... I stopped at a stall piled high with durians, the green spiky fruit that claims the title of “king of fruits”.