Kuantan 2006 — foods
Wednesday, 14 June, 2006 12:33 am
General
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No food pictures this time, so no worry, can’t make you all feel hungry :ms:
Anyway…
We had our 1st lunch in the lousy resort restaurant, then never go back there anymore, 1st night we had our dinner at this Beserah Seafood Restaurant, we had steam fish, butter prawn, clams, chicken, sotong, veggie, tou-fu, the portion were big. The food was good and the price was reasonable, better than the over rating Pak Soh.
The second day, after visit the turtle sanctuary, we head up north to Kemaman for lunch, emm… the restaurant we last visited not open for lunch, so we opt for the next door Kemaman Seafood Restaurant, we had seafood just like what we had the night before, the foods OK only, about same price with Beserah. We had the stuff crab, but I think I can make better than them :mp:
For the dinner we went to Kuantan town had the famous Zul satay, OH… Gosh… the satay was so oh oh yummy, for 9 adults and children, in total we ordered 90 sticks of chicken satay, 20 beef, 20 mutton, few plate of nasi, and share one nasi dagang, and the Nasi Dagang was very fragrant and creamy, wish I have two stomach then, anyway… without two stomach I ate 20 sticks of satay and two glass of teh ais, the girls also sapu few stick of satay each.
In total the bill RM70<>, plus all drinks.
The third day before we left Kuantan, we had our lunch at Beserah, again :mgrin:. See? good food will make you go back there, and we had the same foods, again :mlol:.
The view from the restaurant was soothing.
All the 4 meals cost RM206 per couple plus the twins, so cheap…
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Tuesday, 13 June, 2006 12:18 am
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Monday, 12 June, 2006 12:25 am
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“I am not feeling well…”
Sunday, 11 June, 2006 1:04 pm
Kids
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This is Isabelle famous phrase, when ever she doesn’t wants to eat, or wants us to carry, she will says she not feeling well.
This morning I reheat the lor-mai-kai for breakfast, again she doesn’t wants to eat.
After pester her for few times I lost my cool…
:isad:: “I am not feeling well, I don’t want to eat.”
:mh2:: “You not feeling well? Then tomorrow you cannot go holiday lor.”
:isad:: “But I want to go holiday.”
:mh2:: “You not feeling well how to go holiday?”
:isad:: “I… err… am… err… I want to go holiday…”
:mh2:: “You not feeling well have to stay home.”
She heard this and moves to me, open her mouth gulp down the rice.
In the next half an hour she “feeling absolutely well”.
:s:
In the fast food store, Isabelle refused to eat her share of foods, but wants to drink the coke-cola. Daddy said if she finishes her foods then she can drink.
Again, she is “not feeling well, and cannot eat anymore.”
Then daddy said: “If you not feeling well, you cannot have soft drink too.”
Immediately her “not feeling well” miraculously healed.
Swiss Garden Resort Pantai Balok, Kuantan — Pool side
Saturday, 10 June, 2006 12:05 am
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We found that this resort has a lot of “rules and regulations” for the guests, another example was not more than three towels allowed for one room, regardless if there are kids (reason was there were not enough towels, that is the most silly excuse I have ever heard in the this business — a resort does not have enough towel for their guests).
And we were given two “pool towel card” upon our check-in, that is for us to “claim” our poolside towels, one card for each towel, so we have three adults and two kids go to pool, still two towels (me, Twinsdad and SIL had to use t-shirt!). I got upset about this, yes, may be because there was outsider came to the pool and simply write a name or room number to get the towels and not returned it, but the resort should have other solutions to sort this out, instead of restricted the guests from their service (and don’t forget, we paid for them OK!).
But then there was something good about the poolside management — the “swimmer” cannot go into the pool without proper swimming gear. And there were staffs to enforce it, blow the whistle when seeing someone dip the pool with their usual clothes (but why not go over and tell the person instead? make the guests pai-seh in the public is a no-no).
This is something very important for all, take note that the swimming pool already dirty enough with so many people peeing swimming inside, so if the management close one eye for everyone jump in with their clothes, the swimming pool will be a giant washing machine instead. And BIL#2 even rate one of the east coast resort’s pool as “kolam cuci kaki” (washing leg pool).
Lifegaurds are around all the time to ensure the safety, which is a plus point (Twinsmom don’t know how to swim, you see).
The pools are well exposed to sunlight (Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru’s swimming pool surrounded by trees), so the temprature of the water is not so cold, just nice, otherwise the girls will shiver once they get into the water (like when we stayed in the Hyatt JB, the water was cold! even in the late afternoon), and can’t play for long.
Swiss Garden Resort Pantai Balok, Kuantan — F&B
Friday, 9 June, 2006 12:06 am
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Just like most hotel foods, to be more precise — the foods from the terrace garden restaurant that almost every hotel and resort has (like a canteen in a better setting, can’t they think of a better name?), the taste so so only (but Hyatt JB was good).
