Cumi Bali

Went to Cumi Bali @ 66 Tanjong Pagar Road for some good balinese fair. We went in without much expectations but came out really satisfied and happy. The service level could be improved though but I guess Singapore is having a labour crunch now and everyone is having problems with the service staff. It took us quite some time to get their attention and multiple orders before we could get our water topped up. But yeah. 

Anyway, the food was amazing. Tasted very good and pretty authentic. You have to absolutely order the Otah. They literally have an entire fish in it. The satay, beef, chicken, egg, kangkong that we ordered still lingers in my mind. 

Super high in fat but too super yummy. Can't wait to go back to eat it again. 

Mei Goreng @ Mercure Hotel Batam

Ordered the Mee Goreng (spelt Mei Goreng on their menu) at the Grand Mercure Hotel Batam's Casaluna cafe for dinner. We decided to stay in the hotel for the evening as we were too lazy go cab up to Nagoya Hills mall which was supposedly 5 mins away and costs S$5 to get there. The Mee Goreng was actually pretty good. It cost us around (S$6 after conversion). Generous with toppings, sauce was sweet and savoury but not overwhelming. Pretty much a good dish to order there. 

Company lunch @ RSYC Singapore

Had a face stuffing company lunch today at the RSYC. We usually go for the fish head curry but decided to have something else today. Just some good old ala carte stuff like gado-gado and fish head noodles. Taste was alright, liked the gado-gado better. Peanut sauce was good and comparable to the one I had at Bintan. The ingredients were generous but I think I'll stick to our fish head curry the next time.

Gado Gado @ Angsana Bintan's Lotus Cafe

Went on a whimsical trip to Angsana Bintan by myself to meditate. While I was there, I had this huge craving for gado-gado (an indonesian salad dish) and I decided to have it for lunch. I was too lazy to travel out of the resort so I decided to go to the Lotus Cafe and check out if they had that. Thank god they had that dish on the list and I promptly ordered it even though it was really expensive for gado-gado @ US$15. Yeah, we pay in US dollars there but I just wanted to indulge myself a little bit. 

Dish was immaculately assembled. Had a nice basket of keropok (I love these crackers) with sambal chili. They even grilled the prawns on lemongrass skewers and they have mastered the timing well such that the prawns were just cooked and succulent with lemongrass infused flavour. To top it off, I had a nice view of the sea and relaxing afternoon by myself. My only grouse was that the service staff kept exclaiming and asking why I was alone and that I should have come with someone when they found out that I was a lone ranger. Aye, can't I have some romantic time to myself? :/