Tamarind Spring @ Ampang

Birthday treat from the BF XD

A place that I wanted to come for the rumors of how nice the place is.

The mysterious door that lead to a beautiful hidden place.

The path to the eateries.

The turtles pond.

The awards!

The entrance :)

From our table.

Complimentary lemongrass drink.

Complimentary snacks which already 'masuk angin' ... zzzz...

Each table lit by this.. candlelight dinner .. which is actually quite dark.

Our foods. which cost RM286. TQ LCL for the birthday treat! ♥

Lobster as stated in the menu, but later on the waiter told us, it's not lobster, it's big prawn. Cost RM37 each, and we had 2 of different flavor. Which in the end, I only tasted spicy.

This plate of asparagus fried with garlic cost RM24.. it reminds me during my internship, we had asparagus for free.

Sea bass. RM88. Well.. spicy!

My conclusion is, this place have a superb environment. But food wise is so-so only for me. LCL want me to complaint that, during placing the booking, he already informed to the staff that he need a birthday cake for me and to give me as a surprise, but during the dinner he waited and waited and waited and apparently the staff forgotten. Haha! That's why it's important that for any special occasion, it's better to hands on rather than depends on others. Will I come back? No. I came for experience and I will spend that amount of money to experience other place =)

Guanzhou Day 4

And I'd abandoned my blog for almost one month. Talking about procrastination. This is last post for our Guangzhou-Shenzhen Trip. Day 4 is the last day of our trip. 

We woke up early to Canton Tower and plan to spend half day here and the other half to continue our last minute shopping XD

Arriving here around 9.30am, only to be informed that ticket for the top deck and sky walk can only be purchase after 10am. So we hang around at the lobby, waiting patiently. But do come early, the ticket price for entrance before 12pm is cheaper.

The observation deck which consist of 2 level.

We bought package FIT which cost RMB200 each, which includes a 360 degree bubble tram ride at height of 455m.

I think this is nice! We get 360 degree panoramic view from the tower. A bit scary though.

They have this Mega Drop package, which is much more expensive. Dropping from 485m to 455m, I do not dare to have a try. I am already screaming together with this group of people who was on the drop seat. I think if I'm the one on the seat, I could have fainted.

Done with Canton Tower, we continue our shopping XD

We stop by Beijing Lu, by taking MTR and stop at GongYuanQian station.

Wow again! Time to walk until the leg shake again.

However I find that shopping at ShangXiaJiuLu is better. I bought more things there and I did not buy anything from Beijing Lu. Didn't see anything that interested me to purchase.

And there is it, our 4 Day 4 Night shopping trip. Frankly the clothing is not really that cheap, which I end up thinking I could find these items back in Time Square and Sg. Wang. Furthermore, it's tiring and scary to have need to bargain with them and end up being $%^((*&% if you do not buy after asking. I bought a number of shoes and sweaters which is quite cheap, but not suitable for Malaysia weather. Haha.. Perhaps due to our trip is on winter season.

Looking forward to our next trip this March XD

Guangzhou Day 3

On day 3, after having breakfast at a Hong Kong restaurant near Home Inn Lou Hu, we take the long distance train back to Guangzhou. Arriving at Guangzhou East Railway station, we then take MRT (Line 1, RMB4) to Changshou Lu to check in to Home Inn Shangxiajiu 2.

[HomeInn Shangxiajiu 2 branch 如家上下九二店 322，Changshou East Rd， GuangZhou 中国广东省广州市荔湾区长寿东路322号Tel: 020-28350288 ]

From Changshou Lu MRT station, it is about 20 minute walk to the Inn. Disaster! Imagine dragging our luggage at the small walkside with so many people around. @@

After done with check in and drop our luggage into the room, we took our lunch at the noodle shop [JianJi Noodle Shop(坚记面记] right opposite our inn. The bf like it so much that we went again the next day, while for me, it is just so-so and quite plain. If you notice, I did not post much about foods, because here photographs of the foods is not allowed by the restaurant. =.=lll

After recharge, we start our shopping at Shang Xia Jiu Lu. *jaw drop* .. the streets looks like it won't end. And we walk until our legs feel numb.

At 7pm, we walk to Xi Di wharf to catch the night cruise. We ask around for the directions to the wharf, and we walked about 30 minutes to reach. I really think I'd walk the one month distance in 1 day on that day. The night cruise cost RMB48/ pax and lasted for 1.5 hour.

Nothing special but worth to try :)

Shenzhen Day 2: Bo Yuen Dim Sum

Second day of the trip. We woke up early to have dim sum. It's about 10 minute walk from our inn. Too bad, the dim sum only start at 10am. However, they allowed us to have a seat and a pot of tea while waiting for the kitchen to prepare.

Bo Yuen Dim Sum is located inside Yuan Bo Yuan Hotel at 5th floor.

We only manage to take this much picture before a waiter come over and stop us, telling us photography is not allowed. =.=lll This breakfast cost us RMB79, which for me, it's a bit expensive. We can get more than this with RM40 in KL.

After finishing our breakfast, we checked out from Zhu Zhi Lin home inn and check into Luo Hu Home Inn (RMB189) which is a wrong choice. I planned it this way because I thought it would be more convenient to go back to our hotel if we shop until late night. But, it's a mistake because the location of this hotel from the Luo Hu Station/ Shopping mall is about 25-30 minute walk, which is not easy with so many luggage and tiring leg after shopping. And with this 25 minute distance, it's more comfortable to spend it in the MTR back to Zhu Zi Lin Home Inn, which is only 5 minute walk from the station.

This is the external of Luo Hu. MTR station is located below and this is the shopping mall. We only spend around 1 hour walking around inside the mall. For me, there is nothing much to be buy here. The people are so scary (once you asked and not buying, be prepared to be pestered). We then take MTR to Lao Jie, which is more comfortable for shopping, as the price is put up and no necessary to bargain.

And there goes our second day, fully shopping. At night, we took taxi back to our Inn from Luo Hu station, which the taxi driver laugh at us, telling us that we can actually walk back from station. We knew it's walking distance (25 minute is not walking distance for me if there is transport), but we have no energy to walk anymore, thus paying RMB18 for the taxi ride =)

Shenzhen Day 1: Mu Wu BBQ

After the night performance at WOTW end, it was about 9pm and we head back to Zhu Zi Lin. We walked for about 15 minutes to Mu Wu BBQ restaurant.(From ZhuZiLin MTR station, direction facing ZhuZiLin Home Inn, turn left and walk until you reach China Ever-Bright Bank Building, then turn right and walk towards the end at Dong Yuen Bo. Address: 29-30, Yuan Bo Yuan, ZhuZiLin Si Road)

BBQ Chives. Yelks.

BBQ chicken. I like it for it is not fat and oily.

Fried meehon. Yum.

BBQ Oyster! Super yum! And fresh and cheap.

BBQ Buns. Yelks.

BBQ brinjals. I don't usually eat brinjal but this is good.

Total cost of this dinner is RMB78.