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Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:34 PM PDT

I fell in love with the exterior of Thistle Hotel Johor Bahru. I saw the hotel for the first time on our way to Johor Premium Outlet. I would like to take picture in front of the big clock located on a field in front of Thistle Hotel. I thought sunset would be the perfect time to take the picture. 

I read the review on tripadvisor and saw the pool of Thistle. I book the hotel directly after I saw the pool, it was awesome! I made the reservation through booking.com and booked the cheapest room (city view room) without breakfast for MYR 290 include tax.

Kiddos at the pool of Thistle

When I stepped into the hotel's lobby, I like the interior. It gave me that "luxury feel" even though the room rate is affordable. Especially when I compare it with hotels in Singapore.

The huge lobby of Thistle

Love the stairs

We got a room on the 8th floor. There's nothing special about the room except it has a twin beds which were large enough for the four of us.

The hallway to our room

Great room for a family trip

The bathroom was ok, the most important thing was, it has a bathtub for our kiddos. "Can I take a bath" asked them upon our arrival.

An old bathroom

As we booked the "city view room", yes what we got was the view to the city. But we could exit our room and stand in front of the window just outside our room. It was facing the straits and the big clock. By the way, it was raining approaching sunset time, so after our swimming session, we stayed at our room watching Disney Junior:p

View from our room
The straits few from Thistle Hotel

Location wise, it is not located at the heart of the city, but it was only MYR 15 away from JB Sentral. There's a KFC in front of the hotel, so if you don't want to go to JB Sentral for dinner, you can always have something from KFC.

Thistle also provide a free shuttle, you can check the schedule in the picture below. We enjoyed our stay at Thistle, and hope someday could enjoy the sunset from Thistle.

written on April 23, 2014 by @tesyasblog


Other posts regarding Johor Bahru could be found in this link.

Album Of Life: Thistle <b>Hotel</b> , <b>Johor</b> Bahru ..... a wonderful stay at JB

Posted: 01 May 2014 11:23 PM PDT

I fell in love with the exterior of Thistle Hotel Johor Bahru. I saw the hotel for the first time on our way to Johor Premium Outlet. I would like to take picture in front of the big clock located on a field in front of Thistle Hotel. I thought sunset would be the perfect time to take the picture. 

I read the review on tripadvisor and saw the pool of Thistle. I book the hotel directly after I saw the pool, it was awesome! I made the reservation through booking.com and booked the cheapest room (city view room) without breakfast for MYR 290 include tax.

Kiddos at the pool of Thistle

When I stepped into the hotel's lobby, I like the interior. It gave me that "luxury feel" even though the room rate is affordable. Especially when I compare it with hotels in Singapore.

The huge lobby of Thistle

Love the stairs

We got a room on the 8th floor. There's nothing special about the room except it has a twin beds which were large enough for the four of us.

The hallway to our room

Great room for a family trip

The bathroom was ok, the most important thing was, it has a bathtub for our kiddos. "Can I take a bath" asked them upon our arrival.

An old bathroom

As we booked the "city view room", yes what we got was the view to the city. But we could exit our room and stand in front of the window just outside our room. It was facing the straits and the big clock. By the way, it was raining approaching sunset time, so after our swimming session, we stayed at our room watching Disney Junior:p

View from our room
The straits few from Thistle Hotel

Location wise, it is not located at the heart of the city, but it was only MYR 15 away from JB Sentral. There's a KFC in front of the hotel, so if you don't want to go to JB Sentral for dinner, you can always have something from KFC.

Thistle also provide a free shuttle, you can check the schedule in the picture below. We enjoyed our stay at Thistle, and hope someday could enjoy the sunset from Thistle.

written on April 23, 2014 by @tesyasblog


Other posts regarding Johor Bahru could be found in this link.

<b>Hotel in Johor</b> Blog: tesyasblog: Review of Tune Hotel Danga Bay <b>...</b>

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 11:55 PM PDT

We have stayed in several Tune Hotels before: Tune Hotel Legian, Tune Hotel Downtown Kuala Lumpur and Tune Hotel LCCT. When we knew that Tune Hotel Danga Bay provide a shuttle service to Legoland, we decided to book a one night stay there. 

The hotel is huge compared to other Tune hotels that I have visited before. If you are looking for a budget hotel for your family holiday to Legoland, I hope this post could give you some idea about Tune Hotel Danga Bay.


We took this picture from our taxi 

We made our reservation through their website, we were fortunate that the quadruple room was still available. We booked one quadruple room for MYR 140 (tax and aircon included: the quadruple room price include aircon). We thought that it will be one room for the four of us. But we were wrong, I will share about the room later on.

Lobby of Tune Hotel Danga Bay

We arrived around 8.30 am, and took a blue taxi from Thistle Hotel Johor Bahru to Tune Danga Bay which cost around MYR 22. Blue taxi fare is expensive, but we couldn't find any red taxi at Thistle.

