Friday, December 27, 2013

Food we had in Bali

As I had mentioned in my earlier post, my SIL and her hubby had really done a lot of research and homework in sourcing for good food to eat long before departing to Bali. I should learn from them. Yes, I feel ashamed and I think I really should do it next time before we go for any family holidays.

Other than a couple of times at the nearby food court which wasn't anything to shout about, here are the few places we went to which they had studied reviews from various people on various websites.


 Restoran Made (read as MA-DEH), the place is tastefully decorated. We walked about 10-15 mins from Hard Rock hotel in drizzling rain and passed by a couple of eateries without many customers. When we reached this place, it was filled to the brim with patrons. Lucky one of us had called in advance to book 2 tables. Food wise...ok for me. I'm not a very good food critic. Anything which is not too hard to swallow and can settle the hunger pangs, I'm good to go.


Suckling pig, was something to die for. So I heard. It was supposed to be so good that before noontime all the suckling pigs for the day would be gone. So I heard. But our driver/ guide told us nothing of that sort. IN fact there are lots of places selling this dish and we certainly need not worry about going in before 12 noon.

The interior design of the place is again, wonderful. We went upstairs to get seated on the floor. Felt very homely. But we all felt rather warm. And then we saw the place lacked some ceiling fans. It's a minus point for an otherwise comfortable dining place. 

My BIL ordered 4 avocado drinks and 8 coconuts for all of us, apart of too much food on the table! I had a tummy full of coconut drink and flesh as the kids just can't finish one coconut each! The siblings joked about the style of ordering from hubs and the BIL. BIL would be ordering too much food for us and if it's hubs who were to tasked the ordering job, we would all need to share drinks and perhaps just get to drink plain water. Haha. All agreed in unison.

As for the suckling pig, it was not what my inlaws expected as they were expecting yummy crispy skin to savor, just like what we have here in Malaysia. The style is just different. I again, don't think it's too bad or too great either. Chinchai laaa...


Seafood dinner at Jimbaran. Food was lousy. Ambience was superb! Bill was hefty. Enough said.



On our last evening in Bali, dinner was grilled pork ribs. I love the decor and yes, the food that time was AWESOME! Really finger licking good. My BIL was so proud to find out about this place as we all had nothing but praises for its food. Btw, this BIL in this post I refer to, is my hubs' sis' hubby. Very generous splurging in good food.


4 comments:

mun said...

When it comes to food, you really sound like 'chin chai' only.

tasy said...

not "sound like". it's "really are"

2crazydogs said...

Jimbaran is a place to ketuk us tourist.... :D

tasy said...

I agree with hands and legs up!

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