A favourite among stand-up comedians, PJ Live Arts hosts its signature Laugh Fest annually, along with other family and theatre programmes.
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Section 13's best concept retail, dining and entertainment centre has an impressive collection of outlets not just limited to food and drink. Here you'll find a theatre space, a child-enrichment mall and even exclusive regular events and pop-up markets. Check out some of the best restaurants, shops and things to do in Jaya One.
Markets is the mother of all bazaars/flea markets in KL. Meanwhile, Sun Day Out every Sunday features family-friendly activities and food trucks, and kids get to ride their bikes or wheels indoors.
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Food and drink
A popular dining and drinking hub in PJ, Jaya One is home to Bangoya, Robata Monkey and Marufuku Udon. Get your fix of coffee and cakes at Salt ‘n Koffie Gallery, with a scoop of Sangkaya ice cream on the side. If all else fails, there’s also the ever-reliable The Bee.
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Centre for Asian Photographers is no longer – it has moved to its new home within PJ Live Arts, and it also has a new name, The Corner Shop, which is a scrapbooker’s seventh heaven, stacked with stamps, stickers and other supplies. Next, punch up your life at Cross Muay Thai; get lean, train mean and learn self-defense.
The School by Jaya One isn’t like any other mall. A music and dance school, a science centre for children, and a kids’ clinic and pharmacy are just a few of the features at this one-stop kid-enrichment, kid-happy hub.
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POP by Jaya One is a retail space rented out to designdriven vendors – it’s basically an entire floor peddling artisanal, carefully curated cool. Think accessories, clothes and homemade jam.
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Dialogue in the Dark is a reversal of the roles: Visitors are led through dark rooms on a tour by blind guides. Meanwhile, organic fanatics should check out EO Organic Café, a café/grocer stocked with shelves of organic produce. Parents Without Partners supports single parents in poverty by raising funds through the sale of donated items. To do more good, buy suspended meals at Coconut House; suspended meals by Meals for All also operates out of Frontera Sol of Mexico.
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A relatively new commercial development in the heart of ‘Old PJ’, Jaya One has an impressive collection of retail outlets including the vibrant PJ Live Arts group, a non-profit organisation that uses art as a platform to raise funds for local charities and community outreach projects. For those looking for the new ‘it’ café, there is The Bee, where hipsters eat Guiness-flavoured ice cream and local indie acts perform at its open mic nights.
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