Ipoh Trip

 Happy 8 Retreat

 

 

Concubine Lane

 

 

 

 M Boutique Station 18 Hotel

 

 hotel room

 

 Kinta River Waterfront

Imiirage

Hari Raya Haji falls on Mon, 12th Sept and the whole week coincide with the one-week school holiday. Mummy planned a one nite stay at Ipoh as there was a promotion on Traveloka. We booked a standard room a M Boutique Hotel Station 18 at about RM120. We started our journey to Ipoh at about 8.15am and reached our first destination at 10.40am. We went to Happy 8 Retreat Cafe for our brunch. The lil' quaint cozy cafe gave a very warm feeling. Mummy snapped many photos of Emeryn posing beautifully. There was a small place for Emeryn to enjoy feeding the fishes and turtles. After having our brunch, we spotted the Concubine Lane by chance and of course we dropped by. There were many shops selling variety of handicrafts and smaller items as well as food and drinks on the go. We didn't spent much time hanging there as it was extremely hot. While walking to our car, Emeryn insisted to stay awhile at the dog's adoption corner. She happily picked the puppy she wanted and asked permission to carry it. She continued begging mummy to allow adoption but mummy refused.She was definitely very persistent but again mummy won the battle. Emeryn was a lil' upset thou. 

We then headed to M Boutique Hotel but wasn't allowed to check in until 3pm. We then ordered some drinks and hang out at the cafe. The place has a very jazzy vintage kinda look and we fell instantly in love with it for sure. The exterior and interior of the hotel win hands down. After being able to check in, we rested for 2hours or so before driving out for dinner at Oversea Restaurant. After the dinner, we went to Kinta River Waterfront. In conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were some events going on. Emeryn brought along her skateboard there but could hardly play as the place were quite crowded. We drove back to the hotel at about 10pm.

The next morning we had our breakfast somewhere near to the hotel. Though it was a random food court, the food were good. We went back to the hotel after breakfast before checking out. Mummy has made a reservation at Imiirage after knowing the place offers a on-of-a-kind dining experience. We went for the lunch buffet at RM29.90/adult. Our meal were served overlooking a huge screen that surrounds the entire restaurant making you feel like you are in a different world. We were very lucky as there was 2 different screen interchange during our lunch. We had the Tokyo Aquarium and Paris view. It was a very new experience for us and we ordered at least 3-4 different main course. This place definitely worth a second visit. We were running out of places to go after lunch, so we hit the highway and headed home at about 3pm.