Hello!
We went to Ipoh during the holidays. And this was what we did :
Wednesday
Departed to Ipoh and arrived in the afternoon
Departed to Ipoh and arrived in the afternoon
Checked in
Went to Lou Wong Beansprout Chicken Rice
Visited Kellie's Castle
Back to hotel to wash up and rest
Had dinner at Healy Mac's Irish Bar & Restaurant
Back to hotel
Thursday
Woke up early and had breakfast at Thean Chun Coffee Shop
Arrived at Lost World of Tambun and had lunch there
Back to hotel to wash up
Went to Aeon Kinta City for dinner at Johnny's Restaurant and movie - Into the Storm
Back to hotel
Friday
Woke up and had breakfast at Chuen Fong 'Restoran Xin Quan Fang'
Bought 2 bottles of soya bean at 'Funny Mountain Soya Bean'
Visited Gua Tempurung
Went back home
HOTEL
The Golden Roof Hotel (link)
☼ very very affordable
☼ great location (below 15 minutes to town for food and Lost World, around 5 minutes to Aeon)
☼ clean
☼ good service by staffs
☼ every floor has a hot/cold water dispenser in the lobby/main area
☼ if you spend above RM100 for the hotel, you will get a free 45 minutes foot massage from the massage centre on the ground floor
☼ pretty bathroom with rain shower :D
☼ has wifi in every room :DDD
☼ has elevator
☀ changed room twice - first, we checked in earlier than the time specified and were given a room that wasn't cleaned. therefore, they changed a room for us. second, the lights in the toilet suddenly did not work and they have no technician at night so we had to change rooms.
☀ even though we hung the 'please do not disturb' sign, the cleaner still came into our room. fortunately, nothing got lost :D
☀ no refrigerator and kettle/tea-making facilities (not unexpected for a budget hotel. I don't mind as they provide a water dispenser :D)
Had dinner at Healy Mac's Irish Bar & Restaurant
Back to hotel
Thursday
Woke up early and had breakfast at Thean Chun Coffee Shop
Arrived at Lost World of Tambun and had lunch there
Back to hotel to wash up
Went to Aeon Kinta City for dinner at Johnny's Restaurant and movie - Into the Storm
Back to hotel
Friday
Woke up and had breakfast at Chuen Fong 'Restoran Xin Quan Fang'
Bought 2 bottles of soya bean at 'Funny Mountain Soya Bean'
Visited Gua Tempurung
Went back home
HOTEL
The Golden Roof Hotel (link)
☼ very very affordable
☼ great location (below 15 minutes to town for food and Lost World, around 5 minutes to Aeon)
☼ clean
☼ good service by staffs
☼ every floor has a hot/cold water dispenser in the lobby/main area
☼ if you spend above RM100 for the hotel, you will get a free 45 minutes foot massage from the massage centre on the ground floor
☼ pretty bathroom with rain shower :D
☼ has wifi in every room :DDD
☼ has elevator
☀ changed room twice - first, we checked in earlier than the time specified and were given a room that wasn't cleaned. therefore, they changed a room for us. second, the lights in the toilet suddenly did not work and they have no technician at night so we had to change rooms.
☀ even though we hung the 'please do not disturb' sign, the cleaner still came into our room. fortunately, nothing got lost :D
☀ no refrigerator and kettle/tea-making facilities (not unexpected for a budget hotel. I don't mind as they provide a water dispenser :D)
FOOD
Lou Wong Beansprout Chicken Rice
☼ not bad - better than average steamed chicken, but not super tasty
☼ we were given a 10% discount voucher for Lou Wong Confectionery that sells Ipoh specialties like biscuits and coffees.
☼ Iced barley was pretty good!
☼ quick service
☀ quite expensive for chicken rice
Healy Mac's Irish Restaurant & Bar
☼ food was not bad (chicken breast was good :D chicken panini average only. I couldn't taste the chicken and the bread was kinda burnt and very hard)
☀ very expensive!
☀ quite a long wait
Thean Chun Coffee Shop
☼ Chee cheong fun was delicious but portion was very big, deardear couldn't finish it
☀ Curry noodles was average only, I struggled to finish it
☀ Famous caramel custard was not as good as I thought it would be :(
Lunch at Lost World of Tambun
☼ grilled chicken was not bad
☀ chicken burger was bad - very dry
☀ expensive (expected it since it was in the park itself)
Johnny's Restaurant
this restaurant can be found in most shopping malls so I will not elaborate on this
Chuen Fong 'Restoran Xin Quan Fang'
☼ superb superb curry noodles and white coffee! :D There were chicken and pork slices in the bowl of noodles. They were very tasty as well. White coffee was thick, creamy and full of flavour :D
Funny Mountain Soya Bean
☼ tastes pretty good
☼ funny name HAHAHA :D
☀ ridiculously sweet! waaayyyy too sweet!
