Japan trip #2

First time going to Japan, it is scary when you find out that the metro/subway/train map is really complicated.

Then finding lunch is a daunting task as well as most cheaper restaurant in Japan does not really speak English.

The good thing is that Japan is all connected by rails, but their Shinkansen is not cheap to be exact, but it is really convenient. Tokyo to Yokohama is less than 30 minutes.

Japanese people, they are just too polite. When watching street performance, they will make sure they are not blocking anyone behind them. Over here, you will get people suddenly stand up in front of you to take selfie or something else.

Of course when you are in Japan, never miss out on their Tonkatsu. Our own local tonkatsu can never ever beat the Tonkatsu in Japan.

Good that the hotels in Japan is not as expensive as in HK.

Dining in a 2 starred michelin restaurant.

If you have nothing to do over the weekend, lets fly to Hong Kong to dine like a boss.

First the food have to be served on a plate made of jade.

Then the condiments have to be distinctive in terms of colours and taste wise.

Then a small plate of special mixed vegetables is served, FOC from the restaurant to stir up our taste bud.

Here comes the real appetizer. Peking duck.

Abalone topped deep fried fish ball.

Fried pork ribs.

Spicy fried prawn. Very fresh.

To be finished off with noodles braised with scallop.

Then dessert, of course.

Ginger ice cream with chia seeds topped vanilla ice cream.

Very filling and satisfying meal. Sad to say we cannot find such meal in our own beloved country.

Genting highlands

Genting is a nice place to go if you have no plans for the weekend. The cool and windy weather, the crowded Starbucks even at 1 AM, the expensive arcade, the crowd whenever there’s a concert.

The sunrise view from Genting is just so nice. It is like the sun is rising from somewhere you can’t see.

Japan trip 1

We took a short break to went to Tokyo to experience Japan for the first time in our life.
Got the chance to rest in the MAS Golden Lounge before we depart.

This is the view from the satellite building lounge.

Next it is lunch time:

Appetizer

Main Course

Dessert

Refreshment before we landed in Narita

It is already dusk when we reach Narita.

We proceed to grab our luggage and then took Narita Express to our hotel directly.

The road back

Have to travel back every year for sure, for the Chinese New Year celebration and also the “Ching Meng” festival, the festival to honour out ancestor and my late dad.

First when I travelled between KL and my home town, I would be using the Teluk Intan –> Bidor –> Highway route.

Then during college years, we found a better route that has almost same travelling time but with less toll fees. It will be passing through.. Teluk Intan –> Hutan Melintang –> Tanjung Malim –> Highway route.

After that, the old coastal road has been widen to 2 lanes in most section, therefore I switched to that route. Teluk Intan –> Tanjung Karang –> Kuala Selangor –> Ijok –> Sungai Buloh –> Highway. The fastest travelling time using this route is around 3 hours.

Nowadays with the technological advance in cellphones, we do not really need the offline GPS device like Garmin anymore. Using Waze alone is good enough to navigate us through most of the place. But the downside of waze is that without any wifi or cellular data, waze will be useless.

During festive season, it is advisable to use waze all the time to avoid any nasty traffic jam in all the routes. The other day when I came back, I managed to exit at Slim River, and took the trunk road all the way past Bidor and to Teluk Intan. Surprisingly, there was no traffic at all. Slow leisurely drive due to the speed camera in Bidor areas usually.

Now I will be leaving back to KL again. Not sure which route will I take.