A new day arrives..

Just before we head out, here’s a look at breakfast food. Unappetizing? hahaha

 

This day, from morning till noon we went to a beach to play some water-sports activities.

 

No photos on that and not even worth mentioning. We spent like RM100++ each just to play 3 different water-sports, 2 which ended so fast while another 1 was so hard until none of us could make it.

Fast-forward……

Lunch time!!! We were determined to try the famous food of Bali which is babi guling or Balinese suckling pig. But it was a little disappointing that our tour guide brought us to a shop nearby to try it instead of some well-known ‘warung’ or stalls/shops.

 

Not only were we unable to catch the action of roasting the pig (roast by turning the whole pig above fire, like bbq, hence the name), but after the meal, we were forced to pay over-priced food. Seeing that we are tourist, they mark up the price from about Rp. 20,000 to about Rp. 60,000 per plate of babi guling and rice. The roasted pork is on the top right beside the vegetable. Yes, that’s all that was given. Others are vegetables and stuff I don’t even know what it was.

 

 

This dish is Ayam Betutu (smoked chicken)…taste even nicer than the above dish. In all, we only ordered a few sets to try because we were suppose to be heading to a restaurant to have buffet lunch.

 

After one hour in the van, we finally arrived at a restaurant for lunch. The restaurant is located high up the mountain, overlooking lush greenery. Food is the usual buffet dishes…so no photos on that.

 

What a beautiful view to enjoy our meal

Some chalets

After meal, i had some spare time to play with my camera settings and shots

far shot

 

near shot. What do you think?

Next place we visited was Monkey Forest in Ubud. Here the monkeys roam around freely, waiting to be fed by visitors.

 

The king monkey (biggest and oldest) sitting waiting for food from visitors.

 

This baby monkey is only 2 weeks old.

 

 

Bats seen hanging on branches from afar.

 

Don’t this tree branch look unique? Nature’s beauty!!

 

Outside the monkey forest…there’s shops selling souvenirs

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From here, I’m going to skip where I went in the evening and put it in the next post as I feel the place itself is worth to be shown separately or else it will steal the limelight from all other photos. Yes it is truly that beautiful.

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On to what we had for dinner in Jimbaran. Furama Bumbu Bali is the name of the restaurant. Sounds familiar like the Bumbu Bali restaurant in Puchong, Selangor? :P

 

The setting: beach front

The whole stretch of sandy beach is filled with tables and chairs from different seafood restaurants located side by side. Jimbaran is known for its grilled seafood. The seafood ‘warung’ are located on sand. It is really a beautiful and relaxing place to dine. The atmosphere is very nice and with good food, it was an enjoyable moment. Many have commented before that it is also a really romantic place to be at with your partner.

 

While waiting for food to arrive

 

Before we could even settle down on the table, drinks arrived. The service is really fast.

Plain drinking water in bottle and orange juice.

 

Side dish arrived before the main. Kangkung with sambal belacan sprinkled with crushed peanuts (very similar to how we cook it here)

 

Rice

Then came the eagerly awaited individual main dish and the soup. Seafood combo which includes fish, prawns, mussels and squids. The set looks small in photo but it was quite a big portion.

 

The seafood is marinated and barbecued over huge grills fired with coconut husks instead of charcoal.

 

 

to be continued…..