Fish spa

I got a couple of voucher for the foot fish spa... a new ‘game’ relax therpathy in town. In fact, I got them quite some time, but I often delayed it as I was busy with other things; wedding n honeymoon.
A lazy noon was spent on a 40min foot treatment = 20mins fish spa + 20mins foot massage.
Recently, there is a lot of news about it (positive n neg). It is said it was banned in other countries due to hygienic issues (sharing the same pool of fish w every customer, putting yr foot in the very same pool w others; which is also the home of the fish) Anyway, I was abit disturbed, but since it a free voucher, may as well as give it a try for a novel experience. This kind of fish, are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish. They were first used in Turkey and have become popular in some Asian countries as well as some global countries. Once we got there, we were told this treatment will be a ticklish one as the fishes will suck away our dead cells (without teeth, so they are harmless). There are 2 versions of the fishes, my hubby n I decided to go for the smaller ones… partly we are abit fearful about the outcome. (N once u choose the pool, u can’t interchange to another one). True enough, it is ticklish n abit scary at first. Especially when fish see yr feet, all swarm towards u n yr feet not even touching the water yet.

We had our dinner @ Aston Katong. Keen with curious, we spent abit of time in waiting since we are not that hungry in the first place. My hubby got his beef grilled, tasty as the juice of meat is trapped in, making it tender. While I had BBQ chicken, nice smoky taste as it was a slow cooked food under low temperature. The meat still stays juicy. Although it may not be look like big portions, but served with 2 side dishes, it is fulfilling. It is defiantly worth as compared to botak john. Their blog is at http://astonsspecialties.blogspot.com/ for those who want the exact address.