A cute lego dragon welcome us at the lobby, actually we saw the same lego dragon at Thistle as well. It was too early and we couldn't do an early check-in. The hotel staff gave us 4 Legoland theme park tickets which we have been purchased at the time of room reservation.
Hi there Lego Dragon:)
We intended to leave our luggage at the lobby, but they asked me to pay MYR 2 for each backpack. So I went to my friend @dini_ros' room instead, and left our backpacks there.

There are computers at the lobby, a lego corner for kids without the lego bricks (too bad!), and two massage chair. The lobby area is spacious, and our kiddos met their new friends already at the lobby.


The lobby of Tune Hotel Danga Bay
Lego corner
Computers, hot water dispenser and massage chairs

We exchanged the shuttle ticket at Oddysey, a travel agent located few steps away from Tune Hotel's lobby.


Seven Eleven and Oddysey, next to hotel's lobby

Where to Eat Around Tune Hotel Danga Bay

Then we waited for our shuttle schedule to Legoland at an Indian restaurant called Saffron Cuisine and bought sets of Nasi Lemak with Teh Tarik cost MYR 8 (for each set). If you purchase breakfast when you reserve room at Tune Hotel's website, you will get the breakfast from this restaurant.


The restaurant, adjacent to the hotel
Having our breakfast
The restaurant
Hotel's car park seen from the restaurant
The Saffron Restaurant is located on the 2nd floor

Family Room (Quadruple Room) at Tune Hotel Danga Bay

Ok, now comes the strange part of our room. When we checked-in, we were informed that the quadruple room is basically consist of two rooms with a connecting door. We were given two room keys, and when we entered the room, we just knew that we were given one double room and one twin room. Oh, so this is the quadruple room?


Our compact double room

The plus point was, we had two bathrooms for each room, so it was the luxury of booking the quadruple room.


A very well maintained bathroom

Shuttle from Tune Hotel Danga Bay to Legoland

The shuttle cost MYR 15 per person for a round trip. It was really handy so we could get to Legoland and go back to the hotel in a breeze. Within 20 minutes, we arrived at Legoland. The shuttle stopped at the Mall of Madini, the pick-up area is also at the same place.


Yeay, let's go to Legoland :)


Overall, Tune Hotel Danga Bay is a recommended family budget hotel in Johor Bahru. Especially if you intended to go to Johor Bahru for a Legoland trip, this is the hotel for you.


written on April 25, 2014 by @tesyasblog


Other hotels review in Johor Bahru could be found in this link.

Olla Restaurant at <b>Hotel</b> Granada in Bukit Indah, <b>Johor</b> Bahru

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 11:51 PM PDT

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I have been looking for Halal Hainanese chicken rice in JB, and so was glad to be invited by Faizal, F & B Manager at Olla Restaurant in Hotel Granada to try their popular local dishes.

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Olla Restaurant is spacious, bright, neatly laid out, very clean and comfortable.

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The key man behind Olla Restaurant is Executive Chef Peter Lim. After a lifetime in kitchens around the world, Peter retired contented in Kuala Lumpur. But, it was not long before Peter's wealth of experience was called upon. He was head hunted to help set up Olla Restaurant which took him out of retirement to Johor Bahru. Peter agreed only because he couldn't stay too long away from his passion.

A true blue Hainanese, Peter is proud to share his Hainanese chicken rice with guests.

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The large chicken is hung on hooks to air cool after poaching, in true Hainanese tradition.

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Good Hainanese chicken rice requires a lot of skill in cutting the bird correctly - along the right grain, correct size and parts to present the chicken's best flavours and texture.

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Hainanese Chicken Rice RM18++

The chicken meat was tender, juicy, smooth and had that subtle natural chicken flavour that I liked. 

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The aromatic rice was fluffy. The chili and ginger were freshly blended. 

So, if you are looking for a good Halal Hainanese chicken rice, you know where to get it now :D

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Oxtail Asam Pedas RM28++

Chef Peter suggested that we try their Oxtail Asam Pedas. As I am a big fan of oxtail and asam pedas, I was eager to try this dish.

Chef Peter said that this dish was created in Sabah. The oxtail was stewed with local herbs and spices till tender. It was served in a claypot "dry" with additional asam pedas sauce provided in a gravy boat. The gravy was a blend of tangy, sweet, and spicy.

Olla Restaurant is the only place that I know of in JB to enjoy this unique Sabahan dish.

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Ayam Percik RM28++

We also tried the traditional ayam percik made with spring chicken and aromatic spices.

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The flavourful mildly spicy grilled chicken was caramelised and crisp outside while still juicy inside.

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Udang Sambal Petai RM25++

Udang Sambal Petai uses fresh prawns which are cooked with crunchy wild petai beans and local fragrant spices. This popular dish is a blend of sweet, bitter (from the petai), savoury and mildly spicy.

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The good sized prawns were cooked just right, keeping them succulent.

Olla Restaurant is a good and convenient place to enjoy delicious authentic local dishes in comfort.

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Restaurant name: Olla Restaurant (at Hotel Granada)
Address: 55, Jalan Bukit Indah 15/2, Taman Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru 
Maphttp://goo.gl/maps/oTRDo
GPS: 1.482688,103.659197
Hours: 7:00am to 11.00pm
Halal

Date visited: 17 Mar 2014

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