Our lil Getaway

When we planned for this trip, we booked our accomodation online. Just a few days before our trip we're contacted by the hotel as they wanted to sell us their annual membership - Prestige. Initially we're resistant but eventually took up the package @ RM428. Glad we did.....

Upon getting the membership, we're being offered:
- pay the price of a superior room & be upgraded to a deluxe room
- pay the price of a deluxe room which would then be upgraded to a Club room
To save about S$29 (anyway the rooms would be the same & we wouldn't need facilities/services), we opted the first.

And now, about our short holiday:)

Guess what time we slept the night before our trip? 9pm.

Our flight was 6.30am & I woke up at 3.15am! Kind of funny as on some Fri nights, that's the time we get to bed! Left home at 5am & reached airport just in time - 5.30am. Phew!

We reached hotel just past 9am & were so glad to be given an early check-in when we're mentally prepared to leave our luggage at the concierge. Good service!

But I wasn't happy with the deluxe room once I stepped in. They said they've renovated but it still looked a bit tired. So changed our mind & wanted to take the 'Deluxe to Club Floor' offer instead when I called the reception & been told the rooms would be different. Upon receiving our request, the reception gave it to us as another complimentary upgrade. Really nice of them!

Our Orchid Club room. Nice!
Like the see-through bathroom.
I was happy the moment I stepped in. The difference between the 2 categories was big but the price difference was only like S$29?
But anyway, we didn't have to top up!:D

Very zen ambience in this new premium wing opened a year ago.


Access to the Club floors by this private bubble lift.
Like this all glass lift... so transparent that you can even see the staircase behind!

After settling the accomodation matters, the 1st stop was of course to treat ourselves to the much missed about char siew at Jalan Tengkat Tong Shin;) Then started shopping in Sungei Wang/Bukit Bintang. As our hotel was conveniently located in the midst, we went back every few hours to take a break from the hot weather.

Had our afternoon tea in the club lounge & chilled a bit before heading out again.

Jackie Chan's Cafe in Lot 10

At night, we were already craving for the yummy 鸳鸯 but was full house! And it's just past 7pm:( So we went across to another 大排档 which we'd also visit whenever we're there & took Ampang youg tau foo + fried kway teow instead.

Filling up our stomach for the time being...

Thereafter walked to Pavilion. This place is massive!! But we're already very exhausted by then... so were quite overwhelmed by the size & didn't really walk around much. And importantly, we're still missing our 鸳鸯... hee....

Voilà! The streetside stall where we went back after Pavilion & bought our 鸳鸯. There's no variety offered here, only a few staples like 鸳鸯, lor min ... but it's still so popular.

Our tapao-ed supper!:) And we must give them 2 thumbs-ups for the great service.
I thought the food would be too soaked with gravy by the time we reached hotel but it's better than not having it.
Then when we got it, we're so impressed that they took the initiative to pack the gravy separately.
We've never come across this kind of good service in Singapore (I mean hawker). Sometimes even when we requested, they'd tell you "we don't do that"!

So are you thinking.... what, on earth, is 鸳鸯? Here it is.....

It's half kway teow, half bee hoon.

Think the popularity of this stall is because of its gravy... very tasty. And the deep fried bee hoon was still very, very crispy! And it's cheap! Only RM6 for a big portion like this :)
Just looking at it now makes me drool.... I miss my 鸳鸯!:(

We rest early that night, @ 11pm. Too tired after a long day.

Then, it's my birthday! We woke up early for breakfast so we could start the day early. The breakfast buffet spread was good but I preferred the second morning's as I still like conventional items like baked beans, hush browns, bacons etc over some special international breakfast. Yes, they changed variety every day... that's why Parkroyal KL's breakfast was quite raved about by the hotel guests. It's included in our room. Otherwise we could also use our membership card to pay for just 1 person @ RM48nett.

Then went to KLCC. Disappointingly this time round, the shopping wasn't fruitful... I only bought a pair of shoes. We spent less than 4 hours in KLCC including a lunch @ Dome. Better cut our losses by leaving the place fast since nothing's to our fancy there. Back to Sungei Wang, I got a treat from hubby - a foot massage session as my legs were aching from all the walking. And it's cheap... @RM38 for 40mins:) It ended just in time for our dinner. We'd made reservation the night before at the hotel's Chinese restaurant - Si Chuan Dou Hua. Dinner was GREAT! I've been craving for Peking Duck & finally got it on birthday:)

It's a big bird, and yes... we're having it all by ourselves!

Feasting @ Si Chuan Dou Hua.
Just the Peking Duck served 3 types of dishes - (1)the skin, (2)the meat fried with 生面 & (3) salted vege duck soup. Then the one in green is (4)8-Treasure soup (with sharks fin, fish maw etc).. looked weird (think they pound the spinach to derive this greeny look) but tasted delicious.. just like sharks fin soup. Yummy! We also ordered (5)half a roasted chicken & (6)broccoli with crab meat. We got so much that shocked the waitress.

The birthday meal was sooo good.. the food was delicious... but of course, we couldn't finish all. And we'd a very pleasant surprise... the bill came up to S$13.75 (RM33) for the whole dinner! We'd a RM100 cash voucher from the membership pack & we could still use the card for a 50% discount. But we didn't expect them to half the total amount first then deduct the RM100 cash voucher. They're generous, aren't they? ;)

A pic before leaving, with a bloated tummy

After dinner, we'd a drink at the lounge, complimentary as using another voucher again.

Quiet on a Sunday night

Then the last thing before my birthday's over..... my BD cake, with compliments from the hotel.

The dark chocolate cake was nice but we're too full to enjoy. We took only 1/4 & gave the remaining to the housekeeping.

The next day... our flight was 8pm & the hotel was kind enough to allow us a late check-out @ 4pm. After breakfast, we went to Times Square Berjaya.

An ice cream treat before leaving KL. I love Baskin Robin's Pistachio Almond. Too bad they're no longer in Singapore :(

Look... Krispy Kreme is coming to KL!

The 3D2N trip was too short. But it's a very good trip. We didn't shop as much this time round, more on eating... so much so that I came back with gastric flu :( Thank God I only started to feel unwell in KLIA, while waiting for our flight back. Blame it on the 2 big dumplings we ate before checking out. I was not hungry then but guess I was too used to eating..... hehe.

All that we've purchased:
- I like this dress & it's cheap... approx S$18.60?
- Hubby's pants & shirt was cheap too after a 70% discount :)
- 2 pairs of shoes for me & 1 pair for hubby
- a "men's cut" jacket by one of the local designer
- a cardi that's priced @ RM20
- 2 bottles of nail polish @ RM10.. should have gotten more :(
- 1 eyeshadow

I must say the Prestige card was a really good buy for us. Even if it's for 1-time use (we're not sure when's our next trip). All in all, we're enjoyed almost double of what we paid for. And the hotel offered excellent services, even much better than many of the 5-star hotels. However, the whole good impression we had on the hotel was sort of stained during the checking out process mainly due to some communication breakdowns.

Yep... we paid RM768 for everthing that worths RM1,360 ;)

I always don't see the relevance of staying in a club room as I've never made use of the facilities. But not for this hotel. I'm sure hubby will be very contented to stay in a normal deluxe which was already renovated/refurbished... but it's me (as always...). For our next trip, will still choose Parkroyal KL & go for the Orchid Club room... and we still have some vouchers not utilised.... ;)