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Saturday, March 1, 2025

[Kuala Lumpur] Let's Go Gai Gai @ 茨厂街 Petaling Street Chinatown [Part 1]

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We're back at Petaling Street for a short staycation with entire fam! We stayed at 5 Elements Hotel which is right smack in the heart of Chinatown. Basic amenities, basic level of cleanliness with friendly frontdesk staff. The toilet came equipped with bidet if that's of interest to you.

view from the hotel lobby

Because we were there during the weekends, we could hear the bass/music thumping from presumably the nearby bars in our room at night.

hotel lobby


instant coffee, tea, bottled water

closet, safe, hair dryer


bathroom things


Interesting observation during our stay at this hotel. Toilet roll supplied at max is one per room per day if it was near to depleted. By the next day of our stay, the hotel had run out of bath gel and advised us to use the soap instead. Hmm.

Hotel breakfast was minimal. There's carbs like nasi lemak rice, and fried bee hoon. White bread is available too. The usual condiments for nasi lemak like fried egg, anchovies with peanuts, sambal and cucumber slices.

Western fare included sausages, baked beans, hash brown and snacks like fried cuttlefish balls. 

hotel breakfast


Cereals, milk, watermelon slices were available too.



The 5 Elements Hotel

Address: Chinatown, 243, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia






Right next to the hotel, a few steps away is the Fung Wong Biscuit shop/cafe.

signage


It is airconditioned inside for the tired travelers to rest and have a cup of coffee. Granted it is not the only coffee place around, but this shop hints at certain nostalgia due to their long history for their bakes. We used to buy their kaya roll cakes from the original shop whenever we visited Petaling Street.

Now, this new shop is modernized and cafe-like with simple snacks like dim sums on top of their daily bakes. 



choose your bakes 

I ended up with a cup of iced coffee as we'd be doing early dinner shortly. The sliced rolls or the baked siew bao price was around MYR4.50 each, and biscuits such as the hup tao sou (walnut biscuit) was around MYR3 per piece.

iced kopi



Iced kopi was not too acidic and I liked that the milk wasn't too overpowering either. Around RM5 after tax if not wrong.

Fung Wong Biscuit

Address: 85, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: +60320728888
Business Hours:
Daily: 8:30 am–10 pm


Passed by some interesting shops on our way to dinner. Like the 'Original Beckham' that made us did a double take. Apparently its instagram states that "鲍师傅 Original Beckham, with over 20 years of experience originating from China and specializes in chicken floss pastry and walnut cookies."



DurianBB looks like a durian cafe/dessert shop.

it must've been hot in there


For dinner, we headed to places that are really near the hotel so that our elderly parents need not walk too far.

As per previous visit, the old lady boss was at the shopfront, so we greeted her and she enthusiastically asked if we were having dinner there. Haha, yes we are.





Family of 5 adults, we ordered two noodles, an egg dish, a vegetable plate and a meat dish to share. The portion size for noodles is either for 1 pax or 2 pax. So we ordered for 2 pax.

 原汁鸳鸯 Ying Yong with original sauce (Cantonese fried noodles) @MYR30

福建面 Hokkien Fried Noodle @MYR30


Stir fry vegetables @MYR30


Tomato Eggs @MYR15

Lemon Chicken @MYR30


Overall taste was ok and the portions were still generous this time round for the noodles dishes. Fried chicken was nicer (not dry) as compared to past year, although lemon sauce is not my favourite. 

Westlake Restaurant

Address: 40, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: +60320723350
Business Hours:
Daily: 11 am–2:30 pm, 5 pm–1 am



Mixue half-half ice-cream for dessert


Sunday, May 19, 2024

Birthday Staycation @ Pan Pacific Singapore

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Back at this hotel after 3 years. Read more about previous stay experience here. Some rooms have been refurbished since then, but funnily, I was upgraded to a room that's not. Haha! 

Anyways, decided to book the Birthday Treat package as I hadn't been making use of this privilege even though it was part of the member's benefit for the GHA Discovery programme.

Checked-in at 11am on a Friday, and was attended to by Anson. He was friendly, efficient and offered his help to redeem the Discovery Dollars. Thank you Anson for your help! Was upgraded to Pacific Club Room, so that was nice.

This time, the room was located at Level 26 which is the same level as Studio 26 where guests staying at the Executive Marina Rooms could access for light refreshments and pastries.


open view from the lift



Room Experience



celebratory decoration


view from Level 26

view from bathroom


I was checking out the room when the doorbell rang. Staff brought me a tray of things, complimentary as part of the birthday package and Discovery welcome amenities.

