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February 8, 2015

合艾3天2夜自由行 . Hat Yai 3D2N Itinerary



这是我第二次去合艾,距离上一次大约才九个月之多,不同的是这一次是和笨蛋一起去。其实去的地方大致上跟上一回没什么差别,但就想说也来记录下这次的行程,对于新的地方也会慢慢的把详情分享给大家参考。既然是重复分享,就决定用华语来分享,而且感觉上用自己的母语分享游记会比较贴切。在出发去合艾之前也做足了功课,知道我们去合艾的第二天和第三天会下雨,多多少少有点失望,所以就尽量把户外的行程都安排在第一天,剩下的就在户内溜达。虽说我们是去了三天两夜,但是最后一天下了场大雨,我们就取消了行程,窝在旅店里看戏。| 小失望 |
话不多说,就来看看我们三天(两天)两夜的行程吧!

Day 1 : 槟城 - 合艾 - 清姐猪肠咸菜 - The Bed Hatyai - 四面佛寺 - 站佛寺 - 观音寺 - Khlong Hae水上市场 - 东方燕窝

自行驾车去合艾当然方便,又省时间,但我们还是决定乘坐出租VAN(可载送十二人),一来可以在小巴内休息养神以便到了合艾可以尽情地游玩,二来VAN的费用还蛮公道的,一人从槟城-合艾来回才RM70而已(比上一次去的时候贵了RM10)。自上次的游记,很多人都邮件询问我出租VAN的资料,个人觉得我老姐介绍的旅行社还不错,就在这分享下吧:

A.G. Express Services
电话:04-262 9005,04-262 9006
地址:33-G-09, Prangin Mall, Jalan Dr. Lim Chwee Leong, 10100 Penang.
电子邮件:a.gexpress@yahoo.com

因为不想浪费太多的时间在海关排队,所以就决定乘坐最早的VAN(旅行社哪会有几段时间的选择),乘坐最早的VAN还有一个好处就是司机会去你的家载你,回程还会放你到家门(我们选择中午12时的时段),超方便的!如果你选择的时段不是最早的,你就得自行到旅行社乘坐VAN。
到了边境,司机就会分发泰国出入境表格给我们添写;出了海关还需要大约一小时的车程就会到合艾市区了。在还没载送我们到各旅店,司机大哥先载我们到合艾的旅行社分店确认回程的安排,记得要收好票根和名片哦!我们超幸运的,去合艾和回程刚好是同一个司机,所以他认得我们,也没跟我们要票根来检查,还很安全的把我们送到家。

因为太早抵达合艾了,还不能Check-In,只好寄放行李在我们的旅店。过后就到Lee Garden附近的JR Tour换泰铢,顺便定了半日游的旅游配套;早前说了只有今天是晴天,所以就决定今天去完所有的户外景点,可是我们只是选择几个地点(不想玩得太累),花了大约1000泰铢。相对于之前的五人配套,这次的会比较贵,因为人数太少,而且去的地方又远;乘坐tuk tuk时我们也遇到了同样的问题。

换了泰铢我们就先到清姐猪肠咸菜店医肚子。本来觉得那些猪脚饭有点油腻,不是很期待(相反的笨蛋超期待的说),结果这家清姐的猪脚饭完全改变了我的想法,真的非常好吃,超级想念!| 流口水中 |

延伸阅读:

吃了让我们满足的猪脚饭后,时间还尚早,就决定在到购物商场走走过时间,有几间小型的商场如Odean,Lee Garden和Central都是连在一条街的,我们就在两小时内走完了这三间商场。Odean和Lee Garden的东西不是很多,也许应该说不太适合我们;最喜欢的莫过于Central了,我们在哪里花了不少时间,虽然没买什么,但光是看就很高兴,尤其是最高楼层的精品部门,我用了很大的自制力才把持住我的购买欲,呵呵。每一间的购物商场有一个共同点:女人的内在美超便宜的说!

差不多走到有点累时,我们就决定碰运气回去旅店看看能不能Check-In。我们回到The Bed Hatyai时应该是泰钟12点半,还好有人早退房,服务员就让我们提早Check-In。也许因为是新的旅店而且装潢又很美,所以价钱有点小贵,但是如果你真的很想住这里就得早点预定,因为他们每一天都会爆满的。很庆幸我们坚持在半日游之前回来旅店碰运气,洗刷后果然比较精神!

