Was extraordinary... A pretty "eventful" one..
On the first day in KL, we didn't shop. We did many things, but shopping.
To start with, I made a big big mistake of online booking a hotel too rashly. Especially for someone who's very fussy. Guess hubby & I weren't in our right mind when our flight fare jacked up by almost $50 in a mere 10 mins of delayed booking (waiting for Con & Ivan)! So I thought better settle the accommodation before the price increased. Originally wanted Parkroyal but Con mentioned about hoping to pay cheaper so I thought she'd wanted elsewhere. Then after the airfare shock, we rushed into booking the hotel - Fahrenheit Suites. I only read online reviews after making the prepaid reservation for all... & they weren't good ones, except the excellent location. So we preempted the Lims.
Upon arrival at Fahrenheit Suites early morning, I was in complete shock. From the lift to reception, the environs of the apartment, the lift from reception to rooms, the corridor...... we're all beyond astoundment, or at least for me. I'm all to blame for landing all of us in such a place. As it's too early (@ 9am+) to check in, we left our baggages there & walked around.
Breakfast at Dome, Pavilion
After a slow breakfast, hubby & I went in search of hair salon while Con & Ivan walked around. Hubby had a haircut & I did hair treatment which took 2.5h. By the time we're done, it's time to check in (& we got really nervous, ha!). Ok, the rooms were alright as they're being refurbished mostly. Ivan & Con were ok with the room. While hubby was also fine with it, he let me decide if I wanted to change hotel. Initially I wanted to stay on as didn't want to waste money but I was really unhappy & very bothered... so a tough decision was eventually made - change hotel! My understanding hubby was supportive of my decision... didn't chide me for wasting money. Well, who on earth can take me better than my dear hubby!?
It's just nice that we're snacking at Pavilion.. so we went near Dome (
why Dome? because we got their free WiFi that morning) & made online booking with my One X ;). Once done, we went back to Fahrenheit Suites to pack up & go! Con & Ivan were napping so we didn't disturb them.
Can't wait to say goodbye to this place.
Waiting for the lift, which looked exactly like cargo lift
So we moved to Parkroyal. And we only had the time to put down our luggage as we're meeting Con & Ivan at 5pm for early dinner. They're pretty surprised that we're so quick in our action. They'd no intention to move... it's actually very good that they could make do with it... frankly I wished I could too.. it'd have saved us $200 (as the first booking was prepaid, totally non-refundable).
Satiated ourselves with the good food we've been craving for long... especially the 辣子鸡 & 流沙包!
After dinner, we went back to hotel & changed room as the first room was infested with ants. What a day..... we'd been busy with such
extraordinary activities. Hmmm. Then we quickly got ready to meet Con & Ivan again for drinks & we're already running late.
Drinks at @live.
A nice chill-out place with entertaining performances.
For this trip, one of the disappointments was not being able to eat Meng Kee char siew as it was not opened :(( But we're all happy that we had a great dinner at Jalan Alor instead.
All the dishes were delicious including chicken satay that's not in the picture.
Jalan Alor street stalls. It's a new experience for me too as it's quite different from my last visit there, which was 大排档 style.
The 2nd night, we went back to @live to finish up our bottle.
Very crowded even on a Sunday night
A bottle of Glenmorangie shared by 3 of us (Con drank something else) & we took 2 days to empty it... The 2nd night's was a killer. Guess I drank too much & too fast :(
Nice dim sum at New Shanghai, Pavilion. But also got me instant sore throat :(
