Have you taken a Hot Air Balloon Ride before? Me, not yet and I also missed the chance to try it when I was at Angkor Wat.

But I finally tried it when Sime Darby Property provide free but Limited Tickets Hot Balloon Rides at the Royale Palm II on-site Villas. The Hot Air Balloon Workshop started from 6pm onwards.



Before we head to the Royale Palm II Show Villas and the Hot Air balloon site, we dropped by at the New Sales & Management Office @ Putra Heights to collect the tickets. You can view all the latest Putra Heights launches here.



After that we drove to the show villas site to view the show units which are very impressive. The costs for a unit starts from RM1.67 mil to 2.2mil.




Later, we were ferry to the Hot Air Balloon Launch Site by 4WD provided by Sime Darby Property. We reached there just bfore 7pm and quite a long queue waiting there.

Each ride can take 4 pax and we were taken up to the permitted height of 30-50metres only.

We waited till 7.30pm to get to our turn to take the ride.

My Mrs and son climbing into the basket.

Wow, nice view from the air. You can see KL scenery including the Twins Tower.

This is launch site below.

The Pilot releasing hot air to the balloon.

We got to stay up in the air for less than 3minutes and land back at the same site. The ride was too short but it was a good experience. Pictures not so clear as it was taken using my Nokia camera phone

We went in to have a cup of coffee but the waitress manages to convince us to try some of their unique creations which she recommended. What is so special about their bread, they serve Charcoal Bread which others don't.

* Unique and Healthy choices…. Freshly Baked Daily
* Charcoal bread, consisting of Bamboo Charcoal, a popular health product in Japan, Korea and Taiwan…. blood circulation…. Has cleansing abilities and improvesTaste good too!
* Sesame bread… aromatic especially when toasted.
* Thick white bread… crispy on the outside and fluffly light on the inside






This the how the outlet look like.

The menu.



Before you order, you can try some sample.

Since we just had lunch, we try the Yam and Kaya Bamboo Charcoal Bread Toast.

and Otak-otak Bamboo Charcoal Bread Toast.

And Black Coffee.

The pictures are not so clear as it was taken by my mobile cam.

We like their Bamboo Charcoal Toast. If you want to try something different, you can try it when you are at Mid-Valley.

Sbread

My sister and niece read my blog and wanted to try the Fisho Spa which I posted sometime ago. In Singapore, it will probably costs SGD35 for 60mins. I brought them to Fisho Spa @ Sunway Mentari. At Fisho Spa, we got a package for RM38.00 for 60mins and the next visit is FOC.

For those who has not try it. It is an experience. Initially you feel ticklish but once you settle in, you will enjoy the spa treatment by Doctor Fish.

We are enjoying it.!!!!

How come my legs attract all the fishes????

It is really ticklish???

Wow. Look at the amount of fishes biting me.

After 5mins, you should be starting to enjoy it.





Since the 2nd visit is free, we went the next day morning before my sister & family leave for Singapore. We were there at 10.30am and the fishes are hungry after resting overnight. It was just the three of us and lots of fishes massaging us.



That is me. My 4th visits. If you have not experience it. Give it a try.

Since my sister & family were in town, we organised a lunch at this Restoran 52 @ Semenyih recommended by sister who stayed there. TV Series HoChiak featured this restaurant before so it must be good.


It is quite easy to locate but you must not look for any signboard as there is none except the No.52.

The restaurant is operating from a residential house and the car park was full when I arrived.

The entrance with the HoChiak logo affixed on the door.

The interior of the restaurant is pretty simple with aircond.

We took up a table for 16 people.





Salt Baked Chicken Wings. Chiu Yim Kai Yik. Delicious.

Claypot Tau Foo.

Kong Por Yam Ring or "Fatt Put"

Fried Kailan.

Guiness Stout or Dark Beer Pork. Just ok.

The Curry Fish Head comes piping hot in a claypot, filled with ladies fingers, brinjal, long beans, cabbage, beancurd puffs and fleshy pieces of fish head in a fiery orangey-red gravy that goes really well with plain white rice.

Another fried vege. Fan Shee Yip.


The foods serve here are good and reasonably priced. For the above 7 dishes for 16 pax, the bill came up to RM171.00 for foods and Char Wong chinese tea.

They serves many others nice dishes like Fresh Water Prwan Noodles, Haruan Soup with Yam, Black Vinegar with pork trotters, Shun Pun Ze, Char Yoke and many others. I shall try them whenever I visit my sister at Semenyih.