HRH Penang - Day 2

The bed was very comfy. We slept very well and woke up feeling great :) Had breakfast at the Starz Diner.

I had 3 buns, a sausage, some scrambled eggs, 2 small pieces of papaya, some milk and a small tub of yoghurt *burp!*

After a hearty breakfast, we went out for a mini tour around Penang island.

Put on my sunnies first... (while waiting for daddy to drive the car over to the lobby to pick us up)

The first destination on our itinerary was to go to Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill). Strangely, the GPS brought us to the Botanical Gardens instead! Our plan was to visit this park in the evening but since we were already there, we decided to take a quick stroll. Mummy wasn't too thrilled with the idea of us getting "barbequed" under the 11am scorching sun but as we entered the park, we were greeted by a waiting tram. We took the tram for a 10-minute ride around the park. The ride cost only RM5 (RM2 for adults and RM1 for kids).

Me: Yay! Can sit on a tram! Mummy: Yay! It's not hot! Daddy: Yay! No need to walk!

Look, daddy! The monkey shee-shee (yes, the monkey was peeing haha!)

Just a few random shots of the lovely park

Back at the car, daddy redirected the GPS to Bukit Bendera again but it kept leading us back to the Botanical Gardens! Thanks to the very clear and reliable road signs, we managed to find our way to the Bukit Bendera funicular railway station only to be told that it was CLOSED for renovation and upgrading works. What a bummer!

Plan B was to head to the Kek Lok Si temple which was just nearby. This place was not even in our "to go" list but then... we still went there anyway.

Took an "inclined lift" to a higher ground to view the Bronze Statue of Avalokiteshvara (Kuan Yin)

With my Chinese zodiac... the faithful lil' doggie

Got "Mickey Mouse" and some other cute animals too

Next, we went to the Air Itam market/shopping area and randomly hopped in to one of the shops for lunch. I had kuey-teow soup, daddy had char-kuey-teow and mummy had char-mee-sua. The three of us also shared two glasses of refreshing herbal tea.

The food was not bad but the portion was very small! I finished the whole bowl of kuey teow soup on my own.

Our next stop was Queensbay Mall. Yes, we missed breathing in mall air haha. And of course, a trip to the mall is never complete without any kiddy rides for me...

And then mummy suggested we go to the toilet-themed restaurant called T-Bowl for some dessert since our lunch was just a light one. Well, just for fun, daddy agreed and we hunted for the place and found it...

Heh heh heh... how do you like my toilet bowl chair?

We had bubble bath honey dew sago (with vanilla ice-cream) and poo-poo chocolate ice-cream with waffle (at the bottom)

Err... yucky or yummy?

Next, we headed to Gurney Drive for dinner. Finding a parking space around that area was quite a nightmare so we decided to park inside the carpark of Gurney Plaza. As we were walking out of the plaza to get to the food bazaar next to it, we saw dark skies looming ahead! Oh dear... there goes our dinner plan.

Would you go out in such a threatening-looking weather?

Obviously, we didn't dare to and within minutes, the heavy downpour started. Our dinner plan was hampered by bad weather so we just ate whatever we could find in Gurney Plaza. We came across a food-court which was overcrowded with people so we thought the food here must be good.

Daddy and mummy had assam laksa and bittergourd beehoon soup. Daddy also bought a bowl of Mat Tou Yau (from QBM earlier), one of our favourite desserts back in PJ. Over here, they had this milky version and mummy was curious to try it.

The assam laksa was way too spicy (even mummy's chili tongue couldn't stand it) but the milky Mat Tou Yau was good!

I had my favourite... salmon and cucumber sushi (bought from Jusco in QBM). Can you see the tiny grain of rice on my right cheek? Hehehe

After filling up our tummies, we realized that the rain had stopped. We went out for a walk at the waterfront and enjoyed some cool sea breeze.

A night walk with daddy along Gurney Drive

Soon, we were all quite exhausted. It was time to return to the hotel and call it a day.

Night view of the hotel from where our car was parked

The colour-changing hanging lights at the entrance

After taking our showers and settling down in the hotel room, daddy and mummy had a crazy indulgence. They ordered room service again *faint*!

Kiddy meal set (RM25++)... baked potato skin with turkey ham and cheese, strawberry milkshake and chocolate brownie with vanilla ice-cream (we had this yesterday too, it was good! The brownie was very moist and chewy)

After downing all those sinfully rich and fattening food, we went straight to bed. Before that, mummy kept screaming "Fei sei ngor lor!!!" (The fat is killing me!) Yes, fattening but still wanna eat. Women... haha!

HRH Penang - Day 1

On the first day of the school holidays, daddy drove us all the way to the Hard Rock Hotel in Penang for a short 3D2N (12-14 Mar) weekend getaway. We started our journey at 8am. We had breakfast at the McD along the highway just outside our home.

I wanted the Tamagotchi toy so daddy bought me a Hotcakes (pancake) and Milo Happy Meal

After filling up our tummies, it was up, up, up all the way to the north. During the long journey, I played with my toys, sang, told stories and "knock-knock jokes" and took a short nap in the car. It was a pretty tolerable journey and I was a very good little traveller. Motion sickness seems to be a thing of the past now :) About 4+ hours later, we finally reached our destination...

With the iconic guitar at the entrance of the hotel...

... and The Beatles

Enjoying our welcome drink at the lounge

Let's check out our room...

The hallway of 5th floor... the second door on the left was our room

The hotel ran out of king-sized bed for us but we realized that joining two single beds was even better... it was more spacious for the 3 of us :)

The room was equipped with CD and DVD players too... we brought some CDs from the car and played our favourite music in the room ^-^

The bathroom

After our check-in, we realized that it was way past lunch time and we haven't had anything except for some biscuits and bananas in the car! At 3pm, our search for food was rather futile because most of the stalls and eateries were closed. Left with no choice, we had to settle for KFC nearby.

Yum-yum! I had my very first KFC drumstick (mummy peeled off the skin) here! I have never eaten it before. The last time daddy offered it to me, I wasn't interested at all so we've never had it since then.

After a light snack at KFC (light because it was already 3pm+ and we did not want to spoil our dinner), we returned to the hotel and got ready for swimming. Before that, we took a walk at the beach.

At the HRH stretch of the Batu Ferringhi beach

The highlight of this hotel is the swimming pool. It's like a mini water theme park and I went crazy playing there!

Wheeeeeeeee! I call this the "twisty" slide and it's my favourite!

This one is more gradual but still very fun!

*Close eyes, cover face* I'd cover my face everytime we went through this water-shooting rings

Wet and wild

Watch out, mummy! I'm shooting you!

After swimming, once again, we were starving! We tried to make a dinner reservation at the Hard Rock Cafe but we were told that the restaurant was fully booked and we had to be put on a long waiting list. Not willing to wait or drive out (daddy was tired), we decided to dial for room service.

I was too hungry to wait so I walloped two pieces of Toast'em bread before our dinner arrived. About half an hour later, dinner was delivered to our room...

Grilled Atlantic Salmon with saffron potato and citrus butter, fish burger with fries, spaghetti with meatballs, banana fritters with maple syrup and ice-cream, chocolate brownie with ice-cream and lots of almond flakes and two glasses of freshly squeezed juices (apple and watermelon)

Enjoying a scrumptious meal in the comfort of our hotel room (in our pyjamas) was.... aaaaaaahhh BLISSFUL!

Savouring my spaghetti in my pjs...

That's all for Day 1. We did not go anywhere and spent all of our time enjoying the hotel.