Viva Pavillion

It was wet in the beginning and the end, i mean the weather. On Sat morning 14 June , I waited for Piggy at JB custom at 8 am , and he was late for 30 mins due to traffic jam, and it was a pity that we did not went for our Kaya Toast at JB old town at Jin Hua Kopitiam near Post Office. We rushed to Larkin station and had our Mcdonald's Breakfast before we boarded the bus . The weather was not good with heavy rain for hours after we took the KKKL express. Both of us were quite sleepy and we napped on the bus. Luckily when we arrived, the weather was sunny again.

It is our third or fourth trip to KL together, and we were expecting no surprises to come out of this trip, which is purely for relaxing. But we were wrong.

I have done some study before hand on the eatting places for piggy, and managed to find one restaurant which Media Corp channel U host Quan Yifeng visited. We took our lunch there. It is only 10 minutes walk from Pudu Raya Bus station and there is a sinseh permanently stationed there to check your pulse for free. We find the soup is above average and the price is reasonable (abt 10 RM per soup ) .

Ju Yuan Tonic (11am to 3pm / 530 pm to 9pm, Sunday closed ) 3 out of 5 pig tails ratings
6011 -C Blue Boy Mansion Jln Tong Shin
502000 KL

After lunch , we feel recharged and were lucky enough to take a cab by an honest driver that only charged 2 RM to Radius International hotel at Changkat Bukit Bintang. On the next day when we tried to take a cab back to the hotel after purchasing our return ticket to JB , another taxi driver wanted to charge us 10RM. This is the down side of travelling in KL, the public transport sucks and the cab drivers are not honest. After resting in the hotel till 6pm, piggy's tummy was roaring loud for foods, so we were out again for dinner and explored the neighborhood , and we found many themed restaurants at Jln Changkat Bukit Bintang. We picked Restaurant Muar for its home cooked food, and it did not failed us. We ordered Japanese Tofu , Fried Kangkong , Ginger Spring Onion with Fish Slice and they all turned out quite good. The dessert is fantastic Nonya Cendol with gula Malaca topping.

Restaurant Muar, 4 out of 5 pig tails this time.
No 6G Tengkat Tong Shin ,
50200 KL

After dinner , we took a slow walk to Pavillion which was just next to Starhill, and we were surprised by the size of this mall located within KL City Central and the great number of luxury/ brand name stores and boutiques it contains. We took a quick look of this mall and decided to come back for a movie the next day and bought our tickets in advance.

The next morning , after our breakfast in the hotel , we went to Pavillion again, watched Missing by Tsui Hark at 12 pm and lunched at Food Republic at 2.30 pm. It was quite a good experience. I then dropped the idea of going to Jln Petaling to buy Thangka , and let Piggy and i have more time to explore the shops in Pavillion. WIthout any hesitation, Piggy contributed to the pink dollar industries and bought 4 long sleeves shirts from Library at Tangs and G2000 at Parkson. In the midst of shopping , we realised that Pavillion could possibly have highest concentration of PLUs in Malaysia, and it is not hard to understand why given the number of high fashion stores it has under its roof. Piggy was salivating throughout the shopping and his ears were red after many twisting by me. I can only chant " Beauty is only skin deep " and hope to bring back his soul to his body. Lust is dangerous.

After spending a whole day in the mall , Piggy and i were tired and decided to go back to the hotel. On the way back , he had a foot massage at Dong Fang (opposite to Restaurant Muar) for 60 mins at 40 RM. The masseur (number 31), a pretty Hei Long Jia girl was good according to Piggy. We went to bed early and it feels good to hug Piggy before sleep.

The next day , we did nothing and just lazed around. We took our lunch again at Ju Yuan on our way to Pudu Raya. It began to rain again before we boarded the bus. We reached JB at 6pm and have dinner at City Square Kim Gary Restaurant. After dinner i sent piggy off to JB custom. As the silhoutte of piggy gets smaller and smaller under the yellow street lamps , i began to feel the pain again of being separated from him although it is only temporary. And i am quite touched by the effort he has put in to accompany me and pamper me during the journey. It is not easy to cross the border during a traffic jam as you will get tired/hungry/ frustrated. I have been through that when i was younger and know how it feels. And i can only say Thank you and I love you, Piggy.


Darby