Don’t be late…

One reason why I hate early morning flights is that I would be worried the whole night through that I would oversleep and wake up late and miss the flight even though I would have requested for a morning call and I have set the alarm on my hand phone…and I would not be able to sleep a wink!

Well, thankfully, none of the above happened during my recent trip…but since I was up early, I went to the airport hotel restaurant, the Melting Pot, for breakfast…

This is the only hotel that I know that serves breakfast so early. Most would start at 6.30 or 7.00 a.m. and if one is staying in KL and has to catch a cab to KLIA for the early morning flight to Sibu, he or she would have to give it a miss – there will not be time for that.

Here, they start at 5.00 a.m. or is it 5.30…and there will be quite a number of people already…

I guess they’re all taking off pretty early like me including Annie-Q‘s mum who was flying off to Taiwan with her friends. You can see her in the above photograph enjoying the food served.

They have this coffee machine now…

…so you can have freshly-ground and brewed coffee…

…at the press of the button. Last time, they had those stainless steel canisters with the little golden-coloured copper taps but if no one bothered to refill the coffee, you might have to get someone to do so in which case, you would have to wait a while. In case anyone is interested, I think I saw them at the hotel lobby to the right of the reception counter where the concierge is. I guess you can have free tea or coffee while waiting to check in or check out of the hotel. This is another thing that I do not find in other hotels – some may give you a welcome drink voucher but you will have to go to the coffee house or lobby lounge to make use of it. I suspect that this is yet another business tactic of theirs to get you to go there and while you’re having your drink, you may be tempted to order something – a cake or a sandwich perhaps.

I had this, initially…

– some char kway teow, macaroni and corned beef hash, one deep-fried gyoza, a grilled sausage and some slices of smoked beef.

I liked the sausage, so I went back for some more…

…and with those, I had a waffle with butter and syrup and a fried egg, sunny side up. That was all I had for breakfast, all washed down with two cups of coffee and a glass of fresh orange juice.

Well, if anyone is interested, these are their current food promotions for the month of August…

I do not think they have the  buka puasa buffet anymore as Ramadhan had come and gone but at RM55++, I must say that it is a whole lot cheaper than the other hotels and restaurants in KL, Selangor and elsewhere. When I checked in late afternoon the day before. I caught a whiff of them roasting the lamb and it smelt really good and I would certainly have gone for it had it not been for the fact that I had been eating the whole day first in Seremban and then in Malacca. Anyone interested in the Merdeka Day Hi-Tea Special? It’s RM35++ only and that’s not very expensive, don’t you think? As a matter of fact, I went for their hi-tea buffet once before – you can check my posts on it here and also here.

Well, that morning, I did not want to dilly-dally and linger around to have a bit of this and a bit of that as I did not have the luxury of time. I had to go and settle my bill and check out of the hotel quickly and hop on the shuttle…

…to KLIA for my flight home. As you can see in the photograph, there were a lot of quests taking the complimentary hotel transport and some had to stand but the airport is just a couple of minutes away so it’s no big deal really.

All things considered, despite some slight hitches that I had mentioned in my previous post, I certainly would consider staying at this hotel again, as and when necessary, should I go travelling again in future.