ATTRACTIONS
Kellie's Castle
☼ very interesting, with info boards in each room/area
☀ wear stable shoes as the floor is uneven. There are steep and narrow staircases as well.
Lost World of Tambun
☼ worthwhile as there were many attractions! Water park, hot springs, theme park, tiger valley, tin mining valley, petting zoo!
☼ lots of interesting and cute animals! RACCOON! :D
☼ tiger feeding show with other animals was extremely cute and interesting!
☼ there are mini buses that travels around the park with introductions of each attraction (people hop on and off to get to destinations :D)
☼ for sliding water games, tubes are provided. So, you don't need to rent a tube
☼ there are hot springs, steam cave, jacuzzi and foot spa which are all filled with hot water up to 45C!
☀ not many rides for the theme park. Roller coaster wasn't fast nor exciting.
☀ there weren't that many things to play for the water park
☀ locker was a bit tedious to use (many lockers controlled by one electronic machine - has to wait for quite a while if there are many people. not to mention that the machine is pretty lag)
Gua Tempurung
☼ very interesting - everyone should go at least once in their lives in my opinion :D
☀ do wear comfortable shoes as you have to climb up and down many manyyyy flights of stairs! for tour 1 and 2 (dry), you can wear slippers. but for tour 3 and 4 (wet), no slippers are allowed
☀ certain areas are pretty dark (there are lights in there) so it will be wise to have a source of light to light your way (phone flashlight/torch light)
Overall I had a great time there! We had tons of fun and great food. The air is very fresh and the scenery is great! :D
Lou Wong Beansprout Chicken Rice
☼ not bad - better than average steamed chicken, but not super tasty
☼ we were given a 10% discount voucher for Lou Wong Confectionery that sells Ipoh specialties like biscuits and coffees.
☼ Iced barley was pretty good!
☼ quick service
☀ quite expensive for chicken rice
Healy Mac's Irish Restaurant & Bar
☼ food was not bad (chicken breast was good :D chicken panini average only. I couldn't taste the chicken and the bread was kinda burnt and very hard)
☀ very expensive!
☀ quite a long wait
Thean Chun Coffee Shop
☼ Chee cheong fun was delicious but portion was very big, deardear couldn't finish it
☀ Curry noodles was average only, I struggled to finish it
☀ Famous caramel custard was not as good as I thought it would be :(
Lunch at Lost World of Tambun
☼ grilled chicken was not bad
☀ chicken burger was bad - very dry
☀ expensive (expected it since it was in the park itself)
Johnny's Restaurant
this restaurant can be found in most shopping malls so I will not elaborate on this
Chuen Fong 'Restoran Xin Quan Fang'
☼ superb superb curry noodles and white coffee! :D There were chicken and pork slices in the bowl of noodles. They were very tasty as well. White coffee was thick, creamy and full of flavour :D
Funny Mountain Soya Bean
☼ tastes pretty good
☼ funny name HAHAHA :D
☀ ridiculously sweet! waaayyyy too sweet!
ATTRACTIONS
Kellie's Castle
☼ very interesting, with info boards in each room/area
☀ wear stable shoes as the floor is uneven. There are steep and narrow staircases as well.
Lost World of Tambun
☼ worthwhile as there were many attractions! Water park, hot springs, theme park, tiger valley, tin mining valley, petting zoo!
☼ lots of interesting and cute animals! RACCOON! :D
☼ tiger feeding show with other animals was extremely cute and interesting!
☼ there are mini buses that travels around the park with introductions of each attraction (people hop on and off to get to destinations :D)
☼ for sliding water games, tubes are provided. So, you don't need to rent a tube
☼ there are hot springs, steam cave, jacuzzi and foot spa which are all filled with hot water up to 45C!
☀ not many rides for the theme park. Roller coaster wasn't fast nor exciting.
☀ there weren't that many things to play for the water park
☀ locker was a bit tedious to use (many lockers controlled by one electronic machine - has to wait for quite a while if there are many people. not to mention that the machine is pretty lag)
Gua Tempurung
☼ very interesting - everyone should go at least once in their lives in my opinion :D
☀ do wear comfortable shoes as you have to climb up and down many manyyyy flights of stairs! for tour 1 and 2 (dry), you can wear slippers. but for tour 3 and 4 (wet), no slippers are allowed
☀ certain areas are pretty dark (there are lights in there) so it will be wise to have a source of light to light your way (phone flashlight/torch light)
Overall I had a great time there! We had tons of fun and great food. The air is very fresh and the scenery is great! :D
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