SUPPER TIME IN AFTER YOU CAFE AT CENTRAL HATYAI

   22ND NOVEMBER 2024    ~ A friend recommended this After You Cafe in Central Hatyai and I spotted the eating place when I saw a l queue forming outside.

We went inside to join the crowd and to experience having super like the locals of Southern Thailand.

before

There were many people in the cafe but there were still seats. People came here just to buy the cafe's popular food product at this moment: soft butter buns. They bought the buns for takeaway.

after

The buns we soft and the inside was oozing with sweet and creamy butter which tasted more like cream cheese to me. The kind of bread that senior citizens would love as minimum chewing activities would be necessary. My other friend also recommended this specific bun as a must-buy/must-eat food item in Hatyai.

That was the one and only time for our gastronomic adventure that took place in a mall in Hatyai.

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RECCEING CENTRAL HATYAI MALL

   22ND NOVEMBER 2024    ~ After the floating market, we took a Grab Car and headed to Central Hatyai Mall, which was actually not far from the hotel where we were staying.

The original intention was to recce and look around for anything interesting so we would have the idea what to shop later. However, shopping could just happen without proper planning. Many Malaysians come here [especially women] to shop and they always go for the beauty products, and fashion and accessory items as well.

The shopping malls in Hatyai would close at 9:00 p.m. [Bangkok time] and we actually did not have much time to spend in Central Hatyai that evening.

I was more interested with the food court located on the basement level of the mall as there were a variety of local food sold in a more modern manner. I did not get anything to bring back as we had had supper at one cafe there.

We did make a return trip to Hatyai Central the next day.

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MY GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE AT SETIA CITY MALL

25th MAY 2024 ~ It was lunch for Mr. Ridwan and Puan Suhaila but I would just consider this my meal for tea time as I had had mine during the wedding reception earlier. We stopped at this restaurant in Setia City Mall called Sepiring which served western and local delicacies.

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We all went traditional here: I had Curry Laksa, Mr. Ridwan chose Nasi Kerabu while Puab Suhaila settled for Gado Gado.

Lunch was done and the mall hopping activity had come to its end. My gastronomic adventure, however, still continued after this. Mr. Ridwan and his wife made sure I got my dinner before flying back home to Johor Bahru. [READ HERE] I always feel I am getting fatter after seeing these two people.

MY KL/SELANGOR MALL HOPPING ACTIVITY - TROPICANA GARDENS AND SETIA CITY MALL

25TH MAY 2024 ~ After exploring KL Gateway Mall, I was then made my way to Tropicana Gardens in Kota Damansara to meet my dearest friends who played the hosts again, Mr. Ridwan and Puan Suhaila. By now, I was already an expert on how to get to that side of the city on LRT and MRT.

I was literally hopping from one mall to another. This could be a continuation of our mall hopping activity in Batam, Indonesia, which happened just the week before.

There was a book fair that was taking place at the atrium of the mall, and I successfully did not buy any books at all. I have to remind myself time and time again I still have many unread books at home.

Mr. Ridwan and Puan Suhaila were waiting for me in a cafe, then we hopped to the next mall: Setia City Mall.

At my age, I no longer do mall hopping activity anymore. Going to the mall means there should be something I need to buy, or people to meet in a cafe or restaurant. I even have stopped watching movies at the cinemas nowadays.

Actually, there were shops selling household items in this mall which Puan Suhaila wanted to show me as I was looking for something to buy.

The mall hopping activity sure made us hungry again and we went to one of the restaurants for lunch [even though I had had lunch at the wedding reception a few hours before]. There would always be extra meals when I was with these two people - and I was not complaining.