KK Trip Day 2: Labuan

Supposedly, Day 2 was planned to go to Island. But that morning it rained so we changed our plan last minute to go to Labuan.

 We took the earliest 8am ferry. Economy seats. The journey took 3 hours 15 minutes to reach the Labuan jetty. 

Lunch of the day. I had the lunch treats set. 1 piece of chicken, rice and 1 drink. Cecilia had colonel double stacker, french fries and 1 drink. She ordered her favorite large mashed potato.

 Her double stacker colonel burger.

Upon paying, I just discovered the KFC meals was taxless. First time having KFC without government tax. Labuan is indeed a duty free land!

We went to buy our stuffs at the Sky Mart before buying the ticket back to KK. We thought to went back with 3pm ferry to KK. But that time was 1pm and the counter people told us that the last ferry was 1pm! Oh my god. We were shocked. No other options, we were forced to overnight at Labuan. The information that I searched online about the ferry timetable was not updated at all!

Then we walked to find place to stay. I was reluctant to pay more than RM88 for 1 night so we ended up with Wilayah Inn. RM60 for 1 night. Some other better and affordable hotels were occupied. The room at Wilayah Inn was terrible. The smell, the toilet, the bed, the TV, the cleanliness, the privacy, the comfort were horrible to the maximum.

After put our stuffs at the room, we walked around to kill out time. That time was just 2pm. We continued to shop around the duty free shop and bought our following day ticket back to KK.

 My stuffs. Nothing much to buy. I did not know what to buy especially for the chocolates. Since I did not know how was other brand taste, I did not want to take the risk. My shopping mood was totally spoiled because we had to overnight at Labuan. I did not buy other chocolates although my primary intentions to Labuan was to buy lots of chocolates.

 Cecilia and my stuffs. She bought some expensive liquor.

Both of us mostly bought our chocolates and liquor at Sky Mart. But then we found out the cheapest can be found in Maryland Duty Free shop because the boss there was willing to give discount for liquor. We regretted not to buy all those at the Maryland.

 Since we had plenty of time, we walked around and took some photos.

Labuan is a small place. No where to walk or shop. We had nothing to do. Almost all of the shop closed down at 5pm.

Went to Southern Bakery to buy bread for the next day breakfast to be eaten at the ferry.

Went to ta-pau our dinner at this place, just opposite our room.

 2 nasi pattaya. RM 5.50 each. Cecilia just had half of it. I left some too.

The night was so young and we did not know what to do at all. Then, we went to the nearest shop to buy UNO and billionaire to kill our time.

The day was awful. Labuan may sound nice as a duty free land but I would not return again.

KK Trip: Day 1

Taking a taxi  from Terminal 2 AirAsia to Jalan Kampung Air for RM30. It was just 15 minutes journey. How expensive the fare was!

 Check in De Galleria Hotel

Sufficiently affordable, clean and new

 Twin Sharing Room. Only RM88 per night

 Just that the TV, table, bathroom and overall space were too small. Just enough for 2 person movement.

 Quite clean and new

After putting our luggages into room, we headed to Centrepoint by foot. A 5 minutes walk.

Went to the famous Yoyo Cafe

Order form to be handed to cashier when making payment 

 After ordering and making payment, we were given a number to wait for our drinks.

 Left-Pearl Milk Tea RM 3.80. Right-Pudding Pearl Milk Tea RM 4.30

The amount of pearl was generous enough. Love it. The milky tea taste was good too.

 Business was really good. The staffs worked non stop.

For dinner, we went to have seafood at Twinsky Seafood or Shuang Tain Seafood at Sedco Complex.

Lemon juice, Ice Lemon Tea RM 2.50 per glass.

Peanuts and pickles. Each plate costs RM 2.

A big bowl of rice RM1.50.

 油菜 stir fried veggies with garlic  RM 15

海底鸡 steamed fish RM 60

the fish was smooth and fresh.

 salted egg yolk deep sea crab RM 40

the crabmeat was smooth and sweet too. 

 Total damage of the night RM 128 for 2 pax. So expensive!!!

On the way back to our hotel, we spotted some events at Gaya Street

 A cute car selling ice-cream

 dancing performance

Just Thai, 1 Utama

Just Thai, Hospitality with a heart menu

My order

Stir fried minced chicken with hot basil leaves served with steamed rice and sunny side up RM 13

Not bad too. Up to typical standard. Something not so common should be infused to improve this dish.

 The steamed rice looked shiny and compact. Drooling.

Tom Yam Beehon RM 15

Creamy Tom Yam. I think coconut milk is added. I prefer the omission of coconut milk of tom yam.

 Stir fried minced chicken with thai chilli paste served with steamed rice and sunny side up RM 13

Not bad too. The spicy level and egg doneness could be special requested. Thumbs up for this added value of the restaurant.

A few partners of Just Thai

Cameras freak

Kipling Handbags Fashion shows at 1Utama on 30 April 2011

 All the cameramen gathered together in front of the stage to snap the best shoot

 So many cameras standby to shoot the models

Apparently, I can see from the numerous cameras that super brand like Kipling would have exclusive fashion shows rather than common one.

A novel communicating channel

This is how me and my roommates communicate. A brand new channel. A memo pasted outside our room.

Childish yet amused us.

Xi Men Ding 西門町, South City Plaza

 Lunch with friends at Xi Men Ding

The set menu is pretty affordable, which includes drinks, jelly, main meal and soup.

My honey green tea and jelly

pork ribs rice. RM 14 (set comes with drink, soup and dessert) Promo price at RM 10.45 if order this on Tuesday if not mistaken. Daily special during weekdays is worth eating.

My friend said that the pork ribs rice at Xi Men Ding is delicious. The pork rib indeed is big.

 Soup with 2 huge meatballs

My order

Rice with fried fish. Normal price will be RM 14 if order in set. But this set will have promotion price at RM 10.45 on Thursday. All the rice would be topped with some minced meat and veggies. 

Nice meal. I like it.

10% service charge is applicable.

Certainly would return and try the pork ribs rice next time.

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, 1 Utama

Owes heard about the infamous Gigantic Fried Chicken and Oyster Mee Sua of Shihlin

Here comes the Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, 1 Utama Review!

People placed their orders and made payment and queued up. Sales seemed to be rather promising at Shihlin. Servers were friendly but they refused to cut the my chicken into pieces?

 Reasonable excuse? Judge at your own risks.

The size indeed was huge for me to finish whole portion. Simply sharing is good as too much chicken in a meal hardly promote health well being. It was cold when I ate it so the taste was like normal fried chicken to me. Very very oily. Deep fried foods never separate with oily attribute.

**Must try the oyster mee sua next time to see how good it is. Heard that there is a Shihlin franchise at Kuching too.