Happy Birthday package and welcome amenities, welcome note and birthday card from Pan Pacific team

pineapple tart

birthday cake (chocolate)

The birthday cake was nicely moist and not too sweet. Goes well with a cup of coffee.

nespresso

let's have a cuppa

Was exploring the room and found an interesting booklet on Sleep. Apparently one could order a cup of hot milk to aid in sleep. Wanted to make use of this interesting benefit but forgot to do so during my stay. Next time, I'll try it!

In-room dining menu was provided via the physical copy as well as the digital copy one could find from the TV menu, or the scanning of a QR code on a card located at the side table.

in-room dining menu

Drinking water is supplied/topped up daily even though the drinking water dispenser is also available in the bathroom.

drinking water in glass bottle

night view


morning view

The complimentary mini-bar was fully stocked and it has sparkling water, coke zero, red bull, sprite and orange juice. Replenished daily too.


Afternoon Tea

From 3pm to 5pm, guests in Pacific Club Rooms could access Level 38 Pacific Club Lounge for afternoon tea service.

Level 38 Pacific Club Lounge


The pastries, cakes, salads are available as self-serve (buffet) style. And, sometimes staff may come by with a trolley of specials (food or tea) to introduce to the seated guests.

savouries




I liked that there were savouries and sweets available for guests. There's also potato chips/local crackers like muruku as nibbles.

Bacha Coffee

sweets

chendol dessert

pulut hitam dessert


Quite liked the theme of local flavours for the sweets. There were some options for vegetarians as well but do be aware that some may still contain eggs/dairy.

savouries

For savouries, usually there's mini pies/quiche, and dumplings of sorts. The prawn fritters were pretty good.

minestrone

The tangy appetizing flavours of the minestrone soup was good. I had more of this as well.

pretty plate

For drinks, I loved their freshly squeezed juices, and the green apple was nicely sweet.

Read more on previous experience here.


Evening Cocktail

Available from 6pm to 8pm for guests with Club access. 

fruits

charcuterie and cheeses

salad, ham and Tropical Breeze cocktail


The crab salad was pretty good and beef pastrami was flavourful. Thought the beef pastrami looked dry, but it was surprisingly good. The virginia ham was nice too. Unfortunately, I didn't like my drink because there was something in there that reminded me of cough syrup.

chendol panna cotta and fried shrimp fritter



closer view of crab salad

meatball, roasted chicken and mussels


The roasted chicken was the least enjoyable as it was tough and slightly dry.

Read more on previous experience here.


Champagne Breakfast


Available from 7 to 1030am, guests with Club access will be able to enjoy Champagne Breakfast here. If you opt for breakfast at the Edge (which you could), just be aware that the free-flow champagne is excluded there.

good morning

breakfast menu

omelette, french toast, Champagne and coffee

There are also cold cuts, smoked salmon, salad, cereals available on a self-serve style, so feel free to eat to your heart's content! But then, who can eat that much in the morning. Ok, I take that back. Judging from the countless mukbang videos, I think everyone else can eat alot anytime of the day. Hahaha!

build your own breakfast

Virginia Ham

Pan Pacific does pretty good hams and sausages, so I'd sample some of those when I see it for breakfast, or evening cocktails, or even at the Edge buffet.

If you're having french toast as secondary plate, it would be better to place the order later. I made the mistake of ordering it too early and the bread ended up as less enjoyable as it stayed out for a tad too long.

Pengat Pisang Brioche French Toast

Loved the pengat pisang (banana verrine) and the coconut ganache on the french toast. The bread was a tad too thick for my liking. No extra syrup is required.

assorted sausages, bacon and ham

DIY nasi lemak with sausages and chicken rendang

The chicken rendang was good. Nicely tender and the sauce flavourful. Not too spicy. Even the sambal was leaning towards sweet, savoury rather than spicy. Liked the pork sausage more than beef sausage.

private dining corner

window seats


Tried Potato Waffles and Caviar and it turned out to be a good choice. Nice pairing for the champagne too.

Potato Waffles and Caviar


fully loaded one bite


The potato waffles on its own was mildly sweet. Not too heavy for breakfast.

potato waffles


Read more on previous experience at The Edge here.

Overall, I enjoyed my stay at Pan Pacific this time round and also thank you to Discovery for the upgrade to Pacific Club Room.


Pan Pacific Singapore

Address: 7 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039595

Websitehttps://www.panpacific.com/en/hotels-and-resorts/pp-marina.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=business_listing&utm_campaign=googlemybusiness

Contact: +6563368111





 
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