延伸阅读:

和JR Tour说好了两点正会在他们的旅行社等导游,我们提早了到目的地就决定先来一杯泰式冰淇淋解署。其实我想要的冰淇淋是放在椰壳里头的,感觉杯子里的不太正宗,可是合艾应该很难找吧。跟在Lee Garden面前摆摊的大哥买了两杯冰淇淋,还是超爱那个冰淇淋配糯米的口感,很特别,也因为糯米在泰国是很普遍的,所以当然要来个入乡随俗,吃糯米吃到饱!| 哈哈 |

因为只有我们两个人,导游大哥就出动私家车来载我们;一路上有点小塞车,导游大哥就一直跟我们说因为是学校假期,很多大马的人都到合艾游玩,所以免不了旅游胜地有点人挤人的情形,语气上感觉他有点小抱怨,但他应该想不到车上的我们也是大马人,哈哈,他还一直以为我们是别国的游客呢!到了合艾免不了去一些庙宇祈求平安与顺利,我们没有特别想要去许愿,所以只是一味的拍照和看风景。

延伸阅读:

整个半日游最让我们期待的是水上市场,笨蛋说他来合艾最大目的是吃鸟鸡蛋(他真的很爱吃,平时我会限制他吃的分量,很高胆固醇啊!),所以一到水上市场就是一直在找鸟鸡蛋的档口。在合艾我们都会把自己喂得饱饱的,去到哪就吃到哪,所以都不会感觉到饿;在这里我们也只是找一些小吃来填肚子。本来在去水上市场的当儿下了点雨,还好在我们到那里的时候就没雨了,不然笨蛋要吃的鸟鸡蛋就要泡汤了。| 哈哈 |

延伸阅读:

半日游后,我们就到坐落于Lee Garden对面的东方燕窝吃燕窝。上一次的遗憾就是没能吃一碗燕窝,肚子太撑了;这次就把它放在必吃的列表里头。那里的燕窝还蛮便宜的说,觉得燕窝有点普通,就来一份血燕来共享。还蛮好吃的,感觉有点像普通的糖水,但又多了那些燕窝的口感。

延伸阅读:

在夜市走了走就回到The Bed Hatyai休息。


Day 2 : 猪肉粥 - Big C Extra - Log Terrace餐馆 - Central Festival - Cold Stone - Shabu Shi - 夜市

第二天起来发现根本没有下雨嘛,还以为天气预报出了什么差错。结果去到要吃早餐的地方,雨就无情的下了整整两天,超郁闷的!所以就像我说的,我们过后的行程就一直呆在室内或旅店而已,有点扫兴的说。不想又到好运点心肉骨茶吃早餐,所以我们做足功课找到了一家很道地又经济的早餐 - 猪肉粥。还是第一次吃到有生蛋黄的粥,看起来怪怪的,但是吃起来真的还不错噢。
我们的噩梦就从吃完早餐开始:雨一直下不停,还蛮难拦到tuk tuk的。在店里停留了一会,等雨没那么大时,我们就出发到Big C Extra购物去。发现到里头的零嘴比跟上次的来得少了,不懂为什么,但是Lays还是那么的便宜,自己扫了蛮多货,还扫了泰国品牌的微他精!

午餐就决定到比较偏远的Log Terrace餐馆,我们去到那的路途还蛮惊险的,我们的tuk tuk司机竟然不太清楚这间餐馆在哪里,还得问路人。而且四周感觉没什么人气,当看到这个大门时才松了一口气;可能是下雨的关系,里头用餐的人不是很多,让我感觉这餐馆有点恐怖(进入餐馆会经过没有人的洞穴)。食物还不错,但因为只有两个人,他们不建议我们点炸猪脚因为分量有点太大了。
风雨无阻的我们过后就到Central Festival逛街,他们竟然用史努比为圣诞主题,有木有可爱啊?不只是户外,连户内每一个角落都可以看到史努比的踪影;还好晚上雨停了,我们可以到圣诞树那拍照,树里面是空心的,可以让人们走进去,去到里头就像是外太空一样美丽!我们兑换的泰铢也用到七七八八了,所以在在购物商场里逛街都是靠刷卡的(放心,我们都不是卡奴噢);笨蛋还买到了他最爱的曼联专卖店买了不便宜的外套,说是整个合艾最大的收获呢!一直嬉皮笑脸的拿外套秀给我看,真是个大小孩。

自从在新加坡吃了Cold Stone Creamery的冰淇淋后就对它年年不忘,怎么会有那么好吃的冰淇淋啊;对不起泰式冰淇淋,你输了!说到新加坡,我去年一共去了两次,第二次是和父母还有笨蛋一起去的,还没有把游记分享上来(虽然和第一次的大同小异),也还没决定到底是要分享与否,再看看心情才决定吧。我们一个买一个最大的冰淇淋,四周的人都被我们的举动吓坏了,还议论纷纷到底我们能吃完吗,结果当然是能啦,我们可是出了名的吃货呢!

