December 28, 2021

A mini getaway at the Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur : Comfortable , Colonial and Great Services - Part 2

Breakfast

At the Contago Cafe

I guess one of the highlight of this hotel.. (I'm not sure, I have not been to any other upscale hotel like this) is their great services. There are waitresses who would guide you to your seat and also unlike any buffet breakfast in hotel, they will serve you the beverage at your request (even when you can actually line up and get the beverage yourself =P )

Here's our seat on the morning of Christmas week 2021

All the guests were required to put on the plastic gloves while getting food from the common areas.

The pastries, waffle and pancake ...

The croissant.... it is lovingly frangrant although not to crunchy. I guess it is because it has been served in the cold air-conditioned room that make it less crunchy...I could be wrong. but croissant is one of the food here that I grab twice!

The taste was just so freaking balance-ly perfect.

I have mentioned this in the previous post, but I am going to mention it again.

The chocolate roll and the red bean roll..... Tasty!

I dont have high expectation initially, due to it's mundane plating, but it turns out unexpectedly awesome.

You can have higher expectation when it comes to food like pastries bread...Food that served during high tea, because the Majestic Hotel is quite well known for its afternoon high tea session.

Waffles, pancake and bread.. standard as usual.

The Beverage

The beverage island is near the entrance , along the way when you are heading to the inside of the Contago cafe, to get seated. IAll the hot beverage were exclusively prepared by the hotel's barista!

The beverage island on the right side of this photo here. (Above )

There was also fresh juice as well as cold beverage. The hot beverage menu here as you can see in the photo below...

is anything you can order!

I just realise there is also Jarmine tea available here! Wow.

I ordered Fresh steam milk which is not found in the wall menu here also.

I did nto try the congee as I was too busy stuffing salad and milk and croissant =P

Yes, Halal dim sum available too!

Malaysian delicacies like Apam Balik, Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, Rendang are all available in this island here.

My husband & me

My morning view! while having buffer breakfast, hahaha .

I hope that next year Iwill be seeing this view with one more baby on his lap!

I was so dumb initially I asked for Milo as the choice of drink. Then only Hot chocolate is available. Did you see the simple latte art made by the barista here? (Top right side of the pic below)

Now , do you know why most of the guest here opt for the hot beverage instead of the cold ones? hahahah

My choice of breakfast :

1. Roasted tomato (My favourite! If you like tomato too, you will realise that the taste of tomato after heat treatment like steam, charred or roasted or oven-baked taste much more better ! )

2. Salad - one of the food that I had for 2 rounds because I didn't get to eat much salad if it is not in the hotel buffet style.

3. Chicken Ham : Sliced smaller and mix with the fresh garden salad.

4. The sinfully salty sesame sauce:As the dressing for the salad.

While waiting for the second round, my tummy was too full to stuff so many things at one time.

Husband ordered Piccolo

My round 2 breakfast , with croissant on the other plate. Croissant is a must try! YUmmy!

History of the Majestic Hotel

Built in 1932, the original Hotel Majestic was designed by the Dutch architectural firm Keyes and Dowdeswell for the Trustees of the Estate of Loke Wan Tho, the youngest son of the businessman and philanthropist Loke Yew.

source: https://www.majestickl.com/majestic_story.html

Normally, we care about the comfortability when it comes to hotel. Just the history of this ancient-looking in the urban time is worth to study for.

I mean, look at the neo-classical embellish of the hotel and the bell boy, the receptionist and all the hotel staff are dressed in a colonial style era costume. It really brought me back to the time during the British occupation.

Where to book ?

Majestic KL | Agoda | Marriot.com

Not sure if it is due to the covid pandemic outbreak period, I booked during the 11.11 sales. (Checked in Dec 2021) It was around Rm 470 nett for one night stay including dinner and breakfast at the Agoda.

December 27, 2021

A mini getaway at the Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur : Comfortable , Colonial and Great Services - Part 1

It was finally the end of the year. The Christmas season, the holiday season and the time when you let loose of yourself and pamper yourself as you deserve it after working for all year long! So I booked this stay here in The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur as we deserve the vacation soooo much! Lol.

Actually, I was very excited when I booked this. The hotel located in KL, it is all within the close proximity to the places like Petaling Street , Kwai Chai Hong , Pavilion KL(shopping mall) and also Perdana Botanical Garden and Saloma Bridge.

These are among some of the places that I have in my mind when I book a hotel in KL area.

There are still many other tourism hot-spots in KL area like Petronas Twins Tower, KL Tower and so on. This time, I wish to pay visit the heritage -rich places since I was having the colonial accomodation.

However, due to the unexpected flash flood incident, we travelled to KL without our car , we took grab instead. Hence all we did is to stay the hotel. Eat, Sleep and repeat.

The Room

The view that first welcome first as we entered

The mini pantry corner with coffee maker.

Yes, you get to watch TV while bath. And there are 2 sinks. Each at one side. But the vanity mirror only at one side.

I forgot to prepare bathbombs, but we don't have car to drive to Pavilion , to the Lush to buy bathroom. Luckily, we managed to buy bathboom through Grab market. Quite convenient to be frank. Cost me Rm 16 + Rm 5 (delivery) in the end.

Image from Buzzfeed

One thing that I forgot to bring to the hotel is the bathbombs. I would highly suggest you do bring some if you are checking in hotel with bath tubs. Somehting that I would like to do!

You can bring essential oil and bath bomb to spice up your bathtub bathing experience!

Here are some of the places where you can get bath bombs

Shopee : Bodyearth.os

Lush : Always famous for their bath bombs

The nearest store is a pavilion from the Majestic Hotel if you want to buy it in person.

I would love to drop by Lush to get one. I mean I know it is expensive (Rm 50 for one), but I was so in the holiday mood myself . Also, Lush selling Bathbomb that is fresh.

(The freshier it is, the more fizzing it will be )

Or maybe, if you are someone who love DIY, you can make the bathbomb yourself and try it out!

Although this photo is blur and seem meaningless, but it capture the holiday vibes! Me like it!

The aesthetic decor right outside the lift at the lobby area. Worth to take seconds look

Dinner

At the colonial cafe

I love this so much. The free and easy moment of both of us. Although it is true that we will still look at the phone on and off. But I mean that's the people's lifestyle now, doesn't it?

We thought that dinner at the Majestic Hotel is a buffet style dinner, but here as you can see. It is a simple 3-course dinner with

1. soup

2. main

3.pudding

For me, it is ordinary. A balanced meal with protein and vegetable.

Wild Mushroom soup with garlic crouton

Served with hot bun & butter cream.

You can have higher expectation when it comes to food like pastries bread...Food that served during high tea, because the Majestic Hotel is quite well known for its afternoon high tea session.

Below are the main courses we have had.