Hatyai Trip - Part 2: Foodies in Hatyai

We arrived in Hatyai at 1pm. Aloha Hotel was just about 4 minutes away from the Hatyai Junction train station. I turned on my offline map and we made our walk towards the Hotel (50% on my hunch..shhh don't tell my travelling partner).

We passed by a KFC restaurant along the way and they had a big banner of cheesy chicken on display, the one that was discontinued in Malaysia some time ago, the same one that is dearly missed. Hunger immediately made a nasty nudge on our tummies, considering our body clock was way passed 2pm Malaysia time. Lucky for us, the hotel room was ready and check-in process was a breeze. Dropped our bags, refreshed for a bit and made our way for the first food stop in our list.

Centara Hotel's PadThai - well, I don't know if this was the best PadThai in Hatyai but it served us well. It wasn't complicated, the place was nice, proper and it got us recharged for our next quest.

Hatyai Trip - Part 1: Train to Hatyai

We had an extra Public Holiday at our disposal on Tuesday of 30th July 2019. We thought, let's excite what would be a normal weekend of eating, shopping-malling, be on the road, with something not so different but not entirely predictable either. What we had in mind was basically, let's do 'Penang' but with an extra zest.

So we took Monday off for a trip out of town, which eventually became out of the country, to another food haven, shopping paradise, massage treatment, cheaper hotel rates but with the same crisp bedsheets, that is Hatyai.

We measured our options, booked a hotel with a location between the train station and the town, and yes, we ditched the car and chose to play a little backpacking by riding the trains.

A Picnic for Two

A throwback to July to that time when we accidentally outdone ourselves in the kitchen for a picnic for two.

So extra

- buttered rice

- sweet and sour ikan bawal

- ikan goreng and fried trout

- banana choc muffin with a touch of cinnamon 😍😍

- keropok ikan and keropok lekor

- karipap

- papaya and cavendish

- nasik goreng from last night

Typhoon's Tail

This post is a bit lengthy, recalling the typhoon that hit the northern region on the eve of the long Hari Raya Aidil Adha weekend, 9th August 2019. Though the impact was not as bad as how Langkawi received, the 100km/h typhoon tail was still terrifying to a certain extent over in Penang.

At the time this post was written (15th Aug 2019 in Facebook), news websites reported some 300 trees were uprooted, softening the impact of the typhoon for the residence. Dubbed the costliest typhoon, the recorded total damage exceeded RM60 million.

Meteorology department circulated warning did not reach most of us in time. Thus, how me and my partner in crime ended up caught in the middle, along with thousands of other road users en route home for their Raya holidays over the weekend.