延伸阅读:

逛了逛,我们就决定到Shabu Shi吃晚餐,也许是我第二次来这里了,感觉上没第一次吃得那么尽兴,没那个新鲜感了,也可能我们去到的时间有点晚了,所以他们出的菜色没那么多(他们是用旋转概念来上菜的),要吃的寿司也没几种,有点小失望的说。但没来过这里的朋友还是可以来试一试的,是在合艾蛮出名有便宜的火锅寿司自助餐,一人才390泰铢而已。

从Central Festival回来后,我们就到Lee Garden附近的夜市逛一逛;人潮很多,所以要注意好钱财噢。我们对于买的没什么兴趣,反而对吃的比较有兴趣,所以东买西买些感觉上是不错的小吃带回旅店吃。这就是我们在合艾两天两夜的行程,第三天没什么好说的,本来要去的大巴刹也被无情的大雨给阻止了。对于餐馆和旅店,我会陆续PO文详细介绍,所以就敬请期待吧!


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今年我们要征服曼谷!




January 25, 2015

Secawan 'n' Such . Hutton Lane



Morning lovelies! Woke up this morning and feel to write some posts, so I took out my laptop for that (nah, actually I opened my laptop to do some company stuff, pathetic). [Another back-dated post]. Right after we visited Soul Cafe, we went to visit Secawan 'n' Such as BenDan long for their carrot cake badly. My sister was so mad with me once she knew that I went there without her, so we together paid another visit there few weeks later, I group 2 visits in one post to ease my job. 
Mango, Passion Fruit and Lime Smoothies | RM13 . Cafe Mocha | RM9.90
Matcha Latte | RM9.90
Cafe Mocha is always my sister's favorite, another reason why she always order this is she don't know what to order other than this, laugh. For me, it's quite bitter but it's up to her liking, if you don't like the bitterness, you may just add in some brown sugar provided, I always like the restaurant/cafe if they prepare brown sugar instead of white sugar for diners. We ordered Matcha Latte on my first visit, BenDan's favorite. I quite like it, same level with the one I had in Miam Miam, but this is more milky and yeah I like milky taste! Something need to mention here, the barista does not prepare the cookies for the coffee and latte but they prepare mooncake biscuit, quite special huh! On my second visit, I decided to order something refreshing like smoothies, it was quite good and not too sour even all the fruits in the smoothies are sour based. 
Smoked Salmon Sandwich | RM16
I'm not really a dessert lover, so I wanted to have something else while others enjoy their dessert, so I got this Smoked Salmon Sandwich during my first visit. It was quite surprise to see the salmon slice they prepare is extremely thick, and the portion can feed 2 pax. The side greens that come together with this sandwich is good too, as they drip some savoury sauce to make it tastier. 
Basil Pine Nuts Pesto with Poached Egg | RM16.90
I had this on my second visit, quite into pesto sauce nowadays, I feel it taste quite good, my second option if they do not serve carbonara. Actually, we don't want to order this as we went there after lunch, wanted to order their food under Brekkie menu but too bad it only served until 2pm. Why? They should have all-day-breakfast to be serve mah. The pesto is quite creamy and the poached egg is so runny! Slices of cheese is topped on the pesto and I can't finish them as it is quite greasy at the end. 
Carrot Cake | RM9.50
Carrot Cake! Everyone's favorite but I feel it's quite a small slice compare to other restaurant. Erm, I don't remember if I try carrot cake before not, I think this is the first time I had this. Can't really accept the taste on my first visit as there are so much filling in the middle, but I seems to like it more on my second visit, maybe I just used to the taste. I like the cream cheese topped on the carrot cake and the generous amount of nuts, definitely will go back for more of this.


Location
205, Jalan Hutton, 10500 Georgetown, Penang.

Business Hours
8am - 12am, Closed on Monday

Contact Number
019-528 8112

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January 10, 2015

Midori Traveler's Notebook . 手帐日记



I'm not updating my blog for almost a month now, and it's a brand new year with the same old me; I'm not going to write a post to summarize what's happening in year 2014 as I'm not good in doing so, so let's just forget about it. Since this is the first post for this year, I think I'm going to write something different, how about the present that I bought for myself, which I madly in love with it right now but ain't sure if I can keep going with it or not. 

