Bali Explosion Part One

Bali is so picturesque that you could be fooled into thinking it was a painted backdrop:
rice paddies trip down hillsides like giant steps, volcanoes soar through the clouds,
the forests are lush and tropical, and the beaches are lapped by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
Bali has so much of everything
from nature to culture to religion to accomodation and to food.

When u heard of Bali what kind of food will you be thinking ?
Indonesian Food ? Balinese Food ???
Sad no, apart from local cheap eat warung
a city like Bali has been so much so commercialised till its hard to look for decent Indonesian Restuarant.
The city itself gain 99% of its income from purely tourism.
Therefore from much diversion alot of western cusine can be found in Bali.
This is to mostly cater to caucasians tourists. They have no problem find familiar food of their own in Bali.

In Bali there are many many beautiful architectual.
There will be any roadside warung to upmarket posh restaurant opening in any corner of Bali.
After overcrowding Kuta, many restuarant and potentials boutique hotels and villas are opening up
and manifesting Seminyak.

The first dinner i ate when i reached Bali was at this very famous restaurant at Kuta.
Made Warung.
Established in 1969

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So how does chinese kind economy food looks like to you ?
So here we are eating this Nasi Campur( mixed rice).
They give a variety of everything on this plate of rice.
Variety like redang,mutton,chicken, fish,veggie etc etc
It cost about $9.

Food Quality : 4/5
Spicy degree : 4/5






We ordered a bowl of mutton meat.
Big chunky delicious mutton and the sauce in the bowl is delicious as well but it can be abit too oily if u intend to drink it like tht. But anyhow, who can resist ?

Food Quality : 3.5/5
Spicy Degree:3/5



Lastly we have indonesian satay.
We saw many people ordering it so we tried it as well.
But the meat was nicely barbequed and the sauce was slightly different from our Malaysia or Singapore kind.
I still like our local satay. Its less dry.

Food Quality : 3/5
Spicy Degree: nil


Overall Food Quality : 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service:4/5
Ambience :3.8/5



Jalan Raya Seminyak - Bali - 80361
phone +62 361 736969 | fax +62 361 73 6767
http://www.madeswarung.com

quiet dinner

And so tonight was dinner at the little corner at Frankel Ave.
I went to Gourmet Plus this evening.
Was a wonderful place to spend alittle time this windy evening.
And so my dinner consist of Mushroom soup, French Fries,Rib Eye Steak in black pepper sauce
and lastly a raspberry creme brulee.

Infact i wanted to visit this place because i have a sudden craving for creme brulee
and since Chocolate Factory was too way beyond for me so i decided to give this place a try.



Service and ambience of the place is good i say.
Really peaceful to just space out and enjoy a quiet dinner
But food quality is only average.
The creme brulee is quite to my liking even though i don't quite eat desserts.






Food Quality : 3.2
Price : 3
Ambience : 4
Service: 4


Gourmet Plus
117 Frankel Ave
Tel : 64411120

Toast

With the growing popularity of Hong Kong style cafe opening everywhere
finally Singapore's 4th most regonised HK cafe style restaurant after HK cafe at siglap Xin Wang and Tong Shui
HK Kim Gary is opened in Vivo City.
Kim Gary, originate from HongKong has many outlets in Malaysia.
What is the craze about having to eat maggie mee in restaurant ?
Kim Gary has quite a variety of noodle based main course
ranging from Shanghai style, HongKong style(Gong Zai Mien) and korean style spicy noodle.
They serve quite a huge variety of beverage and desserts as well.


What i ordered was a simple condense milk toast with peanut butter.
The quality of the food cannot be matched against the Kim Gary Branch they have in Malaysia.
Toast was not soft enough and the thin hard peanut butter seems to not go well with the bread.






Quality : 3
Price:4
Service:3.5
Ambience:4





HK Kim Gary Restaurant
#02-128, VivoCity
1 Harbourfront Walk, 098585

Sanur Indonesian Restaurant

Authentic Indonesian food.
3.7 star food quality but slightly over priced.


