Thursday, September 15, 2016

Great People [Migrated Post]

My eldest brother recently taught me that great people aren’t larger than life after all. They’re just people with whom you leave feeling greater than when they found you.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Biku [Migrated Post]

Brunching at one of my favorite places in Bali, Biku. Tea, books, aromatherapy oils and other hippie novelties – the stuff of my world.

My favorite! Biku’s specialty Alexandria Tea: Green tea, mint, vanilla, carthame
Potato fritters from their new all-day breakfast menu … TOTAL YUM
The classic Biku deluxe beef burger. Hubs said it was the best burger he’s ever tasted since his days studying in the U.S. (aka ages ago)
Orange cake
Pistachio cake
I’d rather have a gelato than a piece of cake at any given day, but this flourless almond cake was a winner. Must try!

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Day Well-Spent: Sari Organik, Alam Bali, Utama Spice, Bridges, Gelato Massimo

For sure I’m coming back to the Penestanan area the next time I come here. So many facilities for eat-pray-love retreaters, namely vegan cafes, yoga homestays, and psychic reading houses. Plenty of rice paddies along the 800m walk toward Sari Organik Cafe, and so we took just as many pictures. The next time round, I want to try out Cafe Pomegranate.


I think we were the only local patrons in the afternoon. The rest of the tables were surrounded by foreigners who looked like they’ve never seen open rice paddy fields before xD Hubs had his Balinese nasi campur and I super enjoyed the tofulafel platter myself. The veggies are refreshingly delicious, nothing too fancy though, just the way I like them. We also enjoyed the uber fresh spinach quiche to satisfy our still-hungry stomachs. Hubs was curious to try out the homemade wine of the season – the sweet potato wine. It was heavenly; tasted like champagne but sans the gassiness. I finished off everything with a nice acidic lemon mint tea with honey on the side, served hot.



Buuuuurrrnn.

Took us roughly an hour to reach Alam Bali, one of the dozens of agrotouristic destinations in Denpasar. We’ve been to tours like these before, but Alam Bali is probably the hilliest ones of all. I just love hills and mountain views.
Freshly pooped kopi luwak beans
The sensational brew
R-L: Balinese Coffee, Ginseng Coffee, Vanilla Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Ginger Tea, Lemongrass Tea, Mangosteen Tea
Second round of Ginseng Coffee. We both loved it and we bought it for our home later at the gift shop~

Seems like every time I come back to Bali, I always stop by the Utama Spice flagship store in Ubud. Like, every. Single. Time.

Wos River
The love of my life

It’s clear to see why Bridges is a culinary destination just by seeing the views. It’s got seven levels, out of which the bottom-most has the best river views. The food itself was okay, though nothing too impressive.

Dessert time always means gelatos for me :) Long line as usual at Massimo in Suntur, but totally worth it~