Grand Paragon Hotel at Century Garden, Johor Bahru

Grand Paragon Hotel 4* (N1 28.867 E103 45.700) is one of the famous hotel at Johor Bahru at the moment. It's located at the junction of Jalan Harimau and Jalan Seladang of Century Garden (Taman Abad), Johor Bahru.

We stayed here for one night on the day our company having the Annual Dinner at the Sky Lounge (26th Floor) of Grand Paragon Hotel. The room rate we had was a special discount! I only paid MYR160.00 for a room with 2 Queen bed. That was really reasonable because the published rate on their website is MYR230.00 for Standard room and MYR250.00 for Deluxe room.

The 2 Queen Bed room was spacious and so do the bathroom!

The bathroom of the room at Grand Paragon Hotel, JB.

We checked-in about 1pm, and have plenty of time to explore around the hotel area....

The main entrance. The staircase at the end is towards the Japanese Restaurant at M Floor.

The lobby area is spacious!

You will fall asleep if you relax on the sofa, because the Air-Conditional was cold...

Nice Lightning!

Japanese Restaurant at M Floor

After the Ground and M Floor, we continue to 11th Floor, the swimming pool...

The swimming pool of Grand Paragon Hotel

The swimming pool is kind of special which located outdoor and in the shape of half circle. It's not the Olympics size but it's comfort enough...



I woke up late in the next morning and I missed the breakfast! But my wife and my daughter were enjoyed the delicious breakfast very much!

Overall, we are satisfied with the 4 stars Hotel and the staffs are very friendly! It's worth to have a comfort stay at Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru.



Rated : 4.8/5

GRAND PARAGON HOTEL

18, Jalan Harimau, Century Garden, 80250, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Tel : +607-268 5222

Fax : +607-268 5333

Email : info@grandparagonhotel.com.my

Website : www.grandparagonhotel.com.my

Reservation Hotline : 607-268 5331 / 607-268 5332

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The Sky Lounge Of Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru

The Sky Lounge is situated on 26th Floor of Grand Paragon Hotel, Century Garden - Johor Bahru. The company I attached with was held the Annual Dinner in the lounge on January 2010. That gave me a chance to explore the Highest Lounge in Johor Bahru for the moment!

The entrance of Sky Lounge, Grand Paragon Hotel

The dinner started about 7pm on that day, before that...some of my colleagues already enjoy their ice cold beer in the lounge. Alcohol is serve mostly for the local or foreign company when they celebrates their Annual Dinner. Even the Wine and Liquor were serve in the house, but I'm only enjoyed the Tiger Cold Beer...:)



The beer serve in 'Tower', during the 'Happy Hour', the charges is MYR108.00 and MYR128 after 'Happy Hour'.

And the foods served on that night was pretty delicious, they had Local food, Japanese food and International food...



The foods for the night :-

The local food and fruits

I Love the Japan Sashimi on the left!

I had this Roast Lamb a lot! My favorite! :)

There were Only 3 Lovely Ladies (waitress) serve the party in such a big Lounge on the Top of the Hotel...They did it well!

The Lovely waitress of Sky Lounge

Beside the foods and drinks, there was a Nice Red Piano display on the left of the stage. The performer play some nice song during the performance...

The RED Piano in the lounge

Another advantage of the lounge is...you can take the Johor Bahru city photo from the open air balcony! Because of the height of the Hotel, the vision is from Johor bahru City till Singapore. That was nice! I will share in my next post.



As usual, our colleagues and guests arrived about 8pm. Everyone were enjoy their food very much! Following with performer on the stage and lastly...the lucky draw. The First price was a 32" Sharp LCD TV! But I didn't get it...:)

I was attracted by the lighting in the lounge while others were busy with their foods....

There was a Cigar Bar at the right side of the lounge, if you are cigar lover, you will definitely love the environment!



Overall, we were satisfied with the services provided and also the foods. The dinner party end about 12 midnight and left some colleagues and guests chit-chatting until 3am in the morning! (I'm one of them...)



I'll be back again, not for the alcohol but for the spectacular night view of Johor Bahru!

Zi Wei Yuan Steamboat Restaurant at Butterworth, Penang.

Zi Wei Yuan Steamboat Restaurant (N5 26.334 E100 23.200) is located along Jalan Raja Uda of Butterworth. The shop is opposite the Appollo Hawker Center of Jalan Raja Uda. I believe this restaurant is started business not too long ago, it's quite new...

We were having our dinner here on the Qing Ming trip back to Penang.



The restaurant serve two type of steamboat (included the fish), 'Fried Fish Steamboat' and 'Grouper Fish Steamboat'. We took the Grouper Fish Steamboat...



I was surprised when I look into the milky soup! And we Love the tasty soup Very Much!!

Zi Wei Yuan Charcoal Steamboat

Only about 3 minutes, our table was filled with seafood dishes. But still have to wait for about 5 minutes to let the soup heat up...(that's the advantage of having steamboat! Haha!)

Cutterfish

Scallops

Big prawns

Squids (Sotong)

Pork ball

Beside the dishes above, there were some pork intestines, vegetables and noodles too...and the special chili sauce was great!

The homemade chili sauce

I  like the DIY small fan power by Rechargeable Battery that continuously blow from the bottom...it last till we finish everything on the table.

The special DIY small fan

Once we started to taste the delicious seafood steamboat, we cannot stop until everything finish! :)

We were satisfied with the foods especially the 'Soup'! It was bit sweet and spicy, this was the first time I ever taste such a nice soup!



The Damage - MYR145.00 for 4 adults and 1 child (Included A jug of Chinese Herbal Tea). Reasonable price and we will be back again on our next Penang trip!

Zi Wei Yuan Steamboat Restaurant

6525, Jalan Raja Uda,

Butterworth.

Tel : +604-3312736   Mobile : +6012-4524741

(Close on every Wednesday)

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Padang Brown Lok Lok, Penang

Padang Brown Lok Lok  (N5 24.861 E100 19.003)

My last visit here was about 10 years ago! My parents like to bring me here when I was a kid...during that time, everyone at Penang just named it The Padang. And I only realised this time the area called "Padang Brown", I believe the Restaurant on Penang Hill was named from the same person 'David Brown'. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

The Padang Brown Hawker Center of Penang

We were having our lunch here after the Qing Ming Festival. I missed the Lok-lok very much, and I felt comfortable and enjoy having the lok-lok even under the hot sunny day! :)

The Lok-Lok

The empty table was fill up in a minutes! And it has everything on the table...



"Lok Lok is similar to a steamboat where fresh food is skewered on
bamboo sticks and cooked in a pot of boiling water, dip into the
special sauce and you are in for a great time trying 30 over different
varieties. For example fresh clam, cuttlefish, fish ball, sea snail,
jelly fish." Source from here.

Beside the foods, I also love the chili sauce very much! Which mixed with dark sweet sauce which I cannot find elsewhere at Johor.

The Chili and the Dark Sweet Sauce for the Lok Lok

Some photos of the Lok Lok...

Spring roll with crab meat

The Jelly Fish

Beside the Lok Lok, I also ordered the Penang Assam Laksa. And surprisingly, it was delicious! Almost the same standard as the Famous Ayer Itam Assam Laksa!



The Damage for the Penanag Padang Lok Lok : MYR55.00 included drinks for 4 adults and 1 child. My stomach was full and it last me until 10pm dinner! Haha!

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