This is the newest shopping mall
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!!! We are at The Exchange TRX, the newest shopping mall of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!!! Some of
you have been commenting to check this mall out, and we did!!! Actually, me and Noona went here
yesterday; it was a Sunday, and it was packed! It was busy and a spectacular-looking mall! I
think it's worth showing you, so that's why I came back today. I'm able to show you this in about
15-20 minutes. I hope you're excited; let's go!!! This mall has so many new features; it is
incredible, something that I've never seen before and I was excited about the last Mall
tour that we've done. This is next level. Seriously! This is a mall and not necessarily
only a shopping mall. I'll turn the camera around actually to show you. I don't think it's
only a. mall that is stunning; I think the shops, each and every shop, had to follow some guidelines
to be able to have a shop over here in this center. Because every single shop we saw yesterday
and we're about to see today is super stunning; it's beautiful!!! The finishing touch, also the
seating area I'm sitting on proper leather chairs right at the very start of the shopping mall,
people just chilling here, have a little rest, you know. Put your shopping bags down and relax.
But we just started this tour, so let's crack on! You got Gucci, Saint Laurent, Chanel,
Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, all the major luxurious brands are located
here. There are over 400 stores in this shopping mall. But even if you're not
into very expensive luxurious brands, this is still a shopping mall for you to visit.
Spend a few hours while visiting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We started off at the north entrance,
but most likely you get dropped off by Grab here on the east side, and at the East side, they're
still building on it a little bit, like there is some construction going on there. But the shopping
mall itself is finished; it's done, and it's done up well. This is most likely where you can get
your first impressions. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Chinese New Year is coming up also here at the
TRX. They obviously put some decorations up. Chinese New Year will be celebrated each
year hugely here in Kuala Lumpur because of the population here. There's a large number of
people here in the city who are Chinese Malaysian, so this is one of the main reasons why Chinese
New Year is so big in Kuala Lumpur. Now it is the year of the dragon, and the celebrations
are carrying on for another few weeks until it is actually Chinese New Year on the
10th of February. Above the decoration, there is a huge screen hanging; this is always
hanging there showing you updates from the events that are going on in the shopping mall and
some branding as well. I think we've seen enough from this part; let's crack on this mall tour!
Yesterday, I went around with Noona already, as I told you, and we've seen some cool shops.
I'm going to show you, and we're also going to probably see some new shops because we haven't
been going around through the whole shopping mall. Now this is one of the things that I'd
like to show you. It's called Gentle Monster, and I think, I'm not too sure, yesterday there was
a big line here, a big queue. I think we can just walk inside. I'm not too sure. But these guys are
just real-looking. I think it's a sunglass brand, Gentle Monster, ladies and gentlemen. I don't
know anything about big brands, so I'm going to disappoint you. I don't know Gentle Monster,
but I do know the way they market things; it's a cool shop. I'm not too sure if there are
even prices there. Yeah, sunglasses 1,400 ringgit, ladies and gentlemen; they better fit well. Mate!?
On the ground floor, there is a concierge desk with very knowledgeable staff pointing you in
the right direction. You ask them anything, and they know it. It is also possible to figure
it out yourself if you don't really fancy talking to anyone. This is no problem. They also have
these poles, you call them holes or pillars, and they have touch screens right here. You can
navigate wherever you want. This navigation quite surprised me because when you enter, let's say,
the garden, and that's where we're going to go, we're going to go for a forest walk as well later
on, not just yet, but I just showed you. Wait, this is in Chinese; this is not... I cannot read
Chinese, unfortunately. English. We go to the TRX. TRX City Park; we go for a little forest walk.
Directions; it actually shows you where we are right there, and then, without doing anything,
it actually shows you the path where to walk to your nearest escalator going to the next level.
I mean, it's slowly taking you to the next level, to the next escalator. On level three, it is.
A big thumbs up to the concierge desk, but even a bigger thumb for the person who designed
this application. This is the easiest way I ever navigated myself around a shopping mall. The
TRX is designed to stand out big time compared to all the other shopping malls around. This is the
newest shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
I quickly have to dive into this shop just for the
ladies and some gents as well. I can imagine. It is now 12:00, and you can see immediately it's
getting a little bit busier. There are a lot of people working in offices here in the building;
it is break time. People are having an hour break if they're lucky, and they come here to go to
the food court. We are also going to do this, but we're gonna wait another hour, I believe.
Because if we are going now at lunchtime, it's going to be a little bit busy. Now the office
people are having lunch; we might as well rest our feet a little bit. We are at Cafe Kitsune and
this is the first branch opened in Malaysia. It's originally a French shop, and opening the first
shop in Malaysia here at the TRX is showing that they also want to have a cut of the coffee scene,
the growing coffee scene that they have here in Malaysia. It tastes like a normal coffee to me;
it's only 15 ringgit, so that's about $3 US. If you are fancying a coffee but next-level coffee,
there is also a shop called Bacha Coddee; it's a Moroccan shop with Moroccan beans, and
Moroccan coffee, and this one has a different price category, 35 ringgit for a cup. But then you
actually have a Moroccan coffee which you might be interested in. I thought it's worth mentioning. A
big plus of this mall is that there are escalators everywhere, elevators everywhere. So it is not
hard to find an exit sometimes or not sometimes... Almost every time I'm going into a shopping mall.
