Lost World of Tambun . Ipoh

This is the part 2 that I promised. After we checked-in one of the room, we decided to go to the theme park for a walk under the hot sun. You shouldn't expect too much on the theme park, it is not like others that with lots of roller coaster or games, we came here for their hotsprings lol, that's why we didn't expect so much. Since we were not expect that much, so we really had fun over there eventho others might think that there got nothing much to do. Bear with me, I'll let the photos do the talking. 

If you read the part 1 here, you will know that we got the 10% off for the Lost World entrance ticket after checked-in the room. But we didn't used that, we got another 15% voucher off from Watsons, this explain why we got the Watsons word printed on the ticket. 

If you read from the giant map nearby the entrance, you will notice that they actually have a few food court in the theme park, but I had no idea why all of them were shut down when we were there. Food (mainly small bites) that sell at the Ipoh Street are not suitable for lunch, so we went back to our hotel and had lunch at Papparich. They gave us a re-entry ticket when we wanted to go out from theme park, before re-enter the theme park, we need to take a verification paper from hotel lobby and show it to the ticket checker. Hmm, I think they need some improvement over here, it is quite troublesome. 

There are quite a lot attractions in the theme park, you may visit their website for details. We had fun in the Petting Zoo, my parents love the little friends, that's why we always spend most of our time with animals. 

Tired of walking around the park? Just go to their train station and enjoy the view on the train.

Our timing is quite good, went to walk around the park and play with little friends, sat the train to enjoy the scenery and back to the Tiger Valley on time to enjoy the tiger feeding show! Roar, yet this tiger seems a bit lazy lol. Right after the show, all of us caught in the tiny rain, we managed to go back our room before it became bigger. 

[ H O T S P R I N G S ] 

The hotsprings are open on day time too (the entrance ticket is including the day time hotsprings), but I don't think we will enjoy the 30-50 degree water under the sun. I tried to dip my foot inside the hotsprings but it's way hotter than 40 degree because of the weather. We went there again on night time by using the free entrance ticket given by the hotel. Since I did not bring camera on night time, I captured all the photos during day time so that I can have some images post in my blog. 

There are around 7 type of hotsprings available in the park, we tried most of it, some we couldn't locate where they are, they should have a map for the location; or maybe they have it but we didn't notice. They even have fire show from 8pm - 9pm, we can stay in the Saphira's Liar (last photo) to enjoy the show, how thoughtful they are! We were quite sad to leave this place, especially the hotsprings. Some day, I'm going to Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat which only located 5 minutes away from Lost World of Tambun to have little getaway from this hustle and bustle life. 

Location

No. 1, Persiaran Lagun Sunway 1, Sunway City Ipoh, 31150 Perak.

Website

www.sunwaylostworldoftambun.com

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I have decision making phobia, what if I get the wrong one? Hmm.

Lost World Hotel . Ipoh

It's been awhile, missing from blogsphere for nearly a month now and I'm finally here again to update something that I wish to share with you. Before I continue, let me tell some grandmother's stories on why I was not updating my blog for a month. Been really really busy with my work and continuously worked overtime for a month now, glad that I'm still alive after so many issues. Also, I was busy preparing my itinerary to Singapore (again!) during the weekends as I need to know every details since we brought my parents there for holiday. And yeah, we just came back from Singapore last week and I think I won't step into that country in 5 years time, let's move our aim to other countries then. Quite surprise that my blog traffic didn't reduce during this period, thanks to those foodie who crawl to my blog for cafe details, I think so, as I mainly share about food here.

Promised that I'm going to write about my experience during my short getaway to Lost World of Tambun with my loves one. Why I chose there? Wanted to soak into the hot springs badly since my last try at Felda Residence Hot Springs years ago during my high school, long enough? I don't feel to go back the same place as there have nothing other than hot springs, so we decided to pay Lost World of Tambun a visit as we can have some activities to do during day time. I'll write about the Lost World Hotel in this post, will continue with the theme park once I'm free lol. Departed from our island early in the morning, went to Ipoh town to have the famous tau fu fah before continue our journey to Lost World of Tambun. Were trying to kill some time at Ipoh town as we do not want to reach the hotel too early before the check-in time, still, we reached there around 12pm.

I did read some reviews about the Lost World Hotel from tripadvisor before this getaway, most of the reviews are not really good, and people complain this and that. I had no choice but still need to get the hotel as this is the nearest hotel to the theme park. Since it was not the check-in time when we were there, so the worst case I thought is to put our baggage in the car; yet the receptionist is so kind to allow us to check-in one of the room (we get 2 rooms) first, they even called me around 3pm to inform me that my second room was ready to check-in. Things happen afterwards (read on to know more) but the hotel staffs trying hard to help us and I felt satisfy with their service, if you want me to rate about their service, it would be 4/5 stars! My thought: reviews are for reference only.

We booked the Classical Room for around RM190 per night, the price is quite reasonable with all the tiptop facilities available in the room, for your information, WiFi is available too. The room we got is with linked door to next room, normally all hotels will arrange linked room for family that booked for 2 rooms. The room is quite spacious, and the washroom is clean enough. Thumb up.

