Short Trip to Medan

Trip ke Medan ini bisa dibilang Impromptu trip soalnya gak direncanakan sama sekali.
Ada temen yang kebetulan orang Medan whatsaap dan kasih tau kalau Air Asia lagi ada promo ke Medan. Tiket return cuma 100ringgit atau sekitar 350.000 rupiah per orang.
Gak pakai pikir panjang lagi langsung deh beli tiketnya.

Tanggal 28 September take off dari LCCT jam 7.30 pagi ke Kuala Namu International Airport.  Bisa dibilang airport Medan yang baru ini lebih bagus dari airport Soekarno Hatta dan sekilas bentuk bangunannya mirip sama KLIA airport.

Sesampainya di Medan, kita dijemput sama adik teman kita dan langsung dibawa untuk sarapan di Rumah Makan Sinar Pagi. Rumah makan ini terkenal dengan sotonya. Rasa sotonya enak banget dan santan nya terasa gurih di lidah. Pilihannya ada banyak mulai dari soto ayam, soto daging, soto paru dll. Di meja sudah ada rempeyek udang dan juga perkedel sebagai pelengkap soto. Rumah makan ini erletak di ujung jalan Sei Deli. Pagi-pagi jam 10 udah penuh banget tapi Alhamdulillah kebagian tempat duduk. Kita makan ber 5, dengan menu soto ayam, perkedel, rempeyek udang, hati ayam, dan minuman totalnya sekitar 180.000 rupiah. 

Next destination setelah RM Sinar Pagi adalah restaurant Nelayan di Sun Plaza. Kalau baca dari blog orang-orang katanya dimsum dan pancake duriannya enak banget. So off we go! Tempatnya emang a bit lavish tapi harga masih affodrable kalau menurut gw. Kita order berbagai jenis dimsum plus minuman dan pancake durian untuk 10 orang, total bill sekitar 900.000rupiah atau 90.000 rupiah per orang. Dim sum nya enak-enak banget dan saus sambalnya juga pas banget. Pancake durianya lebih enak lagi. Next time kalau ke medan lagi harus ke restaurant ini.

 

Tujuan selanjutnya itu makan seafood. Tadinya mau makan seafood Wajir tapi penuh banget dan hujan jadi gak ada tempat sama sekali. Akhirnya makan seafood di tempat lain. Nama restaurantnya lupa tapi makanannya enak2 banget.  Kita pesen kepiting asam manis, kepiting saus padang, udang goreng mentega, cumi goreng tepung, sayur brokoli dan juga ikan kerapu asam manis. Semuanya enak2 banget. Emang harus dicoba tapi sayang gw lupa nama restaurantnya apa :(

Keesokan harinya kita diajak untuk makan es krim di Fountain Restaurant Sun Plaza Medan. Nasi goreng Fountain, martabak, pempek, pancake, dan juga es krim dynasty nya recommended banget! Kalau ke Medan harus banget kesini.

Abis kenyang makan, kita langsung menuju ke tempat oleh-oleh khas Medan. Dari Mulai Risol Gogo yang harganya sekitar rp2500 per biji dan bisa dibawa dalam keadaan masih mentah, Bika Ambon Zulaikha rp.35000 dan juga Bolu meranti rasa Keju Rp.45000. Ketiga makanan ini adalah oleh-oleh wajib yang harus dibeli di Medan. Banyak turis yang beli smpai berkardus kardus. Packaging dan kardus disediakan di toko Zulaikha dan juga bolu Meranti jadi gampang dibawanya.

Di depan toko Risol Gogo (Selain Risol harus nyobain juga lemper ayam nya LEKKER!)

 Proses penggorengan Risol Gogo

 Zulaikha Bika Ambon

 Bolu Meranti

Itulah akhir dari liburan ke Medan selama 2 hari 1 malam. Next time ada rencana mau balik lagi Medan over the weekend untuk nyicipin SEAFOOD WAJIR, IKAN BAKAR HALIMA, dan juga MIE ACEH TITI BOBROK. :)

Marina Bay Sands Hotel Singapore

My husband was telling me that he got  a free trip to Singapore from his office and when I asked him where to stay over there, he was rolling his eyes with a big smile and say "Marina Bay Sands Hotel!".  I was like whaatt? you kidding arent you? and he was shaking his head. "I'm telling the truth dear. We are going to stay there for 3 days 2 nights for FREE". Wohhooo!!

Even though I have enough money to stay there, I would not spend few hundred dollars just for a hotel.  One night staying in this hotel cost around USD300++ (standard room) which equivalent to almost MYR1,000 per night. If you go to www.booking.com you would see that the rating for this hotel is 8.5 which is quite impressive. I was so excited to go there and swim at the hotel infinity sky pool with a great view.

So... we went there 2 weeks ago. The hotel was amazing! The service was excellent, the cleanliness of the room, and the facilities were superb! I really like the pool as it has a great view from the 57th floor, and you can enjoy the jacuzzi while sipping in a glass of champagne or cold beer. The staff at the pool were very strict as only hotel guests are allowed to swim and chilling by the pool. They would check the pool pass given by the receptionist and they will give you a paper hand band. Every day will have different color of paper hand band and they will mark your coming date on the pool pass. Each room can get maximum 4 pool pass.

Everything about this hotel is superb except the location is quite far from Orchard. You need to pass by few stations and get into an interchange to get to Orchard which  is quite tiring tho. However, the station is just downstairs of the hotel building which is Bay Front. Those who wanted to go to MBS hotel, I suggest you to stop at Bay Front instead of Marina Bay as its nearer to go to the hotel. If you are hungry, Marina Bay has its own mall and food court inside the building. A lot of choices there but quite expensive. The cheapest price for a meal is about USD10.

Last but not least, If I got the chance to stay at this hotel again I would definitely come back! :)

ps: Thanks my beloved hubby for the amazing experience! love you infinitely! :)


Sunset view from the pool

 

Me and Hubby 

 View at night

The spacious room at 47th Floor

View from our room

The greeting from Marina Bay Sands Hotel

Lego Land Trip

Its been few months since the last time I've updated my blog.

This time I wanted to share about my trip to Lego Land. Actually, I went there last year December but only today I got the time to update it on my blog.

I went there with my husband and my friends. We just so curious about whats in there. So we bought the ticket online which is cheaper than you buy it on the spot and it also to avoid long queue.

The ticket price can be bought here http://www.legoland.com.my/Tickets/ and the price is RM112 instead of RM140 (adult ticket price).

I would say Lego Land is pretty awesome and fun as most rides are made like a lego blocks! :)
Its a good place for pre-wedding picture also if your theme is travel and fun just like the same theme I had last time. Anyway most of rides here are actually for children. So if you bring your children here I'm sure they will enjoy it to the bits!

Lego Land souvenirs are quite pricey but they have a lot of Lego sets there which you could not find it anywhere but here. As for restaurant, I would suggest to bring your own foods as there are only 2 restaurants here and always packed! I had to waited for 1 hour before I got the table but the foods there are awesome (except the pizza).

Here some of pictures from Lego Land and ciao!