Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Weekend Trip 15 - 16 May 2010 Day 2

Being a short weekend Kuala Lumpur holiday, we would be making our leisurely drive to Singapore later today after meeting up with a few more friends and if time permits, enjoy some Malaysia shopping as well. What amazed us was the place where we had brunch, almost like a dim sum city.

We checked out just after 0900 hrs from our Kuala Lumpur accommodation, Quality City Centre Hotel, and made our way to Damansara Jaya SS22/19. Again we had to depend on our most trusted Garmin global positioning system to direct us to Jin Xian Restaurant where we were to meet some of our warrior friends for brunch at 1000 hrs.

Jin Xian Restaurant

Some of the warriors from our Brave Heart tribe who showed up included Stanley, Adrian, Prudence and Shireen. According to them, this restaurant is one of the better restaurants serving dim sum food. With tons of varieties of dim sum, it seemed almost as if this was a dim sum city where waiters came round with trays and trays of dim sum dishes from which you could pick your choice.

Here are some dim sum pictures of the delicious dim sum food that we enjoyed.

The waiter bringing around trays filled with baskets of dim sum food varieties for you to select

More dim sum pictures

A true dim sum city with tons of dim sum food varieties to suit your palette and tempt your tastebud.

We were thoroughly surprised by the variety of dim sum food here. It is no wonder that this place is crowded every weekend and no reservations are allowed especially for the weekend.Imagine the whole area being dead on a Sunday morning except for this dim sum city which was bustling with customers who were willing to sit under the sun just waiting for a seat.

Holiday travel tips:-

If you are keen on trying the dim sum food at Jin Xian Restaurant during the weekend, you can get free parking but be prepared to wait for a table.

We waited almost half an hour for a table. The Malaysian dim sum food was delicious and yummy.

More dim sum food

Our group enjoying the great dim sum food as well as the wonderful company

Dessert - herbal jelly and almond paste

As we had not seen some of our warrior friends for some time, we then adjourned next door to a shop specializing in herbal jelly.

Having fun!

The more authentic herbal jelly

Walnut paste

Here we managed to share with them the Royal Keys program, an enrichment program for kids as well as The Opening, a self-realization meditation retreat. Once again, the subject turned to kids; education. By the time we bid our farewell, it was 1300 hrs.

With the help of our Garmin global positioning system, we made our way to Great Eastern Mall where we managed to squeeze in some Malaysia shopping before meeting another warrior friend of ours, Peter Davie. Peter, with his friend Ting Ting, met us at 1430 hrs. Whilst we were having a drink at Starbucks, one of the warrior facilitators, Michael Liew joined us as well.

Great Eastern Mall

More warrior friends

It was a great time reconnecting with wonderful people and at the same time, we not only took time to catch up but we managed to discuss the Royal Keys program as well as The Opening and discussed how we could all help one another.

Reconnecting

Peter and Ting Ting had to leave after a while and we then adjourned to Syet Lee to have a meal with Michael where we continued our discussion further. Here we tried the nasi lemak (coconut rice), mushroom wanton noodle, rojak (traditional fruit and vegetable salad) as well as roti jala (lacy crepes served with curry). They all tasted quite great as do most Malaysian food.

Rojak

Nasi lemak

Roti jala

Mushroom wanton noodle

Together with Michael

After Michael left at 1800 hrs, we continued with more Malaysian shopping for another hour before we started off on our return drive to Singapore at 1900 hrs. Fortunately for us, it was a smooth and pleasant drive along the North-South Highway and we reached Tuas Checkpoint just before midnight.

Shopping in Malaysia Cold Storage

Thus ended our weekend Kuala Lumpur holiday. Not only did we have fun on this travel Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, we also had lots of time reconnecting with friends and sharing heart to heart. Of course the Malaysia shopping and Malaysian food, especially the dim sum city added to our enjoyment of vibrant Malaysia. As usual, we must not forget to give thanks to our Garmin global positioning system for tirelessly directing us to our destinations.

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Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Weekend Trip 15 - 16 May 2010

This holiday in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, we were not only looking forward to some great Malaysian food and Malaysia shopping, but visiting and catching up with some of our friends in Malaysia. At the same time, we intend to speak to our friends and let them know about the Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat coming up in November 2010. This weekend travel Kuala Lumpur Malaysia was going to be fully packed an of course, we could not leave without our most trusted Garmin global positioning system without which we would be totally lost.

Making an early start, we left home at 0600 hrs and reached our friends’, Lionel & Lisa, house half an hour later to pick them up. This time round, we have company on our Kuala Lumpur holiday. Of all days, it just so happened that they had forgotten to set their alarm and jumped out of bed when we called them.

Being slightly delayed, we left at 0700 hrs. Before heading to Tuas checkpoint, we had to stop at the petrol station to top up our tank to the minimum ¾ tank that is required for all Singapore registered vehicles departing Singapore. Failure to do so constitutes an offence.Thereafter, we headed to Tuas checkpoint where it was a smooth drive through customs and immigration on both ends of Tuas checkpoint.