It is.... And I want to leave; it is very hard for me to exit. And this is annoying because you just
want to go and take the train out or grab a taxi, and then it takes like 20 minutes to figure
out where the exit is. Here it is very easy to navigate yourself. There are some cool shops
here as well, but there's also a food court, which I'd like to show you. It's got plenty of
food, and this is giving you an idea of what it looks like on a Monday at 1:00Pm. But on a Sunday
or on a holiday, this is packed. Last Sunday, you could not walk here at the same pace as that what
we're doing now. No, it was actually too busy, too busy for my taste. But right now, and it's
still really busy. Then again, it's lunchtime, 1:00. I, uh, I don't want to wait any longer for
food, but the Food Exchange is right here. There are different food sections here. There's also
a Seibu. This is a Japanese department store. It also has its own food mall or a food court.
A lot of fresh products exposed right here for the soup. You can make your own bowl; you
basically grab your bowl here, add your noodles, add whatever products are in there, you hand it
over; they cook it for you. Nice little concept, but I don't want that. It's too much work
for me. I just want to order something and eat straight away. Let's see what they have. This is a place where Western meets Asian; there are no burgers here, no fries. It is quite
limited, I would say, but on the basement floor, there are many different sections, food sections
where you can eat. Everything, all the signs, all the menus, they are in English, so there's
no worry for you that you don't understand what you're ordering. We got a black pepper fish from
the "Wok & Grill". They give you some sambal with it as well. And this is what we like here in
Malaysia. You basically can get sambal everywhere, and it just spices things up, makes everything
in life better, sambal. There's high dining here, but you also can just start eating already here,
having lunch for nine ringgit. So it's not only very expensive food over here; it's actually quite
affordable. Just between us, the walk and grill and especially the black pepper fish, it's tasty.
I'm glad I'm eating it right now, but there's so much other food around which I think gives you a
better idea of what KL and what Malaysia is about when you talk about food. This is not a dish which
I would recommend. You know? You'll probably find this anywhere else if you're living in New York
and you order a black pepper fish uh in a Chinese restaurant you probably get a similar thing.
Guys, let's check out the rest of the shopping mall. At the basement; there's also a full-sized
supermarket, and these are some products to give you a good idea of what the prices are like. We've
got fruits like bananas for a kilo, dragon fruits, a nice loaf of bread, a bag of crisps, your
cheapest bottle of water, cheeses. And they do have a lot of choice more than we just show you
now. So you know it is not very expensive here at the TRX, not overly priced anyway. We are now on
the first floor. We're only a couple of floors away from the garden. We're taking you around, and
we're just going to see, oh, hello, lady. The play is where we started off our video with a beautiful
view and actually gives you the proper feel of where we are. When you look around here on the
first floor. You can actually see that there are a few shops yet to open. Now you don't hear any
construction going on, and they have these panels who are blocking whatever is going on at the back,
and they're probably having construction going on, but there's no sound of this, there's no smell of
any painting or any glue that they use. So they know quite well how to hide it behind them panels.
We're just having a look right here, man, and I love how they use the lighting and the colors,
and I don't know exactly what material it is them finishing panels? A kind of a bronze color. This
is just beautiful. We're going higher and higher, another red box here, by the way, while we're
talking away walking away red boxes. You can get a 99... I'm not too sure how long this is available
for, but for 99 ringgit per month, you can get an unlimited karaoke pass. I'm not very big on
karaoke, but if you have never done any karaoke, I think it is about time. I'm not too sure if you
should straight away go for a monthly pass here, but yeah, just try it once; it is fun, maybe have
a little drink with it. Anyway, we are now on the second floor, and we crackle on this mall tour.
We basically skipped the whole first floor. I did not do this on purpose; we were just walking
away, and suddenly we're on this escalator, and we just checking. We can't really show you the
whole market anyway or the whole mall anyway.
They use some natural light here; you
can see straight away. Ah, nice! Okay, guys, we are back on track! This channel
is based in Thailand; we're showing you the beauty of Southeast Asia. And now we are
in Malaysia for a Malaysian series. Actually, I'm saying Malaysian series, but we're only going
to travel a little bit. We settled down ourselves just for several weeks to be in Malaysia, in Kuala
Lumpur specifically. We've got a monthly rent; I'm not too sure how long we're going to stay.
