KL & Malacca Malaysia 17/09 – 19/09/2010 Day 2

Blessings Homestay interior

Upon checking out from Blessings Homestay at 0820 hrs, we headed for Sri Petaling area where we had breakfast.

We decided to have dim sum food for breakfast and went to Pan Ki Dim Sum. The food was not too bad and the char siew pao (barbeque pork bun) was quite good.

Dim Sum food

More varieties of dim sum food

Stomach satisfaction

Yummy buns

Next stop was AA Pharmacy where we managed to buy some medication. We then met our friend, Michael, again and he brought us to Lembah Azwen Resort in Kajang area to check out the venue for our future events.

Lembah Azwen Resort Malaysia

A nice and secluded area out of the city with lots of greenery, this place offers training facilities as well as team building facilities and is mainly used for groups.

We then made our way to Malacca and arrived at our Malaysia Malacca accommodation, Arenaa De Luxe Hotel, at 1630 hrs.

Arenaa Hotel Lobby - celebrating Hari Raya

Hari Raya decoration at entrance door of Arenaa

After checking in, we quickly made our way to Topic at Melaka Raya where we had made our reservations for 90minutes Chinese massage for 1700 hrs.

Chinese Massage Centre

All four of us had the same massage, but somehow, three had the hot stone massage and one did not. Upon checking with them at the end of the session, they mentioned that we could ask for the hot stone if we had wanted it. We realized that the service was not very consistent and a few of the masseuse were not too experienced.

At RM79 for 90 minutes of massage, the price was slightly higher than a few other outlets along the same stretch of road. At the same time, most of the masseuse were from China and could not speak English, which makes it difficult if one is not able to speak Chinese. Also they have a habit of asking you if you want any extra services, such as the ‘kua sa’ (Chinese scraping), cupping, etc… For aromatherapy oil, add RM15.

Holiday travel tips:-

If you are intending to try the massage at Topic Healthcare Centre, be prepared for upsell of services.

After the massage, we went back to Arenaa De Luxe Hotel to meet our friend Edwin for dinner. We proceeded to Amy Heritage Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant, a wonderful place for authentic Nonya food where, as usual, we enjoyed the great attention to detail that Amy, the chef and owner, puts into her cooking. Costing RM102 (USD32.80) for the five of us, it was really worth the price we paid. If you are intending to visit Amy and enjoy her labour of love, do call to make your reservations first.

Our dishes... yummy yummy

Anticipating our delicious nyonya food for dinner

After dinner, Edwin wanted to let us try some nonya satay. However, the shop was closed. Instead we ended up at Sunday Ice Café where we tried the laksa and the Nonya ice desserts. A nice and refreshing end to our day!

Nyonya ice desserts

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