Minggu, 30 November 2014

Hong Kong : Muscle Man wanton mee + Sha Tin Racecourse + Oystermine Restaurant

Hong Kong trip - May 2014


Muscle Man 大隻佬麵家


Why the name? Take a look at the chef aka the owner when you are there, he is a very muscular guy with tattoo on his body. Reminds me of the Andy Lau show.


It was very crowded during lunch time. Tourists have to learn from the locals to squeeze in, take queue number, stand near the door and listen intently for your number to be called. Otherwise, you might miss your number. We waited for approximately 20 minutes. 


The area was not very big but they used their space very cleverly. They placed as many seats in the cafe as possible to house as many customers at one time. It is also their culture to share table with strangers. I guess this is how they meet new people in life lol.

炸鱼皮 HK$14

This was very good. The proper way to eat this is to dip this with the soup. Damn salty damn good. lol

Wonton 云吞 HK$28

Dumplings 水饺 HK$28

Wonton noodles 云吞面 HK$28


Actually I did not know wanton mee is a cantonese cuisine until now. =X

I like to drink soup at a high temperature. The soup here was steamy hot and I like it! I like the noodles and the wonton but I like it better if less oily.

It was quite stressful to eat in Hong Kong as they would stare at you and the people queuing outside would stare at you as well. I like to eat my food at my own pace with time to take pictures lah..



Muscle Man 大隻佬麵家
Address: G/F, 97 Hak Po Street, Mong Kok
Nearest MTR station: Mong Kok East station
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30am-10:30pm Sun Closed
Tel: +852 2363 2838





Sha Tin Racecourse 沙田馬場

Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong.

I always see my father watch horse racing at home and would like to see it in real life. Also to do my father a favour by betting it at the real place.




Gloomy day again..



We went there on a weekday afternoon.. apparently these people no need to work as well =)



When I was queuing up at the ticketing counter, I did not know how to buy bet for the game. I picked up a bet paper and just coloured my favourite 3 numbers. My friend still continued to analyse the game and the odds.. lol need so serious de meh..


 Game started!! CHIONG AH!! or in cantonese "shiong ah 上啊!!"



At this point of time, my number was actually the first! I was like "wow am I really that lucky or not!!??" and I gave a despised eye contact to my friend.


Then dont know why my horse started to slow down or other horses started to catch up..


Turned out my friend's horse won. Chey.. the winning amount also not that much.. He used his winning to buy another bet and so lost it as well. game over.. lol *sore loser*

Oh yes, one more thing, please bring your passport and check for race schedule.

So I guess 
analysing odds 
really works...



Sha Tin Racecourse 沙田馬場
Nearest MTR station: Sha Tin
Admission Fee: HK$10
Website: http://entertainment.hkjc.com



Oystermine


Finally, I thought I get to meet my super idol in person and not during fanmeet. I have met Pornsak at his Porn's Thai restaurant in Singapore, not meet Jay Chou at his 2 restaurants in Taiwan and so this time I should meet Bosco Wong at his restaurant in Hong Kong right?

My friend was so nice to accompany me there after dinner.

*blush smile*


It was shocking empty in his restaurant on a Sunday late night. His restaurant is quite high class that sells mostly champages, wines and oysters.

*look around vigorously but no sight of him* 


We were full from the dinner before so we only ordered soup and one bottle of champagne while waiting for him. I still stood very firmly that he would come. lol


I do not remember what champagne that we ordered because we both have no idea as well hahaha..I only remember it was pricy.. 

Interior of the restaurant

Ok lor.. we already finished 3/4 of the bottle and he still did not show up yet.. we gave up after 1+ hour and went back to our apartment.. 

damn him



Ok.. probably Pornsak has lesser workload than the other two celebrities... the probability of meeting Jay Chou may be 0% but Bosco Wong... sigh.. got to be at least 30% lor.. ok I need to go his restaurant another 2 or 3 times.. 



Oystermine
Address: G/F., 57 Nam Kwok Road, Kowloon City
Not near to MTR station
Nearest MTR station: Lok Fu station (1.5km away)
Tel: +852 2382 8234
Opening hours: daily 5pm to 2am







3 days 2 nights exclusive trip to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort in Tioman Island

Tioman island is one of the beautiful and nature island which is closer to Johor state at the east side of Pennisular Malaysia. This is one of the island which I won't get boring despite how many times I visit, beside the crystal clear water, the island also has many jungle trekking and hiking trails.

I was invited for the 3 days 2 nights trip to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort (N2.72072 E104.15162) on last month November 2014, it was a all-in exclusive package and total relax trip offered by the resort. We were the privileged few to experience the new package which officially launch on 20th December 2014. The package included the 45 minutes private chartered flight (Cessna 208B Grand Caravan) from Sultan Ismail International Airport Senai to Tekek Airport Tioman Island, that made us excited because it was a inaugural flight from Senai to Tioman. (90 minutes flight from Subang to Tioman island)

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Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Our itinerary for the 3 days 2 nights trip for Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort, Tioman Island.
Day 1
Depart from Senai Airport to Tekek Airport Tioman by private chartered plane.
30 minutes ferry ride from Tekek to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort.
*  Check-into Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort and breakfast at the restaurant.
*  Free and easy around the resort.
Dinner at the restaurant

Day 2
*  Breakfast
Jungle trekking activity
*  Lunch
*  Free and easy
*  Tekek town duty free shopping
Evening photography session
*  Dinner at resort in conjunction with the first annual dinner and dance of Tunamaya Resort
*  Party time

Day 3
Breakfast
Check out and bye to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort
*  Ferry ride to Tekek town, private chartered plane ride from Tioman island back to Senai airport.

