After several hours of frustration liaising between our travel agent back in Perth and the hotel management to organise a refund, we finally went to check in at the Novatel. Up until then we had had a gloomy morning since we had not had anything to eat. However, as soon as we stepped into the reception lobby of the Novatel, our spirits were lifted just looking at the decor and the difference to the hotel we had just left. Things were starting to turn around for us today!!
We went in search for somewhere to have some local food for lunch but alas, it was a public holiday so we ended up at the hotel's restaurant. There were two things on the menu that were local dishes - laksa and Hainanese chicken rice. You guessed it, when the waitress came to take our order, we eagerly asked for three chicken rices. The waitress smiled regretably, "sorry, the chicken rice is actually not available today". DOH! DOH! DOH! We settled for the laksa.
In the evening we met up with Christina and Laurie and had a drink at the hotel's bar before heading out to the Esplanade for the Chinese New Year 'Hongboa' celebrations. We watched the fireworks nearby before heading into the market/food arena. We were in food stall heaven!! I started off with a cup of sweet corn kernels. We bought lots of little dishes to share:
mee siam
sweet potato dumplings
shark fin soup
japanese octopus balls
thai papaya salad
Ok...those were just the dishes that I bought to share...I can't remember what everyone else bought...heehee *oink*
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