On the second day of CNY 2014, which was a Saturday, we took the 9am ETS (Electric Train Service) from KL to Ipoh. I woke up at 4:45am to get the girls ready and the taxi came at 8:30am to fetch us to KL Sentral to catch the train. So glad we were not late! We still had time to pack McD to eat on the train.
The ETS’ timing was impeccable and we reached Ipoh at 11:30am sharp. I reached my parents just in time to meet all my aunts, uncles and cousins from my dad’s side. After a gathering and photo session at home, we adjourned to Kok Thai Restaurant for a reunion lunch. The below dish, which is the Four Seasons is my all-time favorite dish. All the dishes that my dad ordered were scrumptious!
On the for fourth day of CNY, we took the ETS back to KL. This time, we almost missed the 10am train, no thanks to the 2 Miss Dilly Dally. We hopped onto the ETS just in the nick of time. As we were running to Coach F, which was almost at the very end of the train station, we could hear the train engine huffing and puffing, all set to choo choo away. Gawd, with heavy bags all lugged on our shoulders, we ran as fast as our legs could possibly lift and the moment we hopped onto the coach and found our seats, the train started to move, phew! But know what? My almost 70-year old mum, who is a Facebook addict, was so agile that she managed to hop into the train with us to quickly snap our pix before hopping out of the train ahahaha!
Phew, almost missed the train! *cold and hot sweat dribbling down our foreheads!*
This was our brunch on the fifth day of CNY, which is today, at Han Room @ Gardens.
The lap mei farn was delish, albeit not the healthiest of choice.
We have been having loh sang almost everyday. The stir-fried baby french beans with salted duck’s egg from YMCA restaurant in Ipoh was super delish! It was my first time eating french beans cooked in this style.
After brunch at Han Room today, we walked around Gardens to do some CNY photography. The decor at Gardens is very impressive this year.
On a side note, the chilly weather forecast for this CNY is darn inaccurate. It’s been prickling hot (so hot that I can feel the sun rays pierce through my skin!) and dry this CNY, with temperature rising up to 36 degrees Celsius or even higher!
Tomorrow school will re-open and we will be back to the grind. My pre-dawn morning jog will resume again tomorrow. But I needn’t have to exert extra hard as I have been good throughout and did not binge at all, despite being back at the hawker’s haven in Ipoh 🙂
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