This is what you got once you check-in: room key card, complimentary free breakfast buffet at Garden Terrace, 10% off Lost World entrance ticket and Hot Springs entrance ticket from 6pm to 11pm. I feel it is quite worth the price. 

We were then went to have some outdoor activities and return to our hotel rooms when we caught in the sudden rain. While waiting for me to dry my hair, my parents rushed to my room and tell me that the ceiling leaks, water/rain were drip on their bed! I was quite shocked and immediately called the receptionist on this; after a minute, the staff inform us that they going to change our room to first floor and upgrade us to Executive Suite. They even sent their bell boy to help us on our baggage. Yeah, their hotel might need some maintenance but nevertheless they did solved our problem, here comes another set of the room photos. Laugh. 

The happiest thing during travel is to get upgraded without paying extra moolah, we can run here and there is the Executive Suite, simply put our baggage in the living room, they even have small kitchen in the room! 

[ B R E A K F A S T ]

There are several restaurants available around the Lost World Hotel, but we only have our breakfast buffet at Garden Terrace, we settled our dinner at Ipoh town. The breakfast buffet is from 7am to 10.30am, Garden Terrace is open-air style, located just next to the entrance of the theme park. Not much photos for the environment, we not only dined there, but also sat there to enjoy the fresh air and spectacular view around the place. 

Overall, the food is okay but I was quite disappointed with the porridge they have; btw I forgot to take the fruit photos lol. Throughout the 2 days I was there, I feel that Lost World Hotel deserved good review from me, that's why I came across to write this post. Stay tuned for the theme park part...

Location

No.2, Persiaran Lagun Sunway 1, Sunway City Ipoh, 31150 Malaysia.

Website

Lost World Hotel

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Determination needed.

Bingsu Bingsu! at Caffe Bene . Gurney Paragon

I first know about this Korean famous snack - Bingsu was from my cousins as I saw them shared the Bingsu experience in their social media, they were trying out the bingsu when Caffe Bene opened their first outlet in Kuala Lumpur. Everyone seems so excited when the first outlet is opened; when I scroll my facebook news feed, I saw friends from Kuala Lumpur share Bingsu photos as well. I was thinking that: is the Bingsu really that nice? It's something like our local ice kacang what... Then, Penang has the first Caffe Bene outlet in Gurney Paragon Mall; my friend (who just came back from Korea) brainwash me saying that it is so awesome to have it in our island and from her Korea trip, she claimed that she saw this cafe at every area she been. 

Last few days, we were suffered from the hot weather due to the haze, I was sweat like hell even I did nothing at home. Then I think of this Caffe Bene and decided to get some Bingsu to chill us up after our dinner.

Many of the Penangites have the same thought too that make the cafe so crowded, we were so lucky to have the last seats in the indoor, yay yay; I quite like their al-fresco (open air) area but definitely not during the hazy night. 'Bene' here means 'good', with the brand name Caffe Bene, it means good cafe. Since we brought our parents together, while they had their seats I was queuing to order the Bingsu! 

Other than Bingsu, Caffe Bene also offer nice waffle, toast, beverages and gelato; I'm going to save those for my next visit. While waiting for your turn to order, you can read on their Bingsu menu, and choose the size you want; the size for double seems too much.

Here's the guide on how to eat Bingsu:

Step 1: Take pictures (they really understand what's the trend now lol) 

Stop 2: Mix it well including the gelato

Step 3: Enjoy your Bingsu! 

Once you have your order placed, they will give you this coaster, we only need to proceed to counter for collection when the coaster is vibrates. The wifi password is also stated on the top of this coaster. 

Coffee Bingsu | RM12.80 for single

Green Tea Bingsu | RM12.80 for single

If not mistaken, their top seller Bingsu goes to Green Tea, Coffee and Cookies & Cream, which they also show the samples near to the counter. Other than that, they do offer other flavors; the latest one is Strawberry flavor but my dad don't like sour fruits so we dropped this from our list and ordered Coffee flavor instead. If you are chocolate or milo lover, I would recommend you to try their Choco Devil Bingsu, lots of fudge brownies are included in the Bingsu. Not really my type as I feel it will be quite sweet on my first sight. Every Bingsu is comes with a gelato which match the flavor your order, topped with some hazelnuts, almond flakes, red beans, coco crunch and etc (depending on which flavor you order). 

We were advice by the waiter to mixed our Bingsu once we done our photo section on it. First, we need to press the topping and gelato to the bottom of the bowl, then mix and stir well starting from the center part of the bowl. The outcome doesn't really looks good or might a little bit affect your appetite lol, but trust me, it's better to consume like this than you eat it layer by layer. Both flavors are up to our liking but all of us prefer the Green Tea one as it really heavenly good, the cream on top also makes the shaved ice and gelato taste more creamy after we mixed it. My dad seems to like the coffee Bingus more since he is a coffee lover, it tastes like espresso or cappucino I would say, feels like we were having a cuppa while eating that. Craving fixed! 

Location

163D-1-06, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Penang.

Business Hours

10am - 10pm (Daily)

Website

www.caffebene.com.my

Facebook

Caffebene Malaysia

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2 weeks to go! Oh yeah!