KL Work Trip, early Mar 2013: Shangri-La Hotel & Shang Palace

As I'm penning down this trip, I began to realize that some of you will feel a sense of Déjà vu, since it is almost similar to my last KL trip in Oct. I stayed at the same hotel, visited the same restaurant etc. Looked like I really need to start looking for a new place to stay and/or visit new places. Anyone with recommendations please email me or leave a comment, thanks in advance!

 

In the beginning of 2013, I was traveling quite frequently to KL as we were trying to close a major deal with one of the companies. Though I was traveling there on almost a monthly basis, I did 2 trips within the month of March: one which I stayed for 2D1N while the other was a day trip. As usual, breakfast at my cozy corner in the airport before heading to DFS to check out some items for Leecher. 

Even though it was a 2D1N trip, I'll always check in my luggage cuz I don't wanna drag my luggage all over the airport #lazybum. In this entry, you will see pic taken from 3 sources - my blackberry, iphone and camera.  

 

Rows of luggage waiting to be picked up. I suppose their owners must still be shopping at DFS, heh. 

 

Nope ~ even though I checked in my luggage, I don't need the trolley. 

  

Trusty 2 bags for my laptop and barang barang. Coincidentally, both were in different shades of pink :)
 

Checked into Shangri-La once again & was disappointed to know that they have only twin rooms available :( Well, I shall make do with what they have since I'm only staying for the night.
 

Street view from my room. No twin tower view though.   

 

The essentials in my bag :) I'm still waiting for the day where company will provide us with iphones instead of blackberry so I'll have one less item in my bag.  

Shangri La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

11, Jalan Sultan Ismail

50250, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tel: +603 2032 2388

 

Dinner @ Shang Palace, together with Eric. No pics of food as both my camera + iphone batt decided to die on me at the same time, lol!    

Shang Palace

Level 1 (Shangri-La Hotel, KL)

Opening Hours: 12pm till 2.30pm (Lunch, Mon - Sat), 10.30am till 2.30pm (Lunch, Sun & Public Holidays), 6.30pm till 10.30pm (Dinner, daily) 

Tel: +603 2074 3904

 

Checking out early morning before heading down for breakfast. Both Eric and I had meetings with different clients planned in the morning, so we arranged to meet back at the hotel before heading to the airport later in the afternoon.

 

 I finished my meeting earlier, so I went to the lounge for a quick lunch while waiting for Eric to be back from meeting. These set of pics (in the lounge) were all taken using Blackberry, but the colours don't look vibrant as compared to the other cameras.

My lunch: chicken rice with a pot of jasmine tea :)

Lobby Lounge

Lobby level (Shangri-La Hotel, KL)

Opening Hours: 9am till 1am (daily)

Tel: +603 2074 3900

 

A long queue at the check-in counter which we weren't expecting. Thankfully, it moved rather fast & Eric had time to grab his lunch before we flew back to Singapore. I realised that I'm churning out more KL entries as compared to BKK, but it is not helping me much on my air miles, haha!

KL Work Trip, Oct 2013: Heading Home

Arrival in Shangri-La Hotel

Shang Palace  

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Thank god for a public holiday in the middle of a work week. While Leecher had a long weekend, I headed to work on Monday feeling exhausted. The rainy morning made Monday seemed bluer than usual :( I was tired as we had a long day on Sunday with the uni gang - brunch, followed by games @ EK's place then dinner, lol! Told myself that I had to stay home today to finish the must-do before I get any panic attacks, lol! 

The final entry for Oct KL biz trip :) Still can't believe how efficient I am in churning out the entries when I only went for the trip last week, lol! I initially wanted to head for a quick workout session before breakfast, but laziness got the better of me. It didn't help that the bed was extremely comfy, heh. 

Breakfast at Lemon Garden cafe, where I devour a bowl of curry noodles and some pastries before heading off for the first meeting.

Curcuma was used in this centerpiece. The name comes from Arabic kurkum, meaning "tumeric". I later learnt that every week, a different and distinctive flower centerpiece is placed in the lobby. No wonder every time I checked into Shangri-La, I always get to see the floral centerpiece in different flowers! 

On the way to the airport after an intensive 2 hour meeting/training session with my clients. Strike a deal with the cab uncle to wait for me at the office, so he could send me to the airport immediately to catch my flight.

