Saree Shopping Part 2

When my other bestie saw the sarees Tira and I got at Little India, Klang, she too got excited. We were supposed to head to Jalan TAR and visit my colleague, Sashi's friend to have our saree top made. Unfortunately, there was a change of plans. Sashi's friend was not around. Since time was running out, we decided to head there ourselves and do a little shopping. We left the house as early as 9am to avoid traffic. The shops at Masjid India a.k.a. Jalan TAR does not open as early as the shops at Little India, Klang. To buy time, we first had breakfast at Station Kopitiam. FYI, there's only one kind of breakfast set which cost rm5.90 each. The breakfast set comes with 2 half boiled eggs, toast and a selection of either coffee or tea. 

Tira and I cracking our half boiled eggs.

Aaina enjoying her toast.

We then headed to a few stores to look for sarees for Aaina. I would say the for saree shopping, Little India is better. Of course, there are cheaper selections here but for quality and reasonable price, Little India is better. After that, we headed to Semua House. My cousin recommended this shop called TBC for indian jewelries. Now, please take note of one important thing. When it comes to shopping for Indian jewelries, it is important to bring along your saree so that you will get to buy the exact sort of bangles that will match your saree. We were then recommended by the sales person to go to this tailor called the VKS tailoring services. A standard saree top tailoring fee is RM35. 

At VKS. Check out the amount of clothes behind me!

Aaina and Tira at VKS

After visiting the tailor, we headed for Ibrahamshaa for their famous Nasi Kandar Penang. We had to walk a little to go to the shop. Walking is good to prepare for the food we were about the stuff our face with. :p

Aaina with her Nasi Kandar and Ayam Goreng.

I had Nasi Kandar with Ikan Goreng and Sotong Kari + Kuah Campur whilst Tira had Nasi Kandar with Sotong Kari, Caviar and Omelette.  

Yummy right?

10 minutes later..... we practically cleaned our plates. LICIN!

On our way back to the car, we walk pass their so called market. There were a lot of good bargains there. Aaina got crazy with the English cotton sold there!

Super excited Aaina!

She's going crazy and can't make up her mind! 

We then drop buy the malay costume jewelry shop to shop for the small tudung pins. RM10 for 12 pieces! Good bargain right? The is however other shops that sells RM10 for 13 or 14 but we chose the shop with the widest selection.

Tira checking out the pins.

In the car, Aaina tried some of the jewelry pieces she got.

The chained nose ring.

Nose ring plus the earring.

Anyway, our tops will be ready next week on Sunday, 13th May. We'll be heading there again then. For the mean time, we're keeping our fingers crossed and hope for the best! 

Saree Shopping at Little India, Klang

My bestie, Tirah and I were on a Saree hunt for a bachelorette party. Lucky for us, we had my colleague, Sashi who was kind enough to be our tour guide in Little India, Klang. So last Saturday, we took a drive to Klang's Little India. It was our first trip there. We totally relied on Tirah's GPS for directions. Amazingly, one you are there, you will really feel as if you are in an Indian community. You know how people have this idea that they wouldn't like to go to India because the place is dusty and dirty? Little India is the place to go. At 8.45 am, they were all cleaning their shops (practically washing the floor). The shops there were already in business at 9am. There were a lot of selections there. The sarees on the display can go as high as RM5k. They were all pretty. We couldn't make up our mind on where to head first. Sashi suggested that we go to Chennai Palace because the designs are more exclusive, good quality at the reasonable price. Through enough, there were a lot of selections. They narrowed down 3 sarees for me to try on. Apparently, there are different ways of tying the sarees. I got my saree at the price of RM250 and Tirah got herself a lengha at the price of RM100. I learned quite a few things from Sashi that day. 

Here's a picture of Sashi in Saree!

Saree shopping 101:

1) Do not straight away judge a saree and decide that it's not suitable for you. Get the salesperson tp try it on you first then only judge.

2) Saree is not necessarily sexy. It actually depends on the way you tie it. Honestly, I think that saree is rather elegant. 

3) There are so many ways of tying a saree. It takes time to learn but once you know the tricks, 1 saree can give you so many different kind of looks. (You can go to so many events with the same saree and still look different).

4) The top and inner skirt are sold separately but at a very affordable price. 

5) Sometimes, it is best to have the top tailored for a better fit.

Anyway, here are some pictures:

Saree Style 1

Saree style 2

Saree Style 3
Btw, That's Sashi adjusting the Saree

2nd Saree

3rd Saree

Tirah in Saree

p/s: I was sick on that day. Hence, the swollen face. But I couldn't say No to shopping. LOL!