Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Breakfast @ The Pomelo Restaurant, The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat, Ipoh, Malaysia

How would you like waking up to this view every morning?



After a good night's rest in our beautiful water villa, we woke up early the next morning and headed straight to the hotsprings. There was noone else around, it was so serene as all we could hear were the birds chirping and our own voices. We watched the sun rise and soaked our stress away in the hotsprings. What a wonderful feeling! I certainly wouldn't mind doing this more often.

The hotsprings is surrounded by limestone caves and beautiful nature.


After a relaxing and rejuvenating soak in the hotsprings, we went to The Pomelo Restaurant for breakfast. This time, we sat at one of the gazebos outfront.

Gazebos


Main dining area


To start, we shared a tropical fruit platter (RM16), a variety of fruits in season - we were served some mango, orange, green apples, plum, honeydew and dragon fruit.


Freshly squeezed orange juice - too much pulp!!


While we were waiting for our breakfast to be served, we spotted a giant lizard just by the edge of the gazebo! We were literally dining with nature!

I had the spinach egg benedict (RM33) prepared using three organic eggs. The poached eggs were nicely cooked with a beautiful runny yolk, served with grilled tomato, sauteed mushrooms, spinach, hash brown, chicken sausage and hash brown.  The only thing missing was the hollandaise sauce but I enjoyed it nonetheless.


Hubby had the Scrambled egg with smoked salmon (RM35), the egg was slightly overdone. It was served with hash brown, spinach, sauteed mushrooms, chicken sausage and hash brown.

See previous reviews here: Madam Lawrence Aboucaya organic event, Lunch at Pomelo Restaurant, Hotel Review: The Villas and Dinner at Pomelo Restaurant. 

Full set of photos available to view here. 

Opening times: Breakfast (7.00am-11.00am), Lunch (12.00pm-2.00pm), Dinner (6.00pm-10.00pm).

Location: The Pomelo Restaurant, The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat, 1 Persiaran Lagun Sunway 3, 31150 Ipoh, Perak.

Tel: 05-210 7777

Website: http://www.thebanjaran.com

GPS Coordinates: 4.63082, 101.15617

19 comments:

  1. arrggggh! this post should have come with a warning right on top: "Do Not Read if you're trapped in an office cubicle and stressing out over a boatload of work" :D

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    1. Awwww!! Hope today is a better day for you.

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  2. This is one place tht I really want to go this year. But I don't have enough days off anymore!!! *sob* =(

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    1. Weekend getaway? Not too far a drive from KL

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  3. the breakfast look not too impressive. :(

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    1. The eggs Benedict was decent, eggs nicely cooked.

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  4. Nice place! I went there once, but cannot go in..X(

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    1. You need to either be staying there or eating in the restaurant. Then you can go in.

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  5. I like the environment, peaceful and full of green, good for weekend getaway. :)

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    1. Yes me too. A really nice place to unwind after a stressful week.

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  6. what a view of mother nature! definately an R&R getaway... yr pics looked so peaceful... XD

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    1. Limestone caves, hotsprings, beautiful nature.. cant ask for more.

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  7. Sighh..even though Wendy works in Sunway..this will probably be the closest we get to tasting Banjaran food. hahaha

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    1. The food, to be honest is not that great. But the resort is.

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  8. I will runaway immediately if I saw the lizard *shivering*

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