Taiwan Day3

Our 3rd day was our mission to Kenting. Boarded the High Speed Rail(HSR)  to Kaohsiung for ~2hours and later another ~2hours bus trip to Kenting.

Breakfast Bento in the HSR. Yums!

Finally arrived at Kenting after a half day of transportation time.

Outside of our Hotel - Golden Ocean Azure Hotel. 

The lobby. Not forgetting to mention, they have 2 fluffy, welcoming dogs there.

When we got off from the bus, we were approached by a taxi driver offering us trip around Kenting. Once we had checked-in, we contacted the driver and had her drove us to places which I already had in plan.

Along our way, the driver also stopped by to let us get a scenic view of the colorful hotels opposite the beautiful beach.

The beach those hotels were facing.

The first tourist destination we headed was Eluanbi, 

Upon entering, we had to make a short trekking to the spot. 

Oh yeah! We are here!

Bright sun and strong wind!

Done with the visiting, we went back to catch our driver. In my plan, I wanted to go for ATV drive/ BiaoSha. So, she drove us to the spot.

Along the way, we were dropped by the taxi driver to this hilltop. Wind was so strong that I could feel as if I'm going to fly.

Not even a chance to tidy up my messy hair.

This was the spot where we waited for our ATV drive.

情人桥

Now, our ATV drive experience. It was really jumpy when we went cross all the obstacles, but FUN!!!

Had lots of fun!

Up next was to HouBiHu for late lunch! 

No regrets cos they were all fresh seafoods!

Tried Uni for the 1st time! Fresh from the aquarium some more.

Fresh fresh fresh SASHIMISSSSS! So tasty!

Some cooked dishes which we really enjoyed. Good meal. Their cooking was really different from our usual Kuching cooking.

After the meal, we were taken to the old town.

Enjoyed the Iced Lek Tau Suan!

The place where the movie Cape No.7 was shot.

Hello, Husky~ Pls look here~~

Hunting for more snacks~

The famous Chu Huo spot where fire just comes out from the ground.

Going back to our hotel to get some rest.

One reason I chose Golden Ocean Azure Hotel was that it was walking distance from the famous Kenting Street. Was expecting lots of food vendors, but unfortunately, many did not operate cos of the winter season when there were less tourists as compared to summer. Due to this reason as well, my plan to have water sports was cancelled as well. Would have to visit again next time.

Still manage to get some foods around. Very delicious QQ Pearls Milk Tea. Wanted to get another cup later but it was closed already. Emo~

Choose your own 卤味。。。

Grilled beef cubes again.. Wasn't as good as what we had in Taipei thou.

Got myself a cup of Hokkaido Ice Cream before getting back to the hotel as there was no more milk tea.

Hi KK!

Arrived at Kota Kinabalu early in the morning and welcomed by our warm "Angelababy", Ah Hui, who picked us up from airport and entertained us for the whole day. The 1st thg we did was of cos to have breakfast! Sang Nyuk Mee 生肉面 is one of Sabah's famous local dishes and it must not be missed. There are a couple of popular outlets in KK and Ah Hui took us to this Sinsuran Sang Nyuk Mee which was the usual place for her family.

This was George's order which of Sang Nyuk Mee Kosong (RM3), accompanied with a bowl of soup consisting of all those porky ingredients (RM5). Deliciously good.

So this was mine, which was the soup version, but I had all the ingredients mixed together (RM6.50). Ultra thin slices of pork meat! Yumms~

After a really appetizing breakfast, Ah Hui took the trouble to drive all the way to Shangri-la Rasa Ria Resort to enjoy the stunningly beautiful beach. 

Did not adjust my camera to the right mode, so all the photos taken were kinda overexposed. 

When we were on our way to the resort, we spotted 2 stretches of stalls selling coconuts including panggang, jelly, fresh juice and also Loham. So, we stopped by during our way back, curious of what the panggang coconut would taste like.

Coconut panggang displayed

Loham of different sizes

Coconut jelly! So good!

Coconut panggang which turned out to be kinda "siap siap" and slightly sourish in taste. Did not like it.

Loham. Very nice!

As we did not know what to do next, we went on our food hunt journey! Went to this place at Damai where Hui Hui recommended for their Roasted pork. Unfortunately, it was already finished and it was only 12noon. :( The place was so crowded especially with white-collared ppl. Not to waste Hui's effort of taking us there, we ordered the BBQ pork (Char Siew) and Roasted Chicken.

Nice. Too bad we did not get the chance to try the Roasted Pork.

As we were quite near to Foo Yuen 富源, so that's our next stop! Foo Yuen is very popular among the locals for its Roti Kahwin that they eventually open up a couple of franchise outlets. The one we visitedat Damai Plaza is the origin of it.

The toast was good! Love the steamed version. Bread was very soft n spongy except that I dislike the butter.

Well.. Hui did not have much and she took us to have cakes as she loves it and she knew that I like desserts too. Forgotten the name of the bakery shop. 

Cakes we had: yummeh~~

The variety of cakes offered! Too full to try the rest.

After all these food tasting session, we went back to our hotel to get a quick rest before meeting up Gary and Ivy who also happened to transit in KK for one night after their Taiwan trip. Hui picked them up and off we went to Sunset Bar which is located at Tanjung Aru Shangri-la Resort.

Beautiful sunset yea~

Groufie

Enjoying sunset with cocktail

Ok... Next on was dinner! Hui brought us to Welcome Seafood Restaurant大茄来海鲜餐厅. Really impressed with the huge place. The whole stretch of shop was owned by them with each having their own kitchens to cater the huge crowds. That was good as we did not have to wait long.

Butter Chicken 

Clams

Stir fried Vegetables with Belacan

Butter crab

Fried tofu

Steamed prawns

Black pepper crab

Foods were fresh n reasonably priced. 

Last pic of the day which we took at Sky Blue Bar, enjoying KK city's night scenery. Thanks to them for giving George and I a surprise birthday celebration. :D