Up The Hill
There are only two things to do at Genting:
On my trip there with my colleagues, I did neither. The journey there was not smooth. Met up with the gang at 9:00am, but some stragglers only arrived at KL Sentral at 9:30am. Any by the time they had settled breakfast, it was already 10:00am. Turns out no bus was leaving until 3:00pm and the Genting Skyway was closed for maintenance for 10 days. The only quick solution was a taxi. MYR80 per car and our driver just left us at the Awana Skyway. It was my first time using it. Much bigger, but much older. Only one gondola per trip. Another MYR5 and 1 hour later we arrived at Genting Highlands. The first order of business was lunch. Ended up at Hainan Kitchen. Horrible chicken rice. The meat was tasteless and I suspect it was frozen for far too long. Expensive, yet unpalatable. Even white rice costs MYR3.90. Bad service to boot. Better spend your money at KFC.
Having filled our bellies, we headed to Casino Monte Carlo. Ages since I've set foot into that horrible place of cigarette smoke and compulsive gamblers. People with too much money too burn. It's scary. I hate it. And Genting is getting better and better at it. Lotsa advancements. One computerised table can take at least 5 times more gamblers than the manual kind. But they still have that for the gamblers who prefer the "old ways". Reduces calculation mistakes and newbie gamblers don't feel too pressured. Even the slot machines have gone kiddy (strange since no kids are allowed in) and digitized. And there's the whole cashless and rewards points system using the Worldcard too. Kudos. Although my colleagues didn't lose any money, they didn't win enough to treat me to Ah Yat Abalone either. Dang.
A middle-eastern tourist stopped us:
Tourist: Ice! Ice! (pointing out the window)
Me: Ice? Snow? It's snowing!?
Tourist: Ice! Hail! Hail!
Colleague: I think she wants to go to the Snow House. -_-||
Was supposed to have dinner at Coffee Terrace, but my colleagues pulled out. Had it at My Thai, First World Plaza instead. Surprisingly cheap (even for non-Genting prices) and good Thai food. Hidden upstairs, it has relatively less customers. Ordered a lovely set of Thai Green Curry, Shrimp Curry, and Fish in Spicy and Sour Sauce. Came with a starter of mango salad, seafood Tom Yam and dessert of mango pudding with just less than MYR20 per person! Do give it a try. We took teksi sapu back down to KL Sentral as the bus tickets were sold out. All hotels were also fully-booked, but I didn't quite see such a crowd. That's Genting for you. Anyway, the highlight of the trip was me seeing Jessie Chung, the famous married transexual extrepeneur and singer. She looks better in pics.... oh well.
Cuti-Cuti Malaysia...
- Gamble
- Theme Park
On my trip there with my colleagues, I did neither. The journey there was not smooth. Met up with the gang at 9:00am, but some stragglers only arrived at KL Sentral at 9:30am. Any by the time they had settled breakfast, it was already 10:00am. Turns out no bus was leaving until 3:00pm and the Genting Skyway was closed for maintenance for 10 days. The only quick solution was a taxi. MYR80 per car and our driver just left us at the Awana Skyway. It was my first time using it. Much bigger, but much older. Only one gondola per trip. Another MYR5 and 1 hour later we arrived at Genting Highlands. The first order of business was lunch. Ended up at Hainan Kitchen. Horrible chicken rice. The meat was tasteless and I suspect it was frozen for far too long. Expensive, yet unpalatable. Even white rice costs MYR3.90. Bad service to boot. Better spend your money at KFC.
Having filled our bellies, we headed to Casino Monte Carlo. Ages since I've set foot into that horrible place of cigarette smoke and compulsive gamblers. People with too much money too burn. It's scary. I hate it. And Genting is getting better and better at it. Lotsa advancements. One computerised table can take at least 5 times more gamblers than the manual kind. But they still have that for the gamblers who prefer the "old ways". Reduces calculation mistakes and newbie gamblers don't feel too pressured. Even the slot machines have gone kiddy (strange since no kids are allowed in) and digitized. And there's the whole cashless and rewards points system using the Worldcard too. Kudos. Although my colleagues didn't lose any money, they didn't win enough to treat me to Ah Yat Abalone either. Dang.
A middle-eastern tourist stopped us:
Tourist: Ice! Ice! (pointing out the window)
Me: Ice? Snow? It's snowing!?
Tourist: Ice! Hail! Hail!
Colleague: I think she wants to go to the Snow House. -_-||
Was supposed to have dinner at Coffee Terrace, but my colleagues pulled out. Had it at My Thai, First World Plaza instead. Surprisingly cheap (even for non-Genting prices) and good Thai food. Hidden upstairs, it has relatively less customers. Ordered a lovely set of Thai Green Curry, Shrimp Curry, and Fish in Spicy and Sour Sauce. Came with a starter of mango salad, seafood Tom Yam and dessert of mango pudding with just less than MYR20 per person! Do give it a try. We took teksi sapu back down to KL Sentral as the bus tickets were sold out. All hotels were also fully-booked, but I didn't quite see such a crowd. That's Genting for you. Anyway, the highlight of the trip was me seeing Jessie Chung, the famous married transexual extrepeneur and singer. She looks better in pics.... oh well.
Cuti-Cuti Malaysia...
Comments
so difficult to look for any form of good food at Genting and yet you did! bravo :)
too bad i am still not allowed to go into the casino. poor me :(
Shoot.
This is new--I mean, discovering a Malaysian blogger's blog.
hakhak
elyens
XXXxx
Oh, thanks for the tip. I'll use it next year. :P
@Twilight:
Welcome. Haha.
@Legs:
Terserempak la...
@LittleD:
No wor... Takut!
@JL:
I was surprised too!
@DazedB:
Don't gamble = No win & No Loss