Accommodation: Traders Hotel, KLCC
Transportation: Aeroline coach 8am departure from Singapore. Transtar first class coach 2.30pm return from KL
Day 1
Aeroline coach
$50 one way. Departs from Harbourfront. Provided 1 bottled water, 1 meal and 1 hot drink. Toilet on bus for light usage. One rest stop. Reached Corus Hotel at around 3.30pm cos of the public holiday jam. Private entertainment was not too bad. Watched Total Recall on the journey. There are also power points to charge electronic devices so no worries about iPads running out of battery. May try Odyssey in future cos I heard they provide wifi on board.
Food
I made the call to head to ichiban boshi for food but unfortunately it did not match up to standards. The whole meal costed RM 90+ and it wasn't memorable. In fact, it was quite disappointing, resulting in the need for the Tobs to get a hao da da ji pa (which he allowed to turn cold so it wasn't that nice when we had it).
We also went to try our luck at New Shanghai which turned out to be quite good for the dim sum. The variety is fine but the quality is there, especially the fried items. Loved their BBQ Chicken & Pineapple Puff (RM3.50), Cheese & Potato Puff (RM3.80) and the mega huge dumpling (RM3.80). There are special offers if you come after 2.30pm on weekdays. I believe there is also a morning special but only for weekdays. Spent RM56.50 in total.
Also went to have grass jelly at Meet Fresh on level 6 pavilion. Much like Black Balls just a lot cheaper. En route back we also saw another grass jelly shop called Snowflakes on level 4. Supposed to try it soon. Redeemed deal for 2 cups of bubble tea at ochado as well. Their honey aloe vera green tea is good. Their roasted milk tea however, did not have any roasted quality to it at all.
When we got back to the hotel, our cake had arrived but the box was kinda huge so I had to do some improvisation so that the cake can fit into our tiny fridge. Ordered Oreo Mille crepe this time and it was nice (what's new?).
Entertainment
Even though we had earlier requested, the DVD player was not in the room when we checked in. Even after we got back past 7pm, it was still not done. But a simple call and it was all settled and we watched 3 straight episodes of Secret Garden. It is super excellent!
Day 2
Woke at 7.30am and hauled the husband to the gym. Headed for breakfast thereafter and at 9.15am, the restaurant was quite crowded. The spread is good, only 2nd best in terms of variety and quality (after Centara Grand). But I think we over ate. Plus more Mille crepe we had.
Headed to pavilion again. I did some shopping while the husband went to the bookstore before staking out at Meet Fresh to read his books. Bought a black skirt at Nichii and Padini was having 50% store wide but unfortunately I didn't find anything suitable. These days, I only buy work clothes (sad).
When done, we headed to Dragon-I in a not-yet-hungry state. Had cold spicy chicken (RM16), la main with pork chop (RM18), xlb (RM9.80), tofu with spices (RM8) and of course, my corn juice (RM10). Total came up to RM71.70 and the husband very kindly nagged that this is still RM30 cheaper than our meal at ichiban boshi, which was not even half as satisfying.
Grabbed some fried dim sum from New Shanghai to have for dinner. And picked up some items from The Loaf as well. Planning to try Komugi Cafe before we head back home tomorrow.
Finished watching the 2nd disk for Secret Garden and it just gets more fun especially after they switch bodies. Will probably do some reading before we turn in early tonight.
Day 3
Managed to secure late check out for ourselves. Did not stuff ourselves as much for breakfast due to impending overload of choices. We did try Komugi Cafe. The cheese cake was delicious but can't be kept at room temperature for too long. :( otherwise I would definitely have brought some back.
But the tofu cheese cake and all the other random stuff we ordered at Komugi proved to be too filling. W couldn't stomach a full meal and could only collect the Carl's Junior burger that I bought from a deal and grab some more dim sum from New Shanghai. We were having problems trying to transport the remaining Mille crepe home because the box has become quite a pitiful state and cannot possibly hold. So we were even considering buying Tupperware to bring the cake back.
Thank God that due to our large order at New Shanghai, they gave us a box! And I promptly transferred the dim sum into bags so that the cake can occupy the box:) cabbing to the pick up point for Transstar was extremely efficient. It took like less than 10 mins and we were super early.
The coach ride back was quite comfortable except for the fact that there was no toilet on board for light usage. The seats were huge and plenty of entertainment options available.
After dropping off at Golden Mile, we took a cab back and that was our uneventful vegetating trip.
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