Legend of the Seas Land Excursions - Patong Beach, Phuket

Day 3, lands you in Phuket at 1pm, and like when we were in Port Kelang in Malaysia, we decided to forego with what the cruise was offering and went to choose our own adventure when we reached the shore.
However, the place was much more chaotic than Port Kelang which was more organized. Here, Divers would surround you and haggle with you till no end.. well, there is an end, when you choose one of them . They will offer trips to nearby destination.
Our Driver brought us to a Elephant and Snake show, which we were ot interested.
He then borught us to a shop that sells local delicacies, like tamarind candies etc..
Then he brought us to a jewelry factory, even when we said we dont want to go.. thet say that the company provides them with vouchers for free gas just to bring customers, even if we dont buy any stuff from them.
Lastly i asked them to bring us to a good thai restaurant.
NOTE TO ALL... never let them drive you to a restaurant.. and never go to this restaurant.
Its expensive and not that good
here is what we had. Tom yum soup and chicken and crab wantons.. both are sub par and forgettable




Not full after that meal, we went to the beach side to find some thai food... we were at awe that there were 3 Mcdonalds in a short stretch of beach road and a lot of places serving pizzas.
We were able to find this restaurant in one of the sides streets.



Ordered a Prawn pancake-

which was nicely fried though my only complant is the breading was a bit thickm but otherwise, the filling was good
Pad Thai-

was so-so, not something i would order here again
Thai ice tea-
was also a bit anemic and bland.
Should i therefore conclude that Patong beach doesnt really offer good thai food... hmmm...

Land Excursions - Royal Carribean Cruise Legend of the Seas

Day 2 of the cruise will bring you to Port Kelang.. From the Port, the Cruise itself offers a lot of Land exursions to choose from
But we chose to go by ourselves and took a taxi from the port to SUNWAY PYRAMID which cost 50USD for one taxi to fit 4 people..roundtrip fare, which was 30-45 minutes away from the Port. (Kuala lumpur is an hour away)
THis mall is in the heart of Petaling Jaya, and has a amusemnt park and a hotel connected to it. We have 5 hours to go around the mall, and it was really huge.
Some food find here were Daily Fresh Snow ice..


chose the Honeydew melon flavored. ice was fresly shaved to a fine consistency tnat was very enjoyable and easy to it. The flavor of the Honeydew was evident and cools ur system in a jiff:)

Beside it is this stall. called Mr. Siew bao,



i tried there Chicken and cheese bao. Nothing special here, couldnt really taste the cheese. THe crust was crispy and flaky. which was quite different from the usual steam vao we are used too.
Then for lunch we headed to Dragon-I, one of the most famous chinese restaurant in Malaysia.

The Xiao long bao here were very good,



better than Crystal jade or Imperial treasure, the amount of soup inside amounted to a whole soup spoon. the skin was steamed perfectly, no dry portions.
The double boiled soup was great,
clean tasting and the chicken was tender and falling off the bone.. well, it was double boiled... hahaha
The honey spareribs were also good, crispy in the outside, soft tender meat and fat that just melted as soon as you chew on it.,
i just dont like the plate they used,
such a waste of space.
The salted egg yolk prawns were not that good though..
lacks in flavor, a bit bland.
The fried rice was also good..
very nice wok hei, and the grains were well separated and seasoned evenly.
The last dish was the braised pork belly,
which was also spoon tender and just melts in your mouth when you eat it. See the layers of meat and fat,
just perfect. The steam buns were the right companion to this dish.

Royal Carribean Cruise Legend of the Seas

So, thats the end of the series
This post will talk about what i didnt like about the cruise ship
Finding the room was a bit of a hassle, cause of the small numbers that indicate which rooms are on one side or the other.
As you can see in the pic, this is the view when you are at the stairs So you really have to go near it just to see if your room is on that side.
Another thing is the place where they show movies, The place is not really a theater, it just have a white screen and a projector. you can hear the sound of the performance going on at the floor below;
then, the movie dont even have chinese subtitles. Even if more than half of the passengers are chinese speaking. And.. the movie copy is not even high quality. wasnt very clear.
But, on the plus side, service was exceptional(well except for the cooking of my meats) Staff here are very nice and courteous.
I think the most important thing.. as with any vacation, is travel with people you enjoy the company with. I was with family, which is for me the best company there is.
Will i travel Royal Carribean again.. my answer is.. depends on the company.. :)

Royal Carribean Cruise Legend of the Seas Day 4

Day Four
Day for of the trip, lets you stay in the Ship the whole day, with activites through out the whole day
the breakfast is the usual breakfast that i have been showing you. so we will skip.
Linch is a choice of three venues, Romeo and juliet, Windjammers or Outside poolside,

where a BARBEQUE is set up.

Hotdogs and Hamburgers and RIBS galore
The Burger you can get as many patties and cheese and top it with bacon,

like i did.. juicy and meaty!!
THe ribs are terribly GOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD.
very tender and well marinated.
There is also free flow soft served ice cream.. yum yum


Then you have the afternnon to rest, watch a movie, play casino etc etc,
Last Dinner at the Romeo and Juliet. I got the Chef Signature Menu.

THe bread as usual was good..
if it was warm, it would have been better
THe antipasti platter, was good.
Prosciuto wrapped melon, grilled veggies and roasted garlic. Another appetizer offers is the Scallops with corn risotto,
which i was surpirsed cooked well.:)
The Lamb Shanks were very tender,
falling of the bone tender even..
Another main that was offersd was Black angus Sirloin..

but as usual, it was not done the way i like it, cooked to the point that all the pinkness of the meat is almost gone.. so sad...
Desserts: Raspberry panna cotta-- mediocre.. below average

Warm Chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, was good though...