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Aerial photograph of Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort

The trip was excellent, all of us enjoyed very much!
The resort was clean with lush of greenery surrounded, employees were really helpful and friendly, all the basic facilities available within the resort and a 'bearable' speed of wireless internet service accessible around the reception area. Mr Paul Cheah, the Resort Manager of Tunamaya said, please feel free to enjoy the facilities and relax in the fantasy island, don't always check or look into the smart phone and Ipad...that's the reason of the 'bearable' speed of internet access in the resort. Well, we AGREE!

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Mr Paul Cheah - Resort Manager of Tunamaya (right)

We had a chat with the friendly resort owner - Mr Gan after the dinner. Understand that Tunamaya was built from scratch 2 years ago, the partners of resort chose the piece of land because of the mystical 'Twin peaks' as a backdrop of the resort.
As the 'Tunamaya' was named by the reason of one of the partner owned another 'Tunabay' resort in Perhentian island, and the followed by the word 'Maya' means mystical in the national language of Malaysia.

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Mr Gan - owner of Tunamaya Resort

The Exclusive package is included the private chartered plane from Senai or Subang to Tioman island, all meals and coffee break, activities within the resort and Spa therapy. Please check on their Facebook page (below) for the latest promotion.

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East coast of Tioman island

It is a hassle free, relax vacation compare with other rushing tour. Relax yourself and choose each activity within the island as you wish, rather than rushing from places to places with limited time from early morning and exhausted-ly back to hotel in the late evening, some of my friends wisely said...

I will definitely visit Tunamaya again!

*  All the detail itinerary will be update soon! Stay tune!

Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort, Tioman Island.
Lot 20 & 21, Kampung Mukut, Pulau Tioman 
86800 Pahang, Malaysia.
Tel : +607-798 8108

Location map of Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort, Tioman Island.



Kamis, 27 November 2014

Container Gardenstay (集裝箱花園客棧) at Bangkok Village, Jalan Kota Tinggi, Johor Bahru

The container concept is not a new concept today, I had seen it almost 8 years ago at Langkawi island, and of course through out the world. But this is the 'first' container garden stay in Johor Bahru! Where the containers are surrounded in the lush of green and I considered as a good place for weekend city escape!

Container Garden Stay (N1.55522 E103.80122) is located in the Bangkok Village of Johor Bahru. The area was a nice nursery and now converted into restaurant, garden and the above mentioned containers...

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Container Gardenstay at Bangkok Village, Johor Bahru.

Large vehicles parking area and even for express buses are available. The surrounding is well ventilated even on the hot and humid weather.

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The pathway to the reception

The check-in process was done in the minute by the friendly staffs, impressed. After we settled the rooms, I requested to walk-around the area for photography purpose...

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There are lower and upper cabins for the rooms, and guests have a option for nice garden view or without view.

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The staircase is on the left row of the cabins...

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This was also part of the single bedrooms located...

On the right side, its the garden view cabins...

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A relax and comfort tea area next to the rooms...they provide good imported Chinese tea for their guests, too bad I'm not a Chinese tea lover and can't comment much...

In the middle of the both side, there's a nice corridor for all the rooms. As for me, this was a colourful corridor for photography!

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As you can see, some of the room's door are still the container original door which is solid and heavy...

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The solid door for the guest room

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They provide 3 types of rooms which are single bed, queen bed and king bed.
Let start from the single room...

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Single room

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The attached bathroom is just nice for 'one' person.

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Queen's bedroom or double room

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Options of garden view (below) or 'no view' (above)...

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The King's bedroom with the garden view. The attached bathroom is slightly wider and we understand that it's all in the container, we won't ask for much more bigger room space. :)

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The attached bathroom for the double room

The well maintained and nice garden just situated next to the containers...

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There's a seafood Thai restaurant situated in the same area, where the Bangkok Village was named by the owner...

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Walk way to the Bangkok Village restaurant

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Facade of the restaurant

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The dining area...

The dining area was transformed to a nice, comfort and relax area during the night fall...we had our dinner in the restaurant that evening and I'll blog about soon. Anyway, delicious food!

Beside that, they also serve local food for breakfast and lunch around the containers.

We had a pleasant stayed for 2 days 1 night weekend getaway! Experienced the container stay, which was just enough space for ourselves in the clean and comfortable environment! I will recommend to my friends who want to experience the relax and mind free staying!

Our package was breakfast included and car wash is provide if you drive.

It's a private area and whole Bangkok Village is lock after midnight, where the safety is concern. Please visit their facebook page for the latest promotion rate or visit the following online agents : expedia.com.my, booking.com and agoda.com

Container Gardenstay at Bangkok Village 
集裝箱花園客棧
Block 3,Bangkok Viilage, PTD 93547 Jln Harmonium 3, 
off Jln Kota Tinggi, Tmn Desa Tebrau, 81100 Johor Bahru.
Tel : +607-3518766

Location map for Container Gardenstay @ Bangkok Village, Johor Bahru