Day Trip to JB
Monday, July 14, 2014 | 0 Comment |
Running out of places to go in Singapore, so JB is the next destination to visit!Woke up bright and early to get to Kranji MRT so we could board the public buses (170 or 160) to JB. Later I discovered through my colleague that you can take CW2 at Bugis. -.-
We crossed the border and walked around City Square Mall for a bit. There were many big brands there like Nike / Esprit / Starbucks.
Later we went to Taman Sri Tevrau by the yellow cabs. (The blue ones cost about double. Yellow cabs go by estimated distances and a sum agreed upon before you board the taxi. We spent about 8RM for the whole cab.)
Steaming hot Ah Soon Bak Kut Teh in a clay pot. Sorry for the blur pic but we all couldn't wait to eat!
These you tiao were very fluffy, chewy and crispy on the outside.
THE TAU POK. I don't understand why the tau pok is not sold in Singapore except at the Outram Park Bak Kut Teh store cos it is the BEST tasting thing ever!!!!
Spent 13RM on this meal including drinks! It is really a very affordable travel destination
Later we cabbed to KSL! We tried to walk there but I think we weren't that near. KSL has lots of nail and hair shops and female clothing stores. And a ton of mobile phone accessory push carts!!! At least 10 - 20 and they all differ slightly but sell pretty much the same things. Apparently a lot of Johorians go to KSL to get their phone accessories cos there are so many, prices are rly competitive too!
In between we went to KBOX and karaoked for about 2.5 hours. Spent about 20ish RM came with 2 jugs of honey lemon and snacks.
Lastly, we went to Taman Sentosa to have a seafood feast!
Hai Kee Seafood. The store owner was really a very nice lady! It was pouring and I wanted to go to the toilet. She helped me get an umbrella and even gave me the 20 cents we had to pay to enter the toilet. She was rly nice and her cooking is fabulous!!
Check out the JUGS of Sugarcane and Fresh Coconut Juice. All under 3.50RM each and they are rly big in portion!
Cereal Chicken I think. THIS IS DAMN DELICIOUS!! I'm gona go back and eat this again.
The cereal alone was already very tasty! I really wanted to try the prawn cos it looked really good but I'm allergic so..
Sambal Sotong. Not bad too. The very sweet store aunty also came over to ask if it was spicy enough haha.
We also had man tou but my picture was blurry.
Man tou to accompany CHILLI CRAB! I didn't eat the crab but the sauce was rly good.
I really recommend Hai Kee Seafood cos the food and service was really excellent. It's also located in a hawker style area and you wouldn't expect any service there at all too. The drink stall aunty was also really nice. I WILL GO BACK!!!
We then went back to City Square Mall cos some of the group wanted to get a massage. They went to Thai Oddessy and most of them came out a little stoned. lol. Must have been really good. I didn't go for a massage cos I don't really like being touched by other people on my bodily areas.. hahaha.
Went to get my hair washed and blown for 55RM at REDS HAIRDRESSING. Not that cheap but I enjoyed it! Bf got a hair cut for 38RM his was pretty worth it cos I'd say the hair cut turned out really nice and you wouldn't expect it to cost $15.
hehe.
Road Trip Summary:
City Square Mall
KSL
Taman Sri Tevrau (Ah Soon Bak Kut Teh)
Taman Sentosa (Hai Kee Seafood)
Took cab from place to place. Each place was about 10 min drive from each other. Cab ride cost 8-10 RM per trip. Was quite hard to get a cab when it rained and we also needed 3 cabs so spent quite some time waiting.
On hind sight, we had 11 people and should have booked 2 large cars, probably would have been cheaper and would require less waiting.
I really enjoyed leaving Singapore for the day with my bf and his friends who were kind enough to bring us around. :)
