The Dewi

This trip to Bali, we had a chance to get ourselves checked in into two hotels (we just realized on this trip that we love hotel hopping! I think we'll do it again next time). The Ubud Village Resort and Spa is a 5-star boutique resort designed for total relaxation, that has won the Bali Tourism Award for 2015 - 2016, World Luxury Hotel Awards for 2014, Asia's Best Romantic Boutique Hotel Awards for 2014, achieved the certificate of excellence from Tripadvisor in 2015, and a bunch of other awards that basically says that this hotel rocks, romantic to the max, and so this is THE reason why I chose to book this hotel for the remaining part of our Bali vacation. The front lobby One of the reasons why I love coming to Bali so much is because this place has many boutique hotels with private pool villas! I get to swim in private with my family in normal swimming suits instead of the covered ones :). And they usually provide top notch service, guaranteeing maximum relaxation ...

I have heard of this place, read about it several times here and there, and it always receives rave reviews. But, weirdly enough, I never wanted to go there (maybe because it was so darn far), until recently. My husband and I are both red meat lovers, but in Singapore, we don't really have a go to place to satisfy our meat cravings. Well, we had a favorite before, which was Fika, when they still had the Fika Plank Special, grilled ribs the size of my face (even bigger, if you can believe it!). But, on the last several visits we made, it seems that they no longer have this special on their menu, which is sad news for us (to this my husband would say 'There's just news. There is no good or bad,' quoting Oogway from Kung Fu Panda, to which I looked at him in disdain). And so, we don't have a so called favorite 'meat' place to go to anymore*depressed. Reading the reviews on Badoque Cafe, not to mention looking at their marvelous ribs and steaks pictures, I...

I may have said I'm not really into fish, but, sometimes when you come across something amazing, you know you just have to make an exception, ......or excuse. I'm not much of a fish eater, but I have always been passionate about the head. There's just something about eating the collagen filled skin, and cheek, and....eye balls, that gets me all excited and...hungry, even when I am really not. In Indonesia, there are several restaurants that serve this delicate fare, that have become my personal favorite. But, in Singapore, West C'oz Cafe is the only place I'd look for fish head curry. A bit different from Indonesian style fish head curry-where the fish head is served by itself, making you feel like you're going to eat something very special- in Singapore, fish head curry is served together with deep fried tofu, fried tofu skin, eggplant, okra, cabbage and sometimes carrots. I welcome the change since those are all my favorite things to eat (what I don...

As promised, I will gladly share with you the cafe I went to the last time I went to Jalan Pisang. My friend introduced me to this place. It's a hole in the wall type of place, with a very eccentric feel to it, at least to me. At first, I thought I just stepped into an indoor garden, I really did, or maybe I just could not see very well. As my eyes adjusted to the light, the first thing that caught my attention was the table. They seem to be made from recycled woods, reshaped, repainted, given a new life back, and I like that. I couldn't help to touch them for some reason, and it was clean (yippiiee). Always a plus when you're eating at a new place, it has already made a good first impression on me. That's not always the case, you know. As I took a clearer look around the place, I found out that what made me thought it was a garden, was the huge flower bouquet at the back of the room. I guess, the mind works in mysterious ways sometimes. After I realized my mi...