Breakfast in Kulai, Malaysia

Our first stop during this Kuala Lumpur holiday travel was Kulai, a city in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Here, we brought our friends to our usual breakfast joint. It was a great start to our holiday vacation with delicious Malaysian food. Our total order of three roti canai telur (Indian flatbread with egg), two roti canai bawang (Indian flatbread with onions), 1 roti canai kosong (plain Indian flatbread), 1 mee siam (spicy fried rice vermicelli), 2 iced milo and 2 coffee/tea cost us RM15.30 (USD4.77).

Mee siam

Roti canai kosong

Roti canai telur

Roti canai bawang

The weather was wonderful on this Saturday morning. It was neither too hot nor humid.

Moving off from Kulai at 0845 hrs, we started on our drive to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. We reached our destination Kuala Lumpur at 1230 hrs and headed straight to Sri Petaling AA Pharmacy to get some shopping done. Next we drove to meet our Malaysian friends, Yim and Joanne, at Subang Jaya and tailed their car to Kong Sai restaurant nearby, a popular eatery known for its home-style cooking, where we had lunch.

The special tea pot at Kong Sai Restaurant

Kong Sai's famed steamed chicken with their special dipping sauce

Simple dish of bean sprouts

Pig's stomach soup that is spiced heavily with pepper

Another of their specialty, bean curd stuffed with minced meat

Braised pork dish

Fresh steamed prawns

Steamed fish in chilli sauce, one of our favourites... Super tender soft, sweet and juicy flesh makes you yearn for more

Our group

Having fun!

Great company

Famous for its chicken rice, our friends did the ordering of the food. The steamed fish in chilli sauce was cooked incredibly well that the flesh was so soft, juicy and tender and it was the top choice. Another huge hit was the pig’s stomach soup had a full body flavour and enough of kick with the pepper. The fat and juicy steamed prawns were another great favourite. We also had the sambal kangkong (water spinach in chilli paste), steamed chicken, stuffed tofu balls stuffed with crab and meat as well as the dark sauce pork.

The Chinese Malaysian food made an incredibly delicious lunch and our stomachs were well satisfied. You can find Restoran Kong Sai at 39 Jalan 20/16, Taman Paramount, 46300 PJ. Tel:- 019-384 2922 / 012 298 4038

Take note that they are closed every Sunday and open for dinner only on Saturdays.

Siesta time after satisfying lunch

Next we went to Bake With Yen, one of Malaysia’s largest suppliers in baking and confectionery ingredients, in Chow Kit area to do some shopping for baking items. Off Jalan Raja Laut, Bake with Yen is located at 29 & 33, Lorong Haji Taib Satu,
50350 Kuala Lumpur. If you are a baker, be it home or commercial, do visit Bake with Yen. My friend Lisa went ‘gaga’ over there. She had no intention of buying anything but walked away with quite a few purchases and found a new shopping haunt.

A few hundred metres away from Bake with Yen is Quality City Centre hotel , a Kuala Lumpur budget hotel. Being a four star hotel, we managed to get a rate of USD63, i.e. 2 double beds for the four of us, without breakfast but which was great value if you are just looking for a Kuala Lumpur budget hotel to spend the night. We were upgraded to the Club floor as the hotel was full but this came without any perks. The room was bright and comfortable and the hotel is ideally located in the heart of business and shopping districts of Kuala Lumpur as well as within walking distance to the Light Rail Transit.

Quality City Centre Hotel guestroom

Lobby

After freshening up, we made our way to Mid Valley Megamall where NorthPoint Residence was via our Garmin global positioning system.

Along the way, Lionel caught another quick nap

Our friends Ken and Chris and their ten-month old son Sho-Ken were waiting for us with home cooked Japanese curry. We were slightly delayed in meeting them as the Mid-Valley Shopping Centre car park was crowded and we had problems getting a car park lot. We finally met them and arrived at their place at 2000 hrs.Fortunately Sho-Ken was still awake and we managed to have some time playing with him before he retired for the night.

Playing with Sho-Ken

Little Sho-Ken playing peek-a-boo

& having some fun

Making ourselves at home

Plain and simple, yet Oishii (delicious in Japanese), we enjoyed the salad, Japanese curry and chicken cutlet. Our friends also served us molten chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream.Oooooh la la..... That was simply irresistible.

Home cooked Japanese dinner

Japanese curry

Molten chocolate lava cake

Catching up after ten months, we had tons to talk about especially on child rearing and training a child from young. At the same time, they were interested in knowing more about the Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat. Having no idea of how fast time was whizzing by, it was 0100 hrs when we realized the time. Leaving them to catch their much-needed sleep, we made our way back to our Kuala Lumpur budget hotel in twenty minutes.

Chris & Ken (Sho-Ken's lovely parents)

We tried to see if we could collect our welcome drinks at that time of the night and fortunately for us, they acceded to our request. It was indeed a fully packed first Kuala Lumpur holiday with our friends as we made our way to travel Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. We were also glad that the Kuala Lumpur budget hotel that we had booked was nice and cozy. Not forgetting our most trusted Garmin global positioning system for which we have to be truly grateful for, we have been truly blessed and yearn to share this blessing with others in the form of the Awakening Enlightenment Meditation Retreat.

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