将近一个月没更新我的部落格了,在这一个月内送走了2014年,展开了全新的2015年,我还是依旧一样的我。看着大家一个个都写了篇2014年的总结,本想说也来一篇,但碍于我的文笔有限(其实是太多事情了,很难在短短一篇中述说清楚),所以就放弃了。今年的第一篇文就来点不一样的,就写写我送给自己的圣诞礼物吧,虽然不懂我能坚持多久(就怕自己的三分钟热度又犯了),至少现在的我还蛮喜欢这份礼物。
I always have a thing with notebooks and stationery, can't help but keep buying more even I know I might not using all of them in one time. The paper quality is very important as I don't like the ink smear on the paper or see through from the other side of the paper, some of the notebooks I got failed me. I keep searching a good quality notebook and finally I found the Midori Traveler's Notebook (TN) from Tabiyo. I got really excited when I received the parcel from Tabiyo, all the items I bought are perfectly pack in a box and they comes with a Traveler's Times newspaper; yet it's all in Japanese and I don't know how to read it but looking at the photos itself make me happy enough. 

我是出了名的笔记本/文具控,每每看到对了眼的笔记本都会买下它们,但很多都变成了自己的收藏品,有时会不舍得写作或作画,感觉我的字体会毁了整本书的美感。通常我买笔记本最关心的是里头纸的品质,不喜欢笔墨水在纸上熏开或者透过纸的背面,这样会影响我写作的心情,哈哈。一直想找让我满意的笔记本,但往往都会失望收场,直到我在Tabiyo买了一本Midori Traveler's Notebook,又称手帐。我想你是无法想象当我收到Tabiyo的包裹时刻的那兴奋感,毕竟这是我人生中第一次砸了这么多钱在这一本手帐上。Tabiyo的人都好好噢,把我买的东西包装得美美的,还附送了一本Traveler's Times的报纸,虽然里头都是日文我看不懂,但单看照片就让我很高兴了。
I bought some masking tapes too, one is the limited edition masking tape from Ojisan 20th Anniversary Series, there are a few choices to choose from but I like Ojisan (M-Medium) 1995 the most. To be frank, I have no idea who he is when I bought it, so I google-d and knew that Ojisan is actually a fun character to illustrate a pocket diaries, and it was debuted in Midori's 1995 pocket diary. The Ojisan (M) 2015 masking tape is kind of cute as well, but too bad Tabiyo do not sell it. Another masking tape I got is the Reindeer Christmas Set of 2. I always love to use masking tapes as it does not leave any stain after peeling off, going to purchase more on next round.

除了手帐,我还买了些纸胶带,最喜欢的是Midori欧吉桑20周年纪念的限量版纸胶带,Tabiyo里有几种选择,但我还是钟情于1995年的欧吉桑纸胶带,如果有2015年的欧吉桑纸胶带会更好。在购买的当儿,根本就不懂欧吉桑到底是何人,纯粹是喜欢纸胶带的图案;搜索了才知道原来欧吉桑是笔记本系列中所设定的角色,首次亮相是在1995年Midori所推出的笔记本当中。这个大叔有点可爱,是不? 另一种是圣诞驯鹿的纸胶带,一套有2卷。我会喜欢纸胶带的原因是把它从物体撕下来后不会留下任何的痕迹,而且这种纸胶带用手撕就行了,不用剪刀,适合懒惰的我,哈哈。家里本来就有几卷的纸胶带,是从大众书局买的,我想以后会还是会陆续增加纸胶带。
Next up, the Midori Traveler's Notebook. The package come with a printed postcard that guide you steps to enjoy or customize our own TN, and a self-made bookmark. I only got the starter kit that comes with a leather cover (you can choose Black or Brown, obviously I got brown for mine), a cotton bag for you to keep your TN in case you don't want to have scratches on the leather, a 003 Refill Blank Notebook and a spare rubber band. I top up a 002 Refill Grid Notebook as I know my handwritting will be very messy if I write on a blank page. I already started to write things on it and I'm in love with it especially the paper quality, so nice that I do not face any ink problem with it, another plus point is the TN is light in weight, so that I can bring it anywhere I go. 