I figured that a lot of people around the world come to Kuala Lumpur just for some shopping. The
lifestyle that they have here, shopping malls are part of the lifestyle here in Kuala Lumpur. A
lot of things are happening inside, indoors, especially during the day, you know, you're not
going to walk outside too much because it's just hot or it's raining. They do have a gaming shop,
and they do have shops where you can buy phones, but this is definitely not a place where you are
buying your electronics. This is a shopping mall designed for clothing, and lifestyle. There's also
a Seibu department store, a Japanese department store, and it opened its doors to the public for
the very first time in Malaysia about 6 weeks ago when there was the grand opening of this
TRX. Let's have a look. How's that look? No, sorry, guys, I should not do this Ilona is gonna
kill me. We're not pregnant, but... you know? Sometimes you start fantasizing, especially when
you see these little toys. I don't think we're ready just yet. But maybe sometime, who knows?
Anyway, this department store has three floors, starting from the ground, first, and second
floor. This is a Japanese department store, but not only Japanese brands are available here.
No, over 700 international brands are here in this department store, and over 200 of these brands are
appearing for the very first time in a department store. So there's a lot of new products, new
brands to look for here at this store. Now we've nearly seen enough of this mall, just want to go,
you a good look at the center again from up here, still on the second floor. Lost count for a
second. But we are taking you now to the top floor. To the garden, and they're really proud of
this garden, and we had a look yesterday; I can understand why they are so proud. Now let's have
a look, taking the escalators up, and hopefully it doesn't rain, ladies and gentlemen. This is also
possible in KL, you never know. And we are taking you now to the famous, most famous garden in Kuala
Lumpur. From out here; we can have a good look at the Exchange TRX, this pretty looking building is
standing about 454 M High. Yeah, if you have kids, there's a lot to do for kids here as well. There
is a playground, which is very nicely in use with a lot of people outside during the day, a fountain
where the kids can play. Oh, there's just a lot of water fun here outside, looking over the Exchange
TRX. There's a lot more to do right here in the cave. The "Play Cave". they call it, and we're not
going to play today. Well, actually, we're playing a little bit. But we're just going to show you
quickly around. Look how beautiful the location is where this mall is located; this is Kuala Lumpur,
ladies and gentlemen. You think of Kuala Lumpur; you're thinking of the Twin Towers; you might
start thinking of the Merdeka 118, which is actually the one there sticking out. That little
thing. But this, ladies and gentlemen, this is Kuala Lumpur, and not too long ago, this building
got added to the city. There's another building, the KL Tower, you probably know; you can see from
up here as well. There is a little waterfall. Ah, super nice little area, The Exchange TRX; there
she is, the beauty. And we are on top of the shopping mall right now; we are going to have
the famous Forest walk they're very proud of. And already what we've seen already so far is
quite cool. There's a sign here; it's basically saying that there are plants scattered around
planted here that have something to do with Malaysian culture, and tradition, plants that
have been used for clothing, crafts, building, medicine, and religious purposes. That's basically
the main plants and trees you can find over here. You can spend a little afternoon here. It is
quite busy for a Monday in the shopping mall, I have to say. I didn't, I did not expect it to
be so busy on a Monday, maybe had something to do with Chinese New Year, more people are off, more
people are visiting family around this time of the year. But in the afternoon, like late afternoon,
people are going outside more because it's cooling down. And now it's like 2:00, and I recommend
going now here, you know, bite the bullet, be a bit hot, but now you are pretty much all
alone, or we are pretty much all alone walking the forest walk. It's only a small little walk, ladies
and gentlemen; they make it look online maybe as a huge one, but it is nice and enough. They have
facilities to have a little water if you're really thirsty, there's an emergency button not too far
away from here in case there is an emergency, in case someone's getting a heart attack or something
like that. I'm not too sure. At this channel, we're doing also a little street interviews,
and we're trying to be as honest as possible, trying to give you the full idea. And I would be
silly if I only show you the good parts. There are huge air conditioning units right here in the
garden, which are giving quite a loud noise, and this is right next to the forest walk. So
when you're walking the walk, you can actually hear them; you can hear the construction sides
going on anyway. I just want to add on the full picture. It is pretty insane how they accomplish
to build a whole park on top of a shopping mall. If I have to mention something, yeah, this is one
of the things that I should mention. It would be very helpful if you can share one of the videos of
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Now I am very happy and proud to tell you that I have been hitting break even for a few months now,
and it looks like we can crack on doing what we're doing, making content in Southeast Asia for much
longer. But we're not 100% there yet. So becoming a member as well is keeping this channel going.
By becoming a member, you will gain a few perks, but you certainly help the channel making videos
like these and keep us on the platform YouTube. This was the Exchange TRX Mall Tour; I hope you
enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching till the very end. I would like to say from the capital
city of Malaysia, bye for now, and stay Champ! Next to the Gucci shop, there is a premium
toilet, and you have to pay five ringgit to get in! Actually, it was quite a nice experience.
Normally, I would never pay for this, but I want to show you also what a premium toilet looks like.
You got a beautiful entourage with real flowers. These orchids are actually real! You got two
different hand soaps, also lotion, and everything is just super clean. Five ringgit! I think it's a
little bit much, but they want to keep it premium, and premium it is! Just next to the Gucci
shop, the premium toilet on the ground floor!
