Bali holiday:The Food(all halal)
Of course it won't be a great holiday without great food as well.Some of the foods were really yummy and some were so-so.Generally the food that we ate weren't really cheap...Some were very reasonable and some were not worth the price paid.These are my personal opinions and so were the feedback I got from my other half.Hopefully it'll help you guys who are going to Bali on a holiday soon and searching for halal food places to eat at.Thankfully,none of us got what they call the "Bali belly"(diarrhea etc) while we were there.
1)Breakfast at the villa every morning
First breakfast! |
Cutie pie catching up on news |
Every morning the staff of the villa will send breakfast to us.We get to decide the night before what we wanted and the time breakfast should be sent to us.Generally Nana chose toast and soft boiled eggs.But there's a few other items on the menu like noodles and such.I'm not a big breakfast person as well as in I don't eat much for breakfast..though there's the occasional nasi lemak or roti canai :P
DAY 1
2)Batur Sari Resto Kintamani
DAY 1
2)Batur Sari Resto Kintamani
For our first lunch in Bali we ate at Batur Sari and I've to say that it's not worth the money spent.The food tasted different than the others we've tasted in Bali(throughout the trip) probably because the area that we went to was up in the mountains.Batur Sari is a buffet restaurant.Different meaning...not so delicious.It was just so-so.
Nothing is ala carte.If i'm not mistaken,per person cost us almost rm50 each.But it's a muslim restaurant and they've a surau there as well.The toilet is so clean and there's a cleaner that washes the toilet anytime anybody goes out.Also,there's a pot of daun pandan growing in the ladies toilet hahaha No need air freshener!haha
A little bit of everything |
The fried bananas was nice |
Qarla choosing to only eat a banana haha |
The beautiful view |
3)Bebek Joni/I Made Joni restaurant
Initially we went to Bebek Tepi Sawah because Nana wanted to try bebek(duck/goose).But when we went there and look at the menu,they serve pork.So we got up and left and then went here instead.Bebek Joni/I Made Joni as it's called.My love! |
Sawah padi chic?haha |
Eating by the paddy fields |
Taken by Razin of course |
Yummy!! |
Crispy duck! |
Disappointing dessert |
4)Madania Moslem Restaurant
Didn't get to take much pictures while we were having dinner there as I was already tired(we were out from 8.30am-9.30pm).The food was good,normal seafood dinner you can get in Malaysia and it was not expensive.
I drank a lot of soda gembira throughout the trip haha It's basically soda water+rose syrup+condensed milk.Really refreshing!The plain soda water balances the sweetness of the syrup+condensed milk.
DAY 2
5)Nasi Padang Sederhana
If you've tasted nasi padang/nasi campur in Malaysia before I suggest you don't eat it in Bali.One,because it's not cheap and two,it's nothing special..but it doesn't mean that the dishes weren't tasty!Lots of dishes! |
For rice and a few dishes,paying rm20-30 per person for it,is not worth it.Because to me and Razin,it was like having nasi campur in Malaysia.But I did love the fact that the sambal tempe hijau had petai(stink beans) in it!But the place is very clean and air conditioned(great for the crazy Bali heat!).
6)Mbok Limbok
This is my second fave place to eat in Bali next to Bale Udang.Because Razin and I arrived in Bali close to midnight,Nana & her husband ate her when they landed first,which was around 8pm.So this was actually their second time eating here during the trip.
When we get wifi!!haha |
Mbok Limbok is a franchise in Bali but the food is so good!Especially someone like me who loves the simplicity of crispy fried fish,rice,raw vegetables and super spicy sambal.
So damn good! |
The sambal at Mbok Limbok,is quite spicy but it wasn't as spicy as I wanted so I ordered the sambal terasi while I was there.It was super yumms!I was the only one on the table that could handle the heat haha My boyfriend ate it too but he was sweating after.I have a high tolerance for super spicy food because I basically eat spicy food every other day.
I miss the food--that's the sambal terasi. |
Ikan keli and ikan gurame(ikan kaloi in malaysia) |
If I go to Bali again,I'd definitely come back here.Just thinking about the food makes my tummy rumbles.In fact,since I came back to Malaysia from Bali(nearly 2 weeks ago),I haven't eaten any penyet type of dishes..haha
7)Bale Udang Mang Enking
This was my fave food place for the whole trip.After checking out from the villa,we didn't know where to eat for our last meal in Bali.So I suddenly out of nowhere remembered this place because when I book our spa appointment with Taman Air Spa(fabulous spa--5 star place&service!),I saw that they had a package with Bale Udang.
Glad that I remembered because we did pass the place a day before while we were out sightseeing but I couldn't remember where I've seen the place before(I've opened their website a month or so ago).
This was my fave food place for the whole trip.After checking out from the villa,we didn't know where to eat for our last meal in Bali.So I suddenly out of nowhere remembered this place because when I book our spa appointment with Taman Air Spa(fabulous spa--5 star place&service!),I saw that they had a package with Bale Udang.
Glad that I remembered because we did pass the place a day before while we were out sightseeing but I couldn't remember where I've seen the place before(I've opened their website a month or so ago).
Qarla eyeing the food haha |
Such a beautiful restaurant! |
Cheeky Qarla and I! |
Uncle and his niece :) |
Pretty huts |
Left:Es Kelapa Sirsak Jimbaran,Right:Es Kelapa Muda |
The food was delicious,generous portion and just so worth the money.We ordered the Package Bale Papat which cost only IDR 398 000 (around rm110).For rm110 we got all the dishes below(and above pictures as well)
So good! |
The prawns were huge!In Malaysia it'd cost atleast up to rm70 for a plate of such huge prawns.I loveee the Gurame Bakar Kecap--crispy grilled fish with sweet soy glaze on top.Should replicate this soon!The only thing we didn't eat was the Gepuk--vege salad with peanut dressing.We were too stuffed from everything else.As there were two prawn dishes,two huge fish,a plate of beef and stir fried bean sprouts.
The real deal! |
I would love to come back here as well when I go back to Bali :)
8)Snacks there
The Mee Sedap was spicier than the Malaysian ones because there's sambal as well.It was tasty!I love Fruit Tea so that was a no brainer.
During the third night,after the spa session,the boyfriend wanted Mc Donalds and the spa driver(not our driver)was kind enough to wait for us buy our food haha.The food was the same as the ones here but the Mc Flurry was different.
There was the Blackforest Mc Flurry with berries topping and also Nescafe Mc Flurry with waffle crisps on top.Delicious!But their cups are smaller and different than us though the portion is the same.
So that's about it on what I ate while I was in Bali.There's a few more but I don't have pictures for them like carbonated tea and etc.I'll blog about places that I visited in the upcoming posts but that'll take awhile because I've to retrieve the pictures :)
There was the Blackforest Mc Flurry with berries topping and also Nescafe Mc Flurry with waffle crisps on top.Delicious!But their cups are smaller and different than us though the portion is the same.
So that's about it on what I ate while I was in Bali.There's a few more but I don't have pictures for them like carbonated tea and etc.I'll blog about places that I visited in the upcoming posts but that'll take awhile because I've to retrieve the pictures :)
2 comments:
I was disappointed too when finding out that Bebek Tepi Sawah sells pork in their Bali branches, as their Jakarta branch does not. And yes while the pisang bakar keju at Joni looks like it requires some efforts to set up, the absence of grated cheese is a real turn-off.
Next time in Bali you might want to have a look into an eatery we recently discovered in Tuban, Kuta area: http://blog.epicurina.com/2015/05/halal-balinese-food-at-warung-basang.html
Hye Bayu!Nice blog you have there.Read that particular blogpost and the food looks good.Can't wait to go to Bali again next year.I went for my honeymoon with my husband in January this year.Your comment reminded me that I need to blog about the places we eat while we were there :)
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