现在才要介绍最重要的 - 手帐。除了手帐,Tabiyo还很细心的准备了自制的小书签和一张类似明信片的卡片,上面有指导我们该怎么搭配手帐。Tabiyo有卖很多不同类型的补充本和附件,但我暂时只为自己买了starter kit,选了褐色的皮革外套,还附送了一本空白补充本(共64页),一条捆绑手帐的橡皮圈和一个棉织的保护套,如果你不喜欢你的皮革外套有任何的刮痕,你可以用这个保护套来收藏你的手帐。自己添加了一本格子补充本,我不太会在空白的书/纸写字,字会越写越歪,不好看。我会赶紧用完空白的补充本然后以后只买格子或线条的补充本,因为以后之需要购买补充本,所以这个Midori手帐就算是一次型的投资。纸的品质超好的,没有那些我说的问题,而且最重要的是加了补充本的手帐不会很重,可以无时无刻的带出门。
I love the quote: For all the travelers who have a free spirit. Other than travel tips and bits, I'll treat it as a functional notebook to record my life and planning, TN is a reason for me not updating my blog that often these day, I'll still updating my blog no worry

对我而言,手帐除了记载旅行时的点点滴滴(我想以后旅行完要PO部落格时会比较容易),我还会把它当成计划本,日程本,还有其他记录等等;这是为什么我在这PO文的次数变少了的原因。好喜欢这本属于我的手帐,大爱♥


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December 19, 2014

Of Bluish Moment . Soul Cafe



I couldn't catch up with the cafe list which shared among the blogsphere or elsewhere, they are blooming in the island with uncatchable speed until I feel fed up to go and explore anymore, nah just kidding. Since I can't go so many cafes in one time, so I'll just choose the cafe I like and put them at Top 5 list after crawling some food blogs; I'll still visit those cafes which are not in the Top 5 list in the future, I hope. I think it was quite some times me and BenDan last visit new cafe/restaurant, that's why we thought to visit 2 cafe in a day. We went to Soul Cafe which located at Jalan Kek Chuan, in the mid of colorful houses. 
I like the interior where it gives me a feel of earthy; it becomes a platform for photographer's masterpiece, you can view the artistic photos hanging on the wall while enjoying your meal over there. If not mistaken, they will change the photos from time to time. 
They place one plate of coffee powder on each table, this is why you can get the coffee kind of smell when you step into the cafe. People tend to bring their gadget or laptop to cafe/restaurant and sit there for hours, this is why WiFi also play an important roll to attract people for visiting; the password is available for diners so that you don't need to ask from their staff.
Passion Fruit Smoothies | RM13
Wanted something chill that day and it served in the camera lens, glad that we shared it that day as I don't think I can finish it by my own. I like the texture of the smoothies where we can still have the bits of passion fruit seed, with right amount of sweetness and sourness, it a little tickle our tummy, quite savoury and I can't wait for our main course to come.
Homemade Creamy Mushroom Soup | RM11
Every soup comes with a piece of garlic bread that placed on the stone-kind of plate, I dipped it in the soup for photo purposes. Laugh. Mushroom soup is like everyone's favourite soup, it is so creamy and rich with generous amount of mushrooms! I like it were they spill some olive oil that a little bit enhance the taste, will definitely go back for this.
Creamy Pumpkin Soup | RM9
It's quite hard to find a place that serve good pumpkin soup, I once had nice pumpkin soup at Smoky Jack (the restaurant is shut down few years back), but the pumpkin soup here totally rock it, better than the one I had. Roasted almond flakes are added in the soup; the soup is pretty creamy and thick with the cream added in it. The pumpkin soup is kind of sweet which might come from the pumpkin itself. 
Cute bowl design. That's the stone-kind of plate I mentioned earlier, not really user friendly I think, waitress have hard time to put it on table or take it up because of its weight and thickness.
Linguine al Carbonara | RM15.90
Linguine al Vongole Pesto | RM18.90
There isn't much choices of food in their menu but I read plenty of good reviews on their pasta, temporary there are only 5 types of pasta available in the cafe, more to come I hope. Most of the shops served pasta in angel hair or spaghetti, but I prefer linguine or fettuccine nowadays, penne are welcome too. The Carbonara is topped with pork bacon and mushrooms that cooked in olive oil, it is very creamy with the cheese that added in the pasta, thumb up for this. You won't feel greasy with the amount of cream and cheese they added, it makes you want for more.
As for the linguine al Vongole Pesto, it cooked together with white wine and some basil leaves, luckily the basil is only the side flavoring agent, I can't really stand the taste if it is too strong. Clams are fresh and I think there are more than 10 clamps in this plate of pasta; overall it is quite good, my favourite of the day! As you can see, the price is quite affordable with this quality food, worth it~


Location
12, Jalan Kek Chuan, 10400 Georgetown, Penang.

Business Hours
11am - 11pm; Closed on every Sunday

Contact Number
+604 226 8200

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Christmas is coming but why I don't get the feel yet?