Author: dixonthum
My Trip to Kuantan
Almost two and a half hour for me to drive from KL to Kuantan – to be exact, to Swiss Garden Resort and Spa. It’s my first time driving heading to the East coast. Passed by Genting, Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Temerloh, Kuala Lipis and Gambang.
Reaching the resort, we quickly checked in and unloaded our luggages. THen, drove back out to the town to look for lunch. Found a kopitiam, Kemaman Kopitiam. Price – reasonable (but it’s like pricing in KL), food – variety of choices (more than in KL) and taste – not up my expectation (KL is better). Anyway, it’s very surprising to find a company like Kemaman Kopitiam to have their own branding. They have branches and packages of instant coffee, cookies, dodols, tea bags and etc. The decoration looks similar like any other kopitiams in town. Nothing special.
Back to the hotel, we went to the pool in the evening and had good relaxing time in the jacuzzi. Really enjoyed ourselves there. So relaxing and comfortable.
A brief walk along the beach was great as well. There were a group of youngsters playing beach volleyball.
In the evening, we drove out further to a restaurant by the sea side called, River Seafood Restaurant. As usual, we are having pure local Malay seafood cuisine. We ordered a roasted sting ray (ikan pari bakar), cuttlefish tomyam (tomyam sotong) and a dish of telur bistik (fried egg with meat & mixed vegetable in tomato sauce). Taste sooooo good! Being a fan of local Malay food, I really love the food. Price is… CHEAP! Only spent RM24.20 for the both of us. Cukup pedas dan rasa.
Overall, the trip was too short but yet enjoyable. We bought a packet of lemang with a bowl of rendang ayam. (glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick with a bowl of chicken rendang). Taste so traditional! 
Star Village in OUG
Dedicating this blog to Keng Ping in conjunction of her birthday – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, KENG PING!!!
This round, we had it in Star Village in OUG. It’s not very difficult to find this place. It’s the last/first unit along Jalan Hujan Rahmat 3 (the row behind Steven’s Corner). They serve good western food. The environment there was quite ok. I liked it because we were placed in a corner which was very suitable for our whole group chit chatting and laughing at ourselves. Hahaha!
THe meal that I had was really good. I had the Chicken Combo Set which comes with a very big prawn and a cup of ice lemon tea. Price was only RM29.90. Not expensive for this dish. There were also various kind of western dishes akin the Black Pepper Sauce Chicken Chop, Special Chicken Chop, Thai Style Mango Chicken and french fries. The price was rather reasonable.
Before our food were served, the waiter brought us a basket of table game for us to play. It’s really challenging to put together and separate back two specially shaped steels. Don’t believe me?! Come try it yourself…
Here, we have updated each other about our latest situation; job, life, plan, and trips. I really love the story by Mei Leng and Chi Hong about their trip in Taiwan and their stay in hotels there.
Leaving behind the past…
I’m now serving my 2 months notice now and will be in a new company soon. My next position will be an :
EDITORIAL EXECUTIVE.
Looking forward to the new one… Good luck to the old one.
The decision to make was really hard but I’ve moved on… 
Shogun : Japanese Buffet
Yesterday, Mein wanted to have sushi. Thinking for awhile, it has been quite sometime we have not eat sushi already. The name SHOGUN just passed through my mind. Quickly made a call to the restaurant but the person who picked up the call told that no more resesrvation allowed. Only walk in. Fine. Quickly drove to 1 Utama.
Had our buffet dinner there with unlimited sushi and other Japanese cuisine – tempura, teppanyaki, sashimi and others. Everyone gets a baked oyster with cheese each. Overall, the food there was not so up to the price. I mean, the price is reasonable for a place like SHOGUN but it’s just the food there was not up to the standard. The food was just so-so only. Not really that great. But it’s worth a try.
The price was RM55.00 ++ per person. It’s not that expensive but not worth it for quality of food served. Well, in a nutshell, I love the environment but not the food.
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