Mines Wellness Hotel :: for business and pleasure

A room with a view~

Don't think we are a super lovey dovey romantic couple because we are not. Although I know my husband is completely crazy about me, there are many different versions of crazy. I can imagine now his exasperated look at me as he addresses another one of my idealistic issues--as he calls it. Bismillahitawakkal tu ala'Allah.

Thus is the introduction to the next romantic getaway post. This time we are staying and reviewing the Mines Wellness Hotel. As organizer to a workshop for the faculty, Ms Saraswathy, the manager, has kindly and most wonderfully obliged me and partner a complimentary room and dinner, and I thought the place was awesome and deserves an awesome review.

We arrived around 8 pm and were put in Room 525 which has a king-size bed and an amazing view of the lake. True, there was a ferry cruising on it playing loud ghastly music, but even that didn't affect my mood. Just sitting on the porch and staring at the lights as it bounced off the lake gave me the most serene feeling of calmness. It must be the water. Hubs was smiling too as he ipadded and youtubed. There was a No Smoking RM200 fine sign if you smoked in the room or even if we remotely suspected you smoked in the room which I found quite amusing. Nama pun Wellness Hotel kan. But hubs was not deterred. He gave new meaning to the saying where there's a will there's a way.

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And her SO

We went down for dinner at 9 pm and if it weren't for the family at the next table and the waiters, we would be the only ones there. Dinner was satisfying, although I felt everything needed a dash of salt. But then I remembered we are taking about Wellness here and salt should be restricted for better health. Mushroom soup? check! Chicken salad? check check! Ceaser salad? Big check! Grilled fish? Super check! and hubs meal: mixed red meat platter. Check!! Diet down the drain? Very big CHECK!

Our freshly blended juices. On the house~

Chicken salad. A very small serving. But just enough!

Ceasar salad. Less salt for better health. 

Hubs unhealthy meat platter. To compensate for the healthy salads
we had earlier. Ngehh~~

Bottom-line, I loved the place and so did hubs. We had a very very very pleasant evening there and slept like logs with the curtains open facing a most serene view. The fact that the stay was free and food salt-free made the stay even more awesome. However, I wouldn't mind paying if each stay was as comfortable and refreshing as this one. On a side note, the workshop that kicked off the next day was great too and some of my friends and colleagues complimented on the place and food.

Thank you Ms Saraswathy for having us on very short notice. Looking forward to many more workshops and stays at Mines Wellness in the near future.

Mines Wellness Hotel
Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Excellent for Workshops~
Reasonably priced~

Cleanliness: B
Food: B+
Price: A
Service: B (food was a bit slow to arrive), everything else was great.
Atmosphere: A++ wonderful.
Satisfaction Level: A (very happy with stay)

Papa John's. Best pizza ever. Period.

with my babies. At Papa John's

Last Sunday was a Papa John's weekend. I had promised a Papa John's review back in May 2013. A promise is a promise. Better late than never. Biar lambat asalkan selamat because Papa John's has got to be the best pizza makers in the entire world and I want this review to be so perfect, your next stop this weekend is Papa Johns even if you have to drive all the way from Selatan Thai to get here.

I am sure your current favourite pizza place is Pizza Hut and you've probably ordered Dominoes countless times. But seriously, Papa John's is really special~ See, Papa Johns is the only pizza makers in the whole wide world (to my knowledge at least) that comes with this amazing garlic butter dip that can make your taste-bud plop and your fat cells multiply at twice the normal rate. And you wouldn't care about the dip if you're used to ordering Pizza Hut and Dominoes. Because Pizza Hut and Dominoes are in a conspiracy to cover up the dip by Papa Johns. Because they want the dip so bad but they can't because Papa John's came up with it first.

The epitome of all pizza sauces. Papa Johm's garlic butter sauce.
Simply dip your pizza into sauce then take huge bite.

We had this. And then ordered cheesy bread and spaghetti some more.

cheesy bread. Love at first bite.

All-meat pizza. A++

Spaghetti and breadsticks: A!

chicken balls. Awesome. 

Verdict on the deliciousness of Papa John's are as follows: I give Papa John's a 9 out of 10. My husband says 9.5, Armand, my 13 year-old says 8 and Iman, my 8 year-old says 6. Qayyum, my 5 year-old didn't say anything, he was busy with his spaghetti. But if this was a thesis we could see a correlation between age vs. score given: Qayyum would probably give Papa Johns 3. Regardless, the last 3 sample scores do not represent the mature population so we can and will overwrite them. Conclusion: at 9.25 over 10 Papa John's is the best. 

There's a good deal running in Groupon for Papa John's: a RM50 voucher for RM25. Definitely get one of those because I think my husband paid RM100++ for our meal (Thanks abang. Only Allah can repay your love and kindness~~). If I still haven't convinced you Papa John rocks, it's okay. I won't take it personally. Not everybody likes pizza. Only highly sophisticated bookwormy ambitious nerdy really fit people do. 

Papa John's
IOI mall or AEON Seri Kembangan 

Cleanliness: A
Food: A (my favourite pizza). I wish they delivered to Bangi.
Price: Standard for Pizza. Get the Groupon.
Satisfaction Level: A
Service: C -- quite slow. But it seems to me Pizza restaurants always have slow waiters.
Atmosphere: B+