But in the Swiss Garden Pantai Balok Kuantan, the terrace garden restaurant top their average taste foods with bad service, how about that?
The waitresses were not prompt to serve, we had sat sit down for quite a while, waiting for the menu and taking order.
Not well informed about the specialties they offer. SIL asked her what their specialty were, and she gave a annoying look “just order lar, why you ask so much”, but she didn’t know I was watching her expression, later when she found out I was staring at her, she just smirked! I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Not well aware of the availability of the foods. Came back and told us they didn’t have what we ordered.
Long waiting time for the foods we ordered. There were only two tables of guests, but we waited for more than half an hour to get our foods.
Procrastinating. Twinsdad asked for soysauce… three times! waited for 5 minutes! passing around within three staffs (there were not under staff right? since so many to passing the message around). And even when the foods we ordered were ready at the counter, nobody send it to us! until we asked the staff “Are those at the counter we ordered?” then only we have the foods infront of us!!!
half way waiting for our foods I bueh-tahan (can’t stand it) anymore, I took the questionnaire card from the table and started writing. Then the waitress started to fill the water, and the waiter came to talk to the twins, say hi. tsk tsk tsk… don’t look down at the small piece of paper. I left my complaints in the questionnaire, and simply placed it on the table, that is, they want to read it throw it up to them.
I had a pleasant stay in Swiss Garden Damai Laut last year, and I blog about it and sent a link in the e-mail to their management, the management replied to me and told me to inform them if I visit SGDL again. So, I will do the same too to the Swiss Garden Resort Pantai Balok too, they have no idea how the internet search engine work.
If you think that was bad, wait until the evening… Me and SIL brought the girls and Daniel to the lounge for ice-cream, we passed by in the morning, and saw the ice-cream menu, as promised we went for it in the evening. We sit down and the service just same like the morning — nobody to serve us! Nevermind, may be they were “under staff” again, SIL called one of them, the waitress came put down two menu and left, we open the menu… were liquor menu! hey, can’t you see we have three kids here? bring us the ice-cream menu! There they are.
8 scoops of Nestle ice-cream RM46<>.
We can’t help but compare them with the staffs in Swiss Garden Damai Laut (SGDL), they were no par to the SGDL staffs.
But still, if not because of the experience in the F&B, we generally quite OK with this resort.
May be like what Vien comment — if we are foreigner then their service will be more efficient. I have no doubt about it, sad though but true, at least I saw this kind of double standard service in Bangsar Shopping Complex’s Deli France.
Swiss Garden Resort Pantai Balok, Kuantan — Accommadation
Friday, 9 June, 2006 12:05 am
General
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Last year Kuantan trip we stay at the Impiana Resort, the resort was OK, but this time we prefer some where nearer to the town and the Pantai Balok, where my late FIL’s ash rest.
SIL got us the Swiss Garden Resort Kuantan from her time sharing programme, and we avoid the weekend and book it for the weekday, so even though it is school holiday now, during weekday still not so crowded.
Oh, we can see the World cup fever is every where.
But the TV in the room have no sport channel, to make the guests go to the lounge watch the matchs.
The resort itself is OK, just like any other 4, 5 stars resort has all the necessary facilities, included a kids club (Tupai kids club) with a lot activities, but only for the kids 6 - 12 years old.
Our rooms was on the ground floor facing the swimming pool, but thanks to their sound proof structure, in the room we can’t hear the noise from the pool, which is good.
Everything in the room were well function, even though the bathroom light was out, but had been replace immediately.
OK, SIL#1 points out something very important about this resort, the room floor was just tiled not carpeted, which is good, because the sand and others “little creatures” can’t hide in the carpet, this is something I never notice.
We share one room with SIL, so there were three adults and two kids in the room, but then SIL#1 brought an air mattress, so one of the adult can sleep on the mattress (Twinsdad and Isabelle, she likes the air mattress, “new toilet”). There were sufficient pillows, but only two blankets, we call the housekepping and ask for one more, they said “cannot, one blanket for one bed only.”
And then later SIL said there is a signage at the hallway state “no outside mattress and comforter allowed”, wooo… so strict. But anyway, we still see families carrying the comforter in and out.
doting father
Thursday, 8 June, 2006 1:14 am
Photos & videos, Kids
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Before we go to Kuantan, Twinsdad already has the whole plan on the trip — bring the girls to the beach, play the sand, kick the wave, fly kite, swimming — everyday!
And yes, he did, from the day we arrived till the day we left. Yesterday early in the morning woke me up to prep the girls for one more round of swimming before leaving Kuantan.
I love to watch him paying attention to the twins.
And before I forget, this month he bought another train set for the girls! I think this is the 5th set, hope it can last longer than the last fews.
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