Bertolak dari KL pukul 3am, ikut karak highway and seterusnya CSR. Road was very
clear, although it started raining just before we exited Karak Highway. Arrived
at Masjid Tengku Razaleigh Gua Musang for Subuh prayer. Headed straight to Kota
Bharu afterwards since the kids dont want to eat breakfast yet.
Arrived at Kota
Bharu around 9ish am. We went straight to Lieniey Nasi Kerabu which we all
agreed was top notch! Straight after breakfast, as it was still early to
check-in, we went to Mydin Tunjong which was the largest Mydin mall (I think) in
Malaysia. Shopped for clothes and food and hangout at local cafe called Naskeen
Coffee - quality was so-so.
We decided to head to Hotel Perdana earlier than the
check-in time in the hope that we can get early check-in but sadly the hotel was
quite busy and we had to wait at the lobby for few hours before finally getting
our room keys - Got connecting rooms with buffet breakfast. Rest a while until
6pm.
Later we head out to Suwarin Jinda Cafe - need to hv a lot of patience to eat
here. Best place to eat Miang Pla. After finish eating around 9pm, we went
straight back to the Hotel however, the road leading to the Hotel was block as
there was Merdeka celebration event and Perdana Hotel was very close to the
stadium which was the event venue. Finally, managed to navigate through traffic
and crowds and arrived at the hotel. End of Day 1.
Day 2 (31 August 2023)
Woke up early to have wonderful buffet breakfast. This is what our family
always looking forward to when staying at a hotel. Since our itenerary was very
loose, we enjoyed our breakfast til the crowd gets bigger at the restaurant
before deciding to head back to our rooms.
Later, we went out to Aeon Mall to do
someshopping. While at the mall, Negaraku was played on the speaker and we had
to stand still while shopping! For lunch, we decided to go to KB Patin House,
right across Aeon Mall. Tempoyak Patin was sedap. Note: There is another kedai
makan worth to try called 'Celoh Rock Sup Urat Keting' which is next to it.
KhairulAming ate it here as well as there's a lot of ppl eating here.
Will try to
eat here next time. Afterwards, we head out to Pantai Senok or famously known as
Pantai Nami. Very nice sandy beach, with trees lined up nicely, instaworthy.
Later, we went to Warung Acutera which we think its Sotong Goreng Tepung is
better than Warung PokNong in KT. We also sampled Maggi Lokan and Lokan bakar,
which tasted ok although I dont think I want to repeat it in the future!
Next
stop --- Coffee! AlKhatiri Kofee in Kubang Kerian. Ambience 9/10 Coffee 7/10
Cakes 3/10. Along the way to AlKhatiri it was raining heavily and the rain wont
stop pouring even when we went to our last stop of the day which was SIAM
located in the city centre. Overall food was ok, Suwarin was better. End of Day
2.
Day 3 (1 Sept 2023)
At 7am went to Pasar Siti Khadijah. The market was just about to open. Kedai makan tingkat atas belum buka lagi. Lots of local kuih-muih and even etok! We bought 2 packs - original and sweet sour at RM5 each. We then bought traditional kuih muih to taste. Since it was fruit season, we bought duku langsat for just RM3/kg! Very nice.
We brought back to hotel and eat the kuihs together with our buffet breakfast. Decided to stay and continue eating in our hotel room as I had cherry berry most likely from eating the lokan yesterday!
Slept for several hours before finally my stomach feeling a little bit better so we plan to head out, which was already 2pm.
Decided to eat somewhere near Lotus KB, so after circling several times in the area, we decided to eat ayam penyet (Restoren Selera TTQ) which was ok la. We then followed that up with dessert at Mykori.
Once our tummy were full, we head out to Pantai Cahaya Bulan (PCB) to enjoy the ocean view. It was very crowded as we approached PCB and cloud was getting darker, so decided to park just before the entrance to PCB. As we walked towards the beach, we saw lots of ppl playing kite and we thought it would be fine to join as well. Bought a kite for RM7-8. We stayed there like 30mins only as by then it started to rain heavily.
From PCB, we decided to went straight back to the hotel. On the way back, we noticed there was a Thai/ local food expo at the stadium's carpark so off we went there by foot after parking our car at our hotel compound. Bought lokching, maggi celup, icecreams and ate together in our hotel room. End of Day 3.
Day 4 (2 Sept 2023)
Last day at Hotel Perdana. Checkout after last buffet breakfast..hahaha will miss its buffet, definitely will come and stay here again.
This time we decided to take the more scenic route back to KL, which was via LPT. From KB, we left around 9am, passing through Bachok, Tok Bali and Besut. Our next stop was for lunch which was at Penarek (Nasi Ulam Dapur Arang).
After that we straight went to LPT via KT. The journey was smooth, we made pit stop at RnR Perasing (food choice limited here) until we reached Karak Toll Plaza. From here, it took us more than 2 hours to reach home. Prayed at surau alFalah and ate dinner at Restoran Hamza before rest kt rumah! END.