Headed to Old Malaya Kopitiam for lunch. Bad choice for the food and drink were mediocre, despite a hefty price tag of RM$50. If you are at KLIA, avoid this place for there are better food outlets around the airport. 

Old Malayan Kopitiam

KLIA

KL Work Trip, Oct 2013: Shang Palace

Arrival at Shangri-La Hotel

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 Since I was so efficient last week at blogging about the KL trip, I have decided to finish this trip before everything else (^^) After being stuck in client's place for almost 3 hours, I came out of the building to be greeted with a heavy downpour. I couldn't get a cab & was feeling anxious about not being able to make it for the next appointment. Thankfully, a cab turned into the driveway and the uncle agreed to send me to the client's place since it was just nearby. I still had to run in the rain, for the uncle couldn't turn into the alley in which the building was located. I was half-drenched when I showed up at my client's place - headed to the washroom to freshen up first before we talk business. 

 A 4-min drive from the client's place back to the hotel turned into a 45-min drive, for it was pouring + peak hour traffic. I flagged for a cab and wanted to jump in when I noticed there was a female sitting in front at the passenger seat. The driver told me that it's ok and he will send me back to the hotel. Turned out that the girl was his GF. It certainly felt strange riding a cab with a pair of love birds in front, but thankfully they didn't do anything funny. 

The heavy jam as seen from my room. I even had to get out of the cab in the middle of the road & walked back to the hotel for it was just too frustrating to be sitting in the cab when I'm just less than 100m away from the entrance.

Back at the hotel. I was famished and it was still drizzling outside, so I ditched my plan of heading out to the nearby shopping mall to eat.

The quiet corridor well lit with warm lights :)

Changed into my comfy flats for dinner. This pair of flats has got to be the most expensive pair I've ever owned at $40 bucks! I had to buy this pair as an emergency, for my flats gave way on the Esplanade bridge while I was walking to meet Winston for lunch one day. I was practically dragging my feet in my old flats to the nearest shoe shop that I could find. Thankfully this pair doesn't bit, if not it won't be worth the price that I paid (^^)

Since no one was in the lift, heh. 

Headed down to Level 1, where most of the restaurants are located. 

Overlooking the hotel lobby & lobby lounge. How I wish I had time to pop down for a glass to relax & recharge :) 

The flower centerpiece as seen from above - absolutely fascinating!

Decided on Shang Palace for dinner. This was actually my 2nd visit to Shang Palace. The first visit was with Boss & Eric - I didn't take pics cuz paiseh, lol! I did, however sneak a few pics on my iphone but will blog about it in another KL entry. 

Shang Palace - famous for their authentic Cantonese cuisine.

 

I don't recall stepping foot into Shangri-La Singapore but will do so at EK & Pris' Wedding next year :) I don't know if all Shang Palace follow the same theme, but this was set in an ancient Chinese grandeur. 

I sat at the same table during the 1st visit - what a coincidence!  

 They even brought magazines for me, since I was dining alone. So touched by their gesture! My tea cup was always refilled & plates were cleared promptly, excellent service :)  

Pan fried pork ribs with Chef's special sauce and onions. This was a tad salty for my liking, but the meat was so tender. I like it that the meat was cut into tiny pieces - felt just like eating popcorn, lol!

Pan fried foie gras with vinegar sauce and stuffed scallops with spicy bean sauce. I couldn't taste any tinge of vinegar sauce. A great combination of foie gras served on top of a slice of fried beancurd :) Scallops were stuffed with i-dunno-what-meat and it was juicy :)

Since Shang Palace is famous for Cantonese food, I ordered the combination Cantonese dim sum platter. This consisted of shrimp dumpling, pork dumplings with scallop, crisp shrimp rolls and spring rolls. I have to say this was a disappointment - the spring roll was so oily that I could only manage a mouthful. Oil literally oozed out from it when I placed it on my plate :( 

 

What a spread - I finished everything, lol! *glutton me* 

Shang Palace

Level 1 (Shangri-La Hotel, KL)

Opening Hours: 12pm till 2.30pm (Lunch, Mon - Sat), 10.30am till 2.30pm (Lunch, Sun & Public Holidays), 6.30pm till 10.30pm (Dinner, daily) 

Tel: +603 2074 3904