Bondahaven : The First, One and Only Spa For Mom & Mom To Be In Malaysia!
Salam and Hello lovelies!
Indeed, the name of the spa itself
literally shows what they are.
Bondahaven, a definite haven,
fantastic one I must say,
to us all - women, especially
the moms and mommy to be,
because this spa totally embracing
the motherhood journey, really.
From the moment I’ve been there,
I’ve only felt wonderful.
At first, by how welcomed they are,
then because it’s literally are kids
friendly environment in here.
FYI, Bondahaven is a spa that offers
variety range of services which includes
Lactation Consult, Body and Foot Massage,
Rituals, Manicure, Pedicure, Facial,
Sauna, Herbal Compress and other
confinement care, motherhood classes
to join, and more!
Founded by Dr. Tengku Nur ‘Atiqah,
whom a medical doctor, lactation counsellor,
and a mommy herself with such an avid
breastfeeding advocate.
Hence, wether you’re pregnant,
a working mom, stay at home mom,
or a single mom, Bondahaven
is like a helping hand,
ones that empowering and support
each one of us in motherhood’s journey,
not to mention it’s also the first
holistic breastfeeding centre in Malaysia
that integrates modern science
with the Malay traditional maternal care.
To be honest, it’s not just me that
happy to be there.
That is because for the ones whom
have to wait while the mommy’s having
me time pampering session,
there’s a waiting room, the bomb
honestly, because they occupied
you with Netflix, toys / play section
for the kids, comfy sofa and all there.
Yeah I know my husband definitely
are ecstatic to babysit the kids
for me that time there!
Even me myself wouldn’t mind
to wait haha!
sneak peak of the waiting room! watch my video for full closure later yea 😊
Okay let’s go on with my pampering session.
I’ve chose traditional Malay massage
for the day which the duration is around
90 minutes per session.
Before I go in, one of the staff there,
Ms Hajar, welcome me
with a herbal tea and go on with
choosing my essential oil for the massage.
After that, I’m up for foot soaking first
in a bit, then we’re going to the massage room.
It’s kind of huge - there are several room with
massage bed, and other are on the floor massage,
yet there are all complete with veils / curtain
partition to separate and make each one
private during each session.
Foot session area
Now here’s the massage area
Actually they’ll dimmed the light when the massage session started, it’s really comfortable & private here i totally loveeeee it!
What I love is that I don’t have to
walk around from one place to another
in order to change cloth and
put my things away,
as it’s just all in one place,
until I finished my massage session.
So yessss to privacy and complete
comfortable feeling during massage session!
As for the massage, I really do loves it!
It does exceeded my expectations!
To be honest, when it comes to massage,
I’m one whom not really easy to please
as I (my body) tend to react a bit different
with those massage’s point pressures.
Yet my therapist for that day (Ms Fakhriyah)
really works amazingly as my body
can accept each pressures calmly,
and turns out wonderfully
as I feel lighter, no aches,
pain had relief and yet all energised!
Thank you and thumbs up!
This traditional Malay massage is
a full body massage, except face area.
So yes with such great therapists,
it’ll do you amazingly!
To be honest, I’d love to make this
session and more as my monthly
routine if I could, haha!
Here’s are the price details for each services
that been offered here in Bondahaven :-
Seriously, woman to woman, either pregnant or not, you should totally come and try pampering yourself here once in a while! I bet you’re gonna loves it as much as I do!
Easiest Homemade Bruschetta - No baguette no problem!
Hello lovelies, here we are again!
Before I begin, I’d love to wish
Happy Eid to all,
although seems kinda late but
I wish to all may this year’s Eid
brings out the best, better than the previous.
So, as we all love our Hari Raya dishes,
some usual (but-not-that-Eid-ish-kinda-snack)
could stands out to our appetite of the day.
As for me, when it comes to
easy peasy homemade snack,
there are plenty to choose but
this time, I’m choosing bruschetta.
As we can go wild adjusting
(making) our own topping,
it’s also tend to be
on the go friendly, and
kids loving it too hehe.
Okay for this time, I’m making
Cheesy Chicken topping.
Not to forget as in the title,
if you can’t find
any baguette around,
no worries, let me share with you
the alternative for that baguette as well!
All we need are :
👉🏿 Meat - Chicken Chop / bacon / turkey
or ham slices (cut to tiny pieces)
👉🏿 Capsicum (cut to tiny bit as well)
👉🏿 Tomato Paste
👉🏿 Salt
👉🏿 Thyme or mixed herbs
👉🏿 Garlic
👉🏿 Baguette or Hot dog bun
👉🏿 Cooking oil
How we do it?
1. First of all, let’s cook the topping. I bet you know the basic drill of chopping the meat and vege (in this case I just use the capsicum) to tiny pieces, clean it and all, right? Not to forget the garlic, as I just use like 4 and chopped it as well to stir fry with our meat here.
2. So as the cooking oil being heated, put in the garlic before the meat. Cook thoroughly both sides of the mixed meat and garlic, then closed the lid in a bit so the meat will be tenderly cook and juicy. You can smell the garlic chicken delish already at this moment mmhmmm.
3. Next, add in capsicum, stir and let it in a bit before adding in the tomato paste and salt. Stir thoroughly and evenly, then add on the herbs, stir again evenly. As in measurement, it depends on how much is your meat and all, and your taste in it. If you like the herbs taste to stand out, you can add it more. As for me, just a lil bit of salt and evenly spread of herbs & tomato paste is good, hehe. After you’re satisfied with it’s taste, put off the heat and let it be in a bit.
4. Okay next, the bun. Baguette is much more easier but this hot dog bun is as closer! Love the results as well you know, hehe. To get the baguette look / shape, just cut vertically in half, then horizontally in half as well. So you’ll get 4 pieces from that 1 hot dog bun.
You can spread a bit of butter before spooning on your topping on top of it too yea, but I don’t add it.
5. So as for spooning the topping on top of your baguette or bun, you can be generous in spreading it on. Then, add on the cheese - it’ll be great if you mixed cheese like grates cheddar and mozarella.
Well anything that you have, really. hehe.
this is how it looks like after baked it for about 10minutes. adding more minutes for the outer crunchiness yea!
6. Then, it’s ready to be baked at 160 Celcius for 20-25 minutes. The baking heat might vary, just pay attention to them from time to time and you’ll be fine. The result is, you’ll get the crunchy yet soft in the inside with mouthful of yummy cheesy chicken burst in your mouth!
These babies can be preheat the next day as well, still tastes yummyyy so yeah leftovers problem solved.
Great for breakfast, brunch, tea time, supper, well, anytime snack I must say hehe.
Those who love spicy food, can add your own kind of spicy grail in the topping as well, no worries, just go on with your own creativity to suits your taste.
Hope my sharing here comes in beneficial whenever you guys are. All the best for the first timer and feel free to ask if you’re still not clear here via dm on my instagram -
@qeela.iqa , and feel free to follow for more interesting updates! Thank you for stopping by and have a great week ahead!
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