We had beef redang; which is spicy chunky big piece of beef in curry gravy -4*
BBQ grilled succulent squids with special sauce.-4*
And lastly Mixed curry vegetable. 3.2*


Price: 3
Ambience : 4
Service:3.8

Sanur Indonesia Restaurant
#04-16 Ngee Ann City
Tel: 6734 3434 Fax: 6734 5627

Merry Christmas

HoHoHo..
MerryChristmas everyone.
So what is christmas without logcakes ???
Here, xmas Chocolate Sabayon log cake from Ricciotti Italian Deli & Pastry.
A very thick chocolate base cake.
It tasted abit thick from the first bite.
But as of the following bites, u will just love it.
But if u dislike chocolate or find it too thick
you can always go for the lighter base logcake, the chestnut sabayon.

Ricciotti is a real Italian delicatessen, gourmet pastry shop & café,
offering an extraordinary selection of traditional Italian fare.
The deli projects a hospitable, casual and an energetic environment.
Ricciotti is competitively priced and offers a unique experience through its original and authentic food
and beverage offerings.
The café menu includes breakfast, lunch and dinner favourites
as well as widest variety of original Italian specialties
including: homemade gelato, pastries, celebratory cakes, bakes, roast,
grills, pasta, bread, panini, salads, fish, meat, confectionery, wines, beers, juices, sodas.
The whole selection is available all day everyday



Price of log cake : $45(10% for UOB Credit Card Members)




Ricciotti Italian Deli & Pastry
20 Upper Circular Road
B1-49/50 The Riverwalk
Singapore 058416
Tel: (65) 6533 9060

smokey charcoal, japanese BBQ

If only it snow in singapore.
but heavy downpour these days is just as good
The perfect food to go with cold rainy weathers
- yakiniku(grilled meat), karubi(BBQ Short Ribs) and bulogi (firemeat)

Gyu-Kaku, meaning 'horn of the bull' in Japanese,
is Japan's best loved yakiniku restaurant.
With over 800 locations across Japan,
Gyu-Kaku is the Jack's Place equivalent for Japanese families
stepping out to enjoy delicious food over a hot charcoal fire.

Last night we ordered spinach salad in Japanese Sesame Dressing for appetizer,
and 3 kinds of meat and 2 kinds of veggies.
We had the most succulent wagyu oyster blade beef( $13.90)
Karubi Tare Short Ribs($16.90) and Black Pepper Venison ($8.10).
The vegetables that we had to balance up the dinner was Assorted butter mushroom in foil grill ($8.50)
and Assorted Vegetiable ($9.50).

I wanted to have plain rice to go with the meat.
I always liked Japanses rice served with purple pickle.
But then the server suggested us to share a Ishiyaki Bibimba ($10)
It's just Japanese fried rice topped with seaweed and minced meat on top of the cooked rice.


The overall experience was really good.
I guess this is the only place which can offer authentic tokyo alike charcoal BBQ.
Thanks to modern technology and good quality charcoal,
you don't leave the restaurant smelling like broiled wagyu.
Brightly lit but dark-themed, the restaurant is a great place for dining with friends and family.
Open only for dinner, they can gather around the charcoal glow and fight for the last piece of wagyu.




Food: 4.2 /5
Price:3..5/5
Ambience:4/5


Gyu-Kaku
81A Clemenceau Avenue
UE Square #01-18/19
Tel : 67334001

People's Park Complex Food Centre

When it comes to food, Chinatown definately has lots of variety of popular food u can choose from.
One of the very crowded market will be People's ParK Complex food market.
The newly market now host a bigger, brighter and cleaner dinning areas for its patrons.
There are alot of good food located around the area so check out this space as i update more food found in this market.

So what's worth the Queue today ?
My friends and i got 2 plates of dumplings today at Tian Jin Fong Kee.
One plate of steam dumpling and the other is the fried one.
The Q for this stall has always been long.
The dumplings is avail in 3 sizes for $6/10/12
The fried dumplings were average to me.
The fillings are tasty but i think the skin is abit too thick and the overall was abit too oily.
But everything tasted nice to me after drowning the dumpling with vinegar.
So if u are afraid to consume too oily food due to health reason, u can always opt for the steam dumpling.


Food: 3.5/5
Price:3.5/5
Ambience: 2/5

Tian Jin Fong Kee
1 Park Road
People's Park Complex Food Centre
#01-100