Somewhere with Adrian

This is a brief travel guide to those who would like to spend a week of roadtrip within Peninsular Malaysia, which covers cities trips, beaches, jungle walk, seafood, shopping, night markets, as well as local foods.  All of that not more than RM3,000 (including hotel stays and car petrol).  #TravelGuide #CuticutiMalaysia #RoadTrip #1WeekTrip #BelumRainforestResort #KLStripes #Hotel #Amari #JB #KasturiResort #Cherating #Sheraton #PJ #KL #Sekinchan #Ipoh #KLfoodie

Shopping through online has been the trend over the past years, in which consumers are finding it convenient and at certain times, cheaper than price that retailers can offer. Similar approach is now being seen for restaurants, cafes, or even on hotel rooms booking. With this, consumers can stay cashless (and credit-cardless) staying at hotel and dining at restaurants. To make it more attractive, we could purchase meals through the apps ahead of time at great discounted price (or cash back) than usual walk-in customers (i.e through Fave Deals): Types of Apps > Example below - paying through Fave allows 11% savings from original price, and with additional promotion code, we can save up to 30% in total.  Grab Pay Touch N Go eWallet The latest Cashback apps integrates few of the widely used ePay Mobile apps and allows consumers to consolidate all cashback $ to be “cashback” directly into our bank account: > Raya Ramadan bazaar...

Time of Visit: 23/June/2019, 2pm Food quality = Good (8/10) for Signature Tomyum Mama Bowl, consists of Jumbo prawns, crispy roasted pork, homemade meatballs, Thai noodles, eggs, and squids (suitable for 3 pax).  Thai milk tea is good too, comparatively less sweet compare to usual Cha Tra Mue milk tea Price = Value for $ (RM78, Fave Deals) Payment Terms = Cash & Card / ePay (Fave) Air-Cond = Yes Parking = Limited parking (within The Blue recreation centre)  Serving speed = Very Fast (<5mins), pre-order the dish 1 day ahead  Restroom (Cleanliness) = Clean  Service (Hospitality) = Friendly  Ambience = Simple & Neat, Cozy  Separate child section = N/A Eco-friendly practice = Yes (no plastic straw for cold drinks and plastic cutleries for dine in)  Getting there = Off Burma road, take the narrow road beside Maybank #BlueChang #theblue #Thaifood #Tomyum #jumboprawns #thainoodles #squids #thaimilktea #chatramue ...

Time of Visit: 8/June/2019, 7pm 1. Food quality = Good (7.5/10) 1.1 Available choices = Red bean, Kaya, Planta, Strawberry, Coffee, Pumpkin, and many more... 2. Price = Cheap (RM1.70 -RM2 per pc) 3. Payment Terms = Cash only 4. Air-Cond = No 5. Parking = Ample space (by roadside) 6. Serving speed = Fast (5-15 mins) 7. Restroom (Cleanliness) = N/A 8. Service (Hospitality) = So-so 9. Ambience = Standard food court environment 10. Separate child section = N/A 11. Eco-friendly practice = N/A (recommended to switch to paper bags instead of plastic bags for takeaways) 12. Getting there = Just 5-10 mins away from North-South Expressway (Ipoh exit) #goldenpointfoodcourt #pau #paulangkap #ipoh #perak Reference : Operating Hours: Daily 8am - 8pm Call: 0165243228

Time of Visit: 19/June/2019, 7am Nasi Lemak . Karipap (with potato filing) . Kopi gao gelas (RM4.90) 1. Food quality = Good (7/10) 2. Price = Cheap 3. Payment Terms = Cash only 4. Air-Cond = No 5. Parking = Limited parking (shared with residential from an apartment, however, can opt for parking at nearby shoplots with 2 mins walking distance) 6. Serving speed = Very Fast (<5 mins) 7. Restroom (Cleanliness) = N/A 8. Service (Hospitality) = Friendly 9. Ambience = Normal Chinese Kopitiam style 10. Separate child section = N/A 11. Eco-friendly practice = Yes (No plastic cups/plates/spoons for dine in) #kopitiam #nasilemak #kopi #karipap #newcathaycafe  Reference : Operating Hours: 7am - 230pm daily Call: N/A

Time of Visit: 15/June/2019, 11am Cappuccino @ RM10.90 (OR RM18 through Fave Deals with a meal - refer images at the bottom) 1. Coffee quality = Good (8/10) 2. Price = Value for $ 3. Payment Terms = Cash & Card & ePay (Fave/Grab) 4. Air-Cond = Yes (indoor), with Outdoor seats available too 5. Parking = Ample space (by roadside & multi-story carpark @ RM2 6. Serving speed = Average (15-30mins) 7. Restroom (Cleanliness) = Clean 8. Service (Hospitality) = Friendly 9. Ambience = Simple & Neat, Cozy 10. Separate child section = N/A 11. Eco-friendly practice = Yes (refillable drinking water using glass cup, free of charge!) #morebyarangcoffee #arangcoffee #cafe #cappuccino Reference : Operating Hours: Daily 9am - 10pm  Call: 04 371 0222

Time of visit: 8/June/2019, 1PM It is a breathtaking scene to see an endless field of greens. Getting there will be rather challenging as the roads towards the paddy factory are narrow (one lane only), hence driving a smaller or compact car to get there will be very much recommended.  Paddy Factory (Outside Building view) Once get into the building, there is an optional tour session in the Paddy Gallery, with the price of RM5. The tour starts with a 15 mins video package (in Mandarin language, with English subtitles). The video provides quick explanations from seed planting, to soil & water preparation, until harvesting & packaging processes.  Once the video package ends, a tour guide will walk the crowd through the entire rice processing.  Guided Tour Upon the exit of the entire tour, tourist has the option to purchase their various types of white and brown rice at different packing (i.e 1kg, 2kg...)....

Time of Visit: 8/June/2019, 5:30pm Tired of Ipoh Hor Fun, Chicken rice, or Egg tart?  Wanted to have good seafood out from Penang?  ... look no further - drive down south (if you're coming from Penang/Taiping) and head to Tanjung Tualang:  1. Food Quality = Excellent! (8.5/10) 2. Price = Value for money (RM 59 for 10pcs of medium size Big head prawns) 3. Payment Terms = Cash & Card 4. Air-cond = Yes (outdoor tables are available, with ceiling fan - still cool) 5. Serving speed = ~15mins for 4 dishes at time 5:30PM (Dinner recommendation time: 5-6PM for smaller patrons) 7. Restroom (Cleanliness) = Average 8. Service (Friendliness) = Friendly 9. Ambience = Standard Chinese type restaurant environment (moderately noisy) 10. Separate child section = N/A 11. Eco-friendly practice = N/A References : FB page:  Google reviews: For reservations:  05-360 7921