Friday, April 14, 2017

Tune Hotel at KLIA2 & Metro Hotel at KL Sentral

A night stay at Tune Hotel @ KLIA2 for a next day morning flight to Macao

room rates are lower at their own website than other website
The queen room was air-conditioned with basic amenities kit provided such as hair dryer, bottled water, toiletries etc. Room was rather clean. The hotel was few minutes walk from the KLIA2 airport and along the way it was all sheltered.

***RM5 per luggage for storing services at Tune Hotel's receptionist


Overnight at Metro Hotel at KL Sentral before catching the following day flight back to Kuching. The hotel was situated opposite KL Sentral station along the shoplot and there were plenty of South Asians and Indians along the street.

RM104 Twin Room per night (through Agoda)
(with breakfast for 2 pax)

The room was large but dusty especially at the floor and the table

I was given breakfast voucher upon checking in as I booked the room with breakfast. I need to add in RM9 for breakfast during my room booking with Agoda.

Breakfast venue at rooftop


I had Continental Set which basically consist of 2 toast, 1 bun and 1 croissant with scrambled eggs

Another choice of the breakfast - Char Kuey Tiao

Tea with creamer and sugar was free flow. No coffee was served and I was told to pay when I requested for coffee. Frankly the breakfast choice in Metro Hotel is awful and too little and my advise is don't bother to add in breakfast option when booking your room unless it is the same price with or without the breakfast.


Jenny Bakery Cookies, Hong Kong

Famed Hong Kong must buy - Jenny Bakery Cookies' shop is situated in Mirador Mansion! One of the advantages staying at KG Garden Guest House is you can purchase the cookies in the morning (don't be too late as it may sold out) and bring it back to your room and you do no need to bring it around to everywhere.

One of the counterfeit Jenny Bakery in a mall at Tsim Tsa Tsui

Beware of counterfeit Jenny Bakery products as you can see similar products almost everywhere in Hong Kong. There's even a stall at the ground floor of Mirador Mansion selling Jenny Bakery cookies which I doubted its authenticity being of the real Jenny Bakery cookies. People may walk into the stall buying the cookies which in fact kinda misleading as the real shop was actually at the first floor. Their operating hour is 9am to 7pm but I went there before 9am and it was open!

The genuine shop selling Jenny Bakery Cookies at Mirador Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui


Left - 8 Mix Nuts Cookies 460gm (Small) HKD 120 (MYR74)
Right - 2 Mix Butter Cookies 640gm (Large) HKD 130 (MYR69)


2 Mix - Butter Flower & Coffee Flower
 There are another layer of cookies at the bottom. The cookies was so rich and butter-ly and literally melt in your mouth. Coffee Flower tasted better with decent coffee aroma.


8 Mix Nuts Cookies
There are suppose to be 8 type of cookies - Coffee Almond, Cashew, Almond Poppy Seed, Walnut, Chocolate, Hazelnut Macadamia, Pistachio, Kenari, according to the website description. The nuts cookies are slightly harder and crunchier than the butter/coffee flower.

But I only managed to find 7 types and I'm pretty confident that I didn't missed out any unless the last one tasted almost identical with the rest!

Bring your own plastics/woven bag as they will charge HKD10 for each plastics bag.

KG Garden Guest House, Mirador Mansion, Hong Kong

Accommodation in Hong Kong is usually undersized unless one doesn't mind to pay more for a spacious room to sleep over the night. Since we have limited budget for the trip, I engaged on KG Garden Guest House at Mirador Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui during my 3 nights stay at Hong Kong. Not to forget - famed Jenny Bakery Cookies shop is located in Mirador Mansion too (read the post here) !


Since the room was petite, this is the best shot I could get from the edge of the room
Twin room rate for RM152-RM159 per night through Agoda


Kinda old fashioned bathroom and this probably one of the best considering the price you pay

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Drinking water was provided outside the room. Fridge was provided in sharing basis.

I booked the room with two booking IDs as I extended another day at Hong Kong. I requested to stay at the same room during checking in but they could't promise me that on the day I checked in. During the last night there, I was astonished to found a note outside my room saying that the management had moved my baggages to another room. Fortunately, my belongings were in good condition at the new room. It would certainly be better if they managed to arrange me staying at the same room despite I booked the room in two different booking IDs.



Location of Mirador Mansion is ideal as there are at least 3 to 4 7-11 just a few walks from the building. There's way more accommodations located at Chung King Mansion though. It's bigger but there's lots of foreigners especially South Asians wandering outside the building. It is advisable to stay at Mirador Mansion as compared with Chung King Mansion as there is management office with security and CCTV at the Mirador Mansion. Literally Chung King Mansion looks newer, larger and more complicated with the South Asian foreigners which I think the safety is one the biggest concern after all.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Haeun Dae Korean Restaurant 海云台韩国料理

Obsessed with Korean foods recently!

Kim Chi Jjikeh (Boiled Kim Chi Soup) Set Meal  韩国泡菜汤 RM18.90

 The rice portion was a little petite to me. The filling in kim chi soup was lesser as compare with the one I had in Seoul Garden, Vivacity previously.


Lamb Shoulder Set Meal RM22.90
 The lamb shoulder portion was quite generous but the rice portion could be more to complement the meal.

Free drinking water given so there's no need to order additional drinks to gulp
 The kim chi was so hot that I gulped the water so much and became bloated after that.

Located at a Shoplot at Tabuan Desa

得不到的东西, 我们会一直认为他是美好的, 那是因为你对他了解太少, 没有时间与他相处在一起. 当有一天,你深入了解后,你会发现原不是你想象中的美好.