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Cerita Manisan describe itself to share a story of each dishes. The food served by Cerita Manisan is Indonesian food, fromt he various part of the country, mixed and arranged in such a delightful way. And the Javanese Joglo house couldn’t be more appropriate for the main building. My main dish is Babi Sambal Batokok….
The world has slowly recovering from COVID pandemic, and so does Bali. Hotel price has also slowly coming back to the pre-pandemic price. Thankfully, we were able to steal a promotional price at Komaneka Rasa Sayang, Ubud. We have always been wanting to stay in Komaneka, and we were happy for the chance. The Room…
It was raining for most of the time in Ubud. When the night came, the weather quickly get cold. So, it is only normal when we were looking for a bowl of ramen to warm up ourselves. And that is where we found Kazumi Ramen at Gautama Street. