{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Luxe Food &amp; Travel","provider_url":"http:\/\/travelrestauranthotel.com\/blog","author_name":"admin","author_url":"http:\/\/travelrestauranthotel.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Mandara Spa, Sheraton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Nov 2013 - Luxe Food &amp; Travel","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TyZMfphUjg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelrestauranthotel.com\/blog\/mandara-spa-sheraton-hotel-kuala-lumpur-nov-2013\/\">Mandara Spa, Sheraton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Nov 2013<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/travelrestauranthotel.com\/blog\/mandara-spa-sheraton-hotel-kuala-lumpur-nov-2013\/embed\/#?secret=TyZMfphUjg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mandara Spa, Sheraton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Nov 2013&#8221; &#8212; Luxe Food &amp; Travel\" data-secret=\"TyZMfphUjg\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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I was led to change into a comfortable robe and disposable paper underwear.\u00a0 Then Addy led me to sit down and my spa experience officially began.\u00a0 Addy lowered my feet into a bowl of warm water with flowers floating around inside.\u00a0 Heaven!\u00a0 He scooped water and splashed them over the top of my feet.\u00a0 While letting one foot soak, Addy gave me a light foot massage on the other foot.\u00a0 Ohhhhh\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026my stress melted away.\u00a0 This is what I call true value-add.\u00a0 Instead of just a foot soak and scrub, staff can be trained to give more value (foot massage) to customers.\u00a0 I really appreciated the foot massage.\u00a0 Addy then sprayed an antiseptic spray on feet and proceeded to scrub my feet with bath salt.\u00a0\u00a0 After that, I was led to lie on my bed and Addy scrubbed me all over with salt scrub. He then applied cold yoghurt on my body.\u00a0 Yummy!\u00a0 I knew my skin was going to be soft and moisturised afterwards from the yoghurt. After lying in the yoghurt and salt scrub, I was awakened up and brought to my outdoor bubble bath.\u00a0 I had not much liked bubble baths before&#8212;&#8211;I thought of them as messy, un-functional, unnecessary affairs.\u00a0 So ironically, I found this bubble bath and its warm water incredibly relaxing.\u00a0 I had great fun luxuriating in the thick bubble and washing the salt and yoghurt off me.\u00a0\u00a0 While I enjoyed myself, Addy served me coconut cookies and cold orange juice.\u00a0 I was having so much fun it gave me a great appetite.\u00a0 I gobbled up the coconut cookies and OJ.\u00a0 Addy brought me more.\u00a0 Woohoo! I was then invited to shower.\u00a0 There was an outdoor shower with 2 shower heads&#8212;great for couples.\u00a0 Not to worry, the walls are very high and no one can peek in.\u00a0 \u00a0I then proceeded to sit in the indoor shower which doubled up as a steam room.\u00a0 Then came the main event which I was looking forward to&#8212;&#8212;the massage.\u00a0 I lay face down and Addy covered me with a large towel.\u00a0 Addy worked my body all over&#8212;-front and back, up and down, my legs, my back, my shoulders, my neck, my arms, my stomach.\u00a0 As he was really muscular, I thought he would do more finger work and go dig deep into my muscles with his fingers.\u00a0 But he used mainly broad strokes and palm pressure. All too soon, the massage was over and my idyllic spa experience came to an end.\u00a0 I got up from my bed, refreshed and pampered.\u00a0 Mandara Spa @ Sheraton is very, very clean.\u00a0 Customers of the spa can also use the gigantic and very clean hot and cold jacuzzis of the Sheraton Hotel.\u00a0 Getting here is very easy as there is a monorail station right outside the hotel.\u00a0 The monorail station is just a few stations away from the Bukit Bintang shopping cluster.\u00a0","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/travelrestauranthotel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20131114-Mandara-Spa-Kuala-Lumpur_00012_tn-300x199.jpg"}