This year’s family holiday, we went back to Port Dickson. In line with our austerity drive to have local holidays these next few years, 2 months ago I booked 3 nights in Grand Lexis PD Executive Pool Villas for RM2000 (room can fit 4 pax). I thought wow, that’s even cheaper than last year’s price! I only found out why when I checked in. RM2000 is for room only, no breakfast. this slight inconvenience turned out to be a good thing for us, we saved the money and spent more time in the room and pool rather than having to rush for breakfast every morning.
But anyway.
Friday morning we took a slow drive to Seremban first. the good thing about nearby cuti-cuti Malaysia – can take a slow drive there, no need to rush to airport or wake up early to beat traffic jams. First on the itinerary was Beef Noodles in the Seremban wet market. We first tried it last year, loved it so much, wanted to try it again.
this time we tried the other stall in the wet market, a few stalls down from the famous one. Regretfully it didn’t taste as great. there and then we decided to come back the next day or Sunday.
after the early brunch, the next thing on our touristy itinerary was – SIEW PAU! Oh sure, you’ll say its overrated, can buy anywhere in KL, etc. But what else is there to do in Seremban? Besides, I kinda like siew pau, especially the ones my mom used to buy from my hometown Muar.
Last year we tried Asia Siew Pau, supposed the best in town, it was really good. this time, we opted for the more famous Empayar Siew Pau. You know, the huge place you can see next to the Plus Highway. The building is huge, but largely deserted. I guess they planned it to be a mall with ample parking, but no one moved there, except the siew pau store. but they’ve recently also opened a restaurant right in front of the siew pau shop specializing in Lukut Curry Chicken Bun.
Empayar, just like Asia, sells more than siew pau – they also sell other confectionary like kaya kok, curry puffs, lou por peng (wife biscuit) etc. So my take? Both are equally good, up to a certain level I can’t really tell the difference between the two.
From Seremban its a slow drive to Grand Lexis. We stayed in the Executive Pool Villa, but this was a slightly smaller unit from last years, on the upside, our room was really near the carpark (although still above the water).
We didn’t leave the hotel until lunch the next day, we spent all our time napping and swimming.
Lunch the next day Saturday was back to Seremban to try the original beef noodles in the market. Then with nothing much else to do, we drove to Seremban 2 (very nice township) to visit Aeon Jusco. the place, apparently the most happening mall in Seremban now, is very much like Station 18 in Ipoh. Walking around took us just 45 mins, so sat in Starbucks drinking coffee and McDonald’s ice-cream (Old Town Coffee was so packed we couldn’t get a table). After getting some snacks and bread from Jusco, back to hotel for swim and dinner of cup noodles.
And then we didn’t leave the hotel again until dinner on Sunday, which was at this forgettable restaurant opposite Giant in Lukut.
On Monday after checking out, we have dinner at the famous Lucky Bun King (curry chicken bun) in Lukut before heading home.
Short, cheap holidays, but great memories with the family.