We couldn't wait another day, so we headed off to Bangsar to dine at our favourite Indian restaurant, Nirvana. It didn't disappoint - although we had to queue this time, so it's obviously lost none of its popularity.
Must remember not to order the biryani next time - the portions are so huge - better to go with the plain rice. I'd love to go there for breakfast but a) the Ajayi's would never get up early enough and b) we just can't eat enough at breakfast, to do it justice.
After stuffing ourselves full of delicious ($11 a head) curry we took a long slow walk around Bangsar. So far, the weather has been really kind, warm and a bit rainy.
We caught the train back to Sentral and then the mono rail back to Bukit and headed off to the Thai Odysey for a massage. However, we saw a new massage place had opened up on the ground floor. Oh wow - it was sensational - hurt like buggary, my back cracked like a bag of popcorn but we felt fantastic afterwards.
We'd planned to go to the Luna Bar, after a rest at home but the rest turned into another early night (not as young as we think we are).
Saturday, was still all about the food.... We had a long lazy morning (let's be honest, we have long lazy mornings everyday, it's 0930 on a Sunday as I write this and yes, we are still in bed) and then headed out for brunch at Acme Bar and Coffee at the Troika building.
We took a long cut through the park, got quite lost, but found the Trader Hotel enroute and eventually got to Acme at 12noon. Brunch was all very 'Melbourme' - I had avocado and poached eggs and Richie had a fry up - it was nice but not hot enough - the 2" inch high toast was pretty fab though.
After brunch, we spent quite a bit of time sitting by the water feature, watching the fountains and the people. We were going shopping in Jalan Alor, but feeling hot and lazy and in need of air conditioning we chose to head back into KLCC and find the Galleria Petronas. It was a good decision as they had a small photography exhibition about Yves Saint Laurent as well as some Malaysian artist.
Following our mini dose of culture, we decided to head back to the Traders Hotel and visit the Sky Bar, as it would be quieter during the day. It was a weird experience, the view is fantastic, but the bloody great big pool in the middle of the bar just doesn't work for me!
In the evening, we headed out to the Publika Square for a French football festival, that I'd read about in the KL Time Out. Publika is a huge area of shops and restaurants in Solaris Dutamas, about 15 minute drive from KLCC. Apparently it's quite an expensive are, and there did seem to be quite a few expats. We lucked out on a fantastic table with a view of the stage but far enough from the general mellee. The food was really great (Richie had noodles and I has nasi lemak).
We complimented this with a lovely bottle of Chilean white - delicious. The evening was a great opportunity for people watching - it was a mixture of music, aerial acrobatic display, school girls demonstrating football skills and some weird competition with tickets (you can imagine which was Richie's favourite).
After such a big Saturday, Sunday was a much slower day. We had brunch at the food hall in the Pavilion - I luuuurve this food hall.
We shared a bowl of noodles and curry sauce from my favourite do it yourself noodle stall and I greedily finished this off with an ABC Ice Kachang - and it didn't disappoint - I've had Ice Kachang in Singapore, Malaysia and Korea and they were all fabulous - could be a coffee table book in the making?
We wandered over to the Berjaya Time Square shopping centre to purchase Richies' favourite popcorn and then headed back to our new favourite massage place - heavenly again. It was pouring with rain, really massive downpour when we came out of the shopping centre, so we had planned to catch the monorail back home and then head out to Jalan Alor and the Luna Bar - best laid plans and all that - it never stopped raining - so we ended up staying in and having vodka tonics and cakies and an early night.
We continued the slow theme on Monday with a return trip to Nirvana in Bangsar, still delicious, to enjoy our last curry (for this trip at least). Finally made our way to Luna Bar, but it was pretty disappointing - dominated again by a HUGE pool, pretty run down and full of screaming kids (okay there were only a handful of kids but they made enough noise).
We headed out to Jalan Alor for dinner, was pleasant, still crowded, still touristy, food was alright - nothing to write home about but not bad.
Tuesday saw us up at the crack of dawn (she was not pleased) and off to KK. We used the services of the lovely Natasha again, although I slept most of the drive to the airport. We both slept most of the way to KK.
Must remember not to order the biryani next time - the portions are so huge - better to go with the plain rice. I'd love to go there for breakfast but a) the Ajayi's would never get up early enough and b) we just can't eat enough at breakfast, to do it justice.
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| Nirvana - or heaven - it's fabulous either way |
After stuffing ourselves full of delicious ($11 a head) curry we took a long slow walk around Bangsar. So far, the weather has been really kind, warm and a bit rainy.
We caught the train back to Sentral and then the mono rail back to Bukit and headed off to the Thai Odysey for a massage. However, we saw a new massage place had opened up on the ground floor. Oh wow - it was sensational - hurt like buggary, my back cracked like a bag of popcorn but we felt fantastic afterwards.
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| riding the monorail |
We'd planned to go to the Luna Bar, after a rest at home but the rest turned into another early night (not as young as we think we are).
Saturday, was still all about the food.... We had a long lazy morning (let's be honest, we have long lazy mornings everyday, it's 0930 on a Sunday as I write this and yes, we are still in bed) and then headed out for brunch at Acme Bar and Coffee at the Troika building.
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| Brunch at Acme Bar and Coffee meep meep! |
After brunch, we spent quite a bit of time sitting by the water feature, watching the fountains and the people. We were going shopping in Jalan Alor, but feeling hot and lazy and in need of air conditioning we chose to head back into KLCC and find the Galleria Petronas. It was a good decision as they had a small photography exhibition about Yves Saint Laurent as well as some Malaysian artist.
Following our mini dose of culture, we decided to head back to the Traders Hotel and visit the Sky Bar, as it would be quieter during the day. It was a weird experience, the view is fantastic, but the bloody great big pool in the middle of the bar just doesn't work for me!
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| Gorgeous view from the Sky Bar and the scenery isn't bad either. |
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| Dinner at Publika, great table, great evening was had by all. |
We complimented this with a lovely bottle of Chilean white - delicious. The evening was a great opportunity for people watching - it was a mixture of music, aerial acrobatic display, school girls demonstrating football skills and some weird competition with tickets (you can imagine which was Richie's favourite).
After such a big Saturday, Sunday was a much slower day. We had brunch at the food hall in the Pavilion - I luuuurve this food hall.
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| Pavillion Shopping Centre food hall, food heaven. |
We wandered over to the Berjaya Time Square shopping centre to purchase Richies' favourite popcorn and then headed back to our new favourite massage place - heavenly again. It was pouring with rain, really massive downpour when we came out of the shopping centre, so we had planned to catch the monorail back home and then head out to Jalan Alor and the Luna Bar - best laid plans and all that - it never stopped raining - so we ended up staying in and having vodka tonics and cakies and an early night.
We continued the slow theme on Monday with a return trip to Nirvana in Bangsar, still delicious, to enjoy our last curry (for this trip at least). Finally made our way to Luna Bar, but it was pretty disappointing - dominated again by a HUGE pool, pretty run down and full of screaming kids (okay there were only a handful of kids but they made enough noise).
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| Luna Roof top bar....bit meh, but good views. |
We headed out to Jalan Alor for dinner, was pleasant, still crowded, still touristy, food was alright - nothing to write home about but not bad.
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| Jalan Alor, touristy but tasty! |
Tuesday saw us up at the crack of dawn (she was not pleased) and off to KK. We used the services of the lovely Natasha again, although I slept most of the drive to the airport. We both slept most of the way to KK.
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