8 ladies met in Bali, 6 stayed at Suriwathi and 2 All Seasons. 6 spent 3 nights at Vila Shanti in Sanur.
Hired Suzuki APV to get around.
Restaurants.
Bali Bagus restaurant, Jl Padma Utara. Good staff, byo wine no prob, delicious mixed seafood mornay, 47,000rp.
Bianca restaurant, Jl Padma, excellent quality food, very well trained staff and service. Band some nights. We will keep returning to Bianca.
Wayan and Friends, Jl Padma, same good value and delicious sauces on dishes.
Moonlight, change of chef, change of quality of food, very disappointing, very quiet. Desak has left (got job with Govt) and I believe new management from July.
Garlic lane restaurant, excellent. New décor and very elegant where Dolphin failed. Its closer to Jl Melasti end, alongside moneychanger booth, after Ours and Legends. This was a new best find. Meals were delicious. I rang to book table for 7 at 7 and asked for them to chill a bottle of two Islands shiraz. When we arrived they poured the wine and it was room temperature. Yuk. I queried why it was not chilled as requested and the bar man said red wine should not be chilled. Hmm, customer is always right ???? I guess well trained by his bosses, but red wine rules are different in Bali vs cooler temp countries. Owners male Balinese and Aussie lady ? Décor reflects excellent taste. Large upstairs dining area too. We will return again and again, I am sure. The Balinese chef learned his trade on cruise ships and he has a eye for presentation.
Seaside Café Jimbaran Bay. Prawns @ 306000rp per kg, plus 15%. Bbq'd and served with greens and rice. Good atmosphere, fun roving band.
Seaside beachfront Seminyak. Same name ? Near Kumala Pantai. Easy to park out back, good food, good service, easy to return again.
Mozzarella is full each night these days. Meals are delicious. Décor is lovely and service excellent. No complaints, went there for 3 meals. Seafood platter 79000, Crispy duck 70,000rp, Nasi Goreng 40,000rp, Tirimasu 35000. Two Islands shiraz 350,000rp, no tax
Legends has extended the interior by knocking down 2 or 3 shops on the gang. The bar is on the left hand side now and its now L shaped with large area to the right. Wonder it is will become too large and lose something?
Ketupat 2 on jl Dewi Sri. Similar menu to Ketupat 1 on Jl Legian. Top quality Indo meals. We were the only diners in the large restaurant. We were seated around the pool. Its new and beautifully decorated with magnificent furniture, table adornments and a number of rooms to dine. Kare fish 75,000, chicken with ginger 50,000rp, nasi goreng 36,000, Two Islands shiraz 260,000rp. I would go back to Ketupat 1 next time.
Tropical Bale in Ubud, sensational as previously. Fixed price for 2 course meal. We each chose main then dessert for 95,000++
Sami Kama Warung in Sanur along the beachfront. We selected this warung from a reco on the BTF. Bad for us! Firstly meals were expensive and weren't nice. Ham and cheese sandwich 31000, Capcay 33000, hard and tough fish sweet and sour 50000, spring roll 24000. A small Bintang was 22,000rp. Since it doesn't appear to be attached to a hotel we were confused as to their need to add 10%.
Bonsai beachfront on Sanur beach. We did our traditional first meal in Sanur at Bonsai. Terrific seafood. It was the busiest restaurant we saw in Sanur. They obviously get it right with price and meals.
Cat and fiddle in Sanur. We went Tuesday night and the band were great fun and humorous. The UK owner British consul Mark and his brother Phil joined the band and we thoroughly enjoyed the night., Caught up with Geri and Paul there too. Home made Beef and Guiness pies for dinner, 60000 each, can you believe it, in Bali ! Served with mushy peas and chips. Very tender and tasty beef. Do yourself a favour and try it there one Tuesday night.
Jepun on Jl Danua Tamblingan, Sanur. Great restaurant. Good décor, good service, delicious food, Sweet and sour pork 38000, chicken curry 52000, both very good.
Ultimo in Jl Laksmana. Delightful setting, large restaurant with numerous seating areas. Almost full and seats 350 people comfortably. They sometimes feed 500 - 600 per night! Meals were reasonably priced. Pastas were 32000rp and decent bottle of Aussie(working dog) red wine (already chilled) was 220,000rp
Breeze restaurant at Samaya resort, Seminyak. Superb! Went there for breakfast again. With American breakfast you have choice of cereal or fruit, about 5 mains including stack of strawberry and pecan pancakes, bacon and eggs, scrambled eggs, eggs benedict, smoked salmon or frittata. Basket of breads are shared and juice and coffee. Be prepared to pay au$25 per person, but well worth it for the delicious food and gorgeous setting.
Suriwathi lunch restaurant.... Ketut the cooker made some of the tastiest nasi goreng.
Desi and Putu are back at work now after having their babies (both boys) and Nyoman is expecting again. Didn't see Nova from the spa.
Bottles of red wine.
Two Islands usually nice. (150,000rp in Supermarket to 3500,000rp in restaurants, usually 220,000rp) Needs to be well chilled
Two Oceans from South Africa is better