the ng family moved out of the house early in the wee morning on Wednesday, all ready for our bali getaway!
5.30am to be exact. @_@
we had a 7+am flight to catch and we are lucky that our house is just a 10mins stone throw from airport when there is no traffic in the early morning.
smooth flight and by 10am, we landed @ Denpasar airport. :D
it's first time to bali for all of us!
our driver was there waiting for us - finally i have a chance to have someone waiting with my name sign at the arrival gate. LOL.
our arrangement was for the driver to drop us off for lunch before sending us to our resort.
when I planned my itinerary, I thought bali aint too big.
with ubud only around 30-40km from kuta, how long can it takes to commute places to places?
I thought wrong. I didn't know the roads are mostly devoid of traffic lights, lanes so narrow sometimes you have to stop to let the opposite side vehicles pass first etc. :(
we were mostly travelling at 20km/hr (no kidding!) and maximum of 70km/hr (and that is very very RARELY).
and so, we took almost 1.5hr to reach our lunch venue @ ubud from the airport....
timing wise, it played out fine since it's a lunch stop.
lunch venue was at melting wok warung.
heard good reviews for this warung which is opened by a French lady with her Laos husband as the cook.
menu is pretty limited but the food is good!
ordered curry with pork & fish stir-fry with brinjal
desserts were crepe with chocolate & crème caramel with coconut sauce
the crepes with chocolate is especially yummy.
simple dish but so good. the crepes were warm and soft when served and the vanilla with chocolate chips ice-cream was milky and thick.
*thumbs up*
and the pricing is very reasonable ~ S$30 perhaps?
after lunch, we had a walk around this part of ubud centre.
typical Balinese architecture.
YR having fun taking photos.
noticed how his socks were pulled up high?
the boys did that cos they saw the big ants on the pavement and wanted to protect their legs.. @_@
our driver sent us to our resort after that which is another 15mins from ubud centre!
im starting to regret my decision to book this resort until we arrived.
its location is really not that desirable though to be fair, it was already highlighted during my research that it's nowhere central but its draw points are its tranquility and peaceful surroundings.
and the resort is indeed a haven tucked away in a lush setting with rice paddies in its view.
in the days that followed, im impresses with the hospitability shown to us by the staff as well.
our room was not yet ready, so we were ushered to the restaurant for welcome drinks.
they gave us flowers to put behind our ear! even the husband had one.
in the end, the boys wanted 2 flowers each.. LOL
panorama view from the restaurant
finally we checked in at 2+pm and took our time to nua in our room.
after some time, we finally bathed and moved out for afternoon tea!
afternoon tea was provided FOC at the resort daily.
not too sure if the menu will change but we only had 1 chance to try it on the first day.. ha.
left: freshened up and ready to move out!
right: tea break at hotel
we took the hotel shuttle bus to ubud centre at 4pm.
there were really nothing much at ubud centre if you ask me. :P
but we were on a mission hunting down the dinner venue for the night - bridges!
and we realized how the name came about for it is located next to a bridge so if you are seated at the right place, you have a good view of the scenery under the bridge.
through the entrance of the restaurant next to the bridge, you actually descend to the main part of the restaurant for the tables.
middle: nice view!
bottom left: huge foie gras!
bottom right: our mains
this meal ended up the most expensive of all for the whole trip ~ S$150 for 4 of us which is pretty hefty for balinese standards but the food is nothing short of fine dining standard if you ask me!
and we ordered quite a fair bit.
entrees: wagyu beef, foie gras
mains: barramundi for me, lamb shank for hubbi, pasta and chicken for the boys
I cant remember what desserts we had. even a glass of wine for me!
they even had palate cleansing sherbet for all of us. pretty impressive.
and that concluded the first day at bali for us - a foodie one no doubt!
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