Sunday 29 November 2009

From Ten Thousand Lightning Bugs As They Tried To Teach Me How To Dance

The second half of the pictures from the KL trip :)

So Jody picked us up from our hotel and his driver dropped us at this Japanese restaurant right in the city but so hidden we wouldn't have found it without him!


Here we are, the second one looks ridiculously much like a family portrait right hahahaha.


the table decided to order all the dishes to be shared, but as usual I was STARVING so on top of all that, I ordered an extra maguro don for myself and some nigiris :)


we ordered like x2 at least of most dishes


the middle dish is foie gras with hotate which was supposedly amazing!


on top of good food, the restaurant looked amazing as well. the entire place was decorated and lit in a super minimalistic chic kind of way. everything was so pretty and clean and zen, which went perfect with the fact that the place was kind of like a hidden gem. the building at the end is the main restaurant with the open layout style tables, but on both sides of the pathway leading up to the main building, there are glass houses to offer private dining :)


camwhoring after dinner :)


pam decided to do an emo shot, then jialing joined in, and I just had to as well. retarded :)


Drinks at Luna Bar: Pam, Jia and Jody & Justin, Daren and I.


Luna Bar is #3 on the World's Top 10 Rooftop Bars list by Luxury Brat which describes the place as "super sexy rooftop and poolside bar ... a long indoor bar with a chic design leading you out onto the breezy rooftop for the best views of the lights of KL." Have to say, the view really did look amazing, and these pictures don't do it justice :)


Boys on whiskey coke, girls on gin tonics & a supper yummy green cocktail I can't remember the name of. It was kind of like a bellini, but stronger? I don't know why it was green then. Hmm.




Moved inside to get aircon :)




Justin drove us to a "palace" for shisha. He kept telling us the place even had a moat and what not, so in the car we kept looking for a palace style building. As it turns out, this shisha kopi-tiam was called shisha palace or something, and it had a moat the size of a fish pond HAHA.


Notice that unlike the usual shisha, this one is served with actual fresh pineapple? Yums:)


Needless to say, I got teased mercilessly again for still being able to eat after our huge huge dinner. And then after we were done smoking & eating & laughing, Justin kindly dropped us back at The Westin and we called it a night. A night we couldn't have enjoyed without Justin or Jody, so thanks for the amazing hospitality guys :)


The next morning, under the kind recommendations of Sying, we went in search of a good ol' hawker style breakfast at Jalan Imbi. THANK YOU SYING :)


We literally ordered at least one item from every stall in the kopitiam.


The porridge was pretty good (8/10 maybe?) but nothing will ever be as awesome as my Bangkok porridge :( THAT IS THE BESTEST BESTEST BESTEST EVER. 10/10.


Jia, Daren & I


Empty Egg Tart Shells fresh out of the oven, The Uncle filling it with the egg paste, and finally freshly made Dan-Dar :)


And then we move on to another kopitiam for Fish Head Bee Hoon and Ban Mee.


After brunch, D stays in our hotel to get some school work done, so poor thing right. NUS (or Singapore unis in general) are so stress inducing!!!


Us girls on the other hand, decide to head up to the rooftop pool with our food belly bumps!


Pam actually did laps..


While I on the other hand... well let's just say when they came back from doing laps, they found me unglamorously stuffing my face like this... chomping away, not very lady like at all, but well :/ slurps.


Surprise Surprise, right?! Oh, did I mention the service was wonderful? Once we sat down, the butler immediately came and brought jugs of water, glasses of ice, platters of fruit & sunblock?


Pam, Jia & I :)


Headed back to our suite to pack up & wash up before checking out :) That's me hanging in the wardrobe in Daren & my room... and thats only half the wardrobe, it's a sliding door so you can't see the other half. That's how ginormous the wadrobe was, pity we didn't really use it :(


We did some last minute shopping.


And then walked back to Jalan Alor for dinner & durians :)


Pam knows how to open durians!!! OMG! I was so shocked! Unlike me, who only knows how to devour them. HAHA.


Oh well, we all have our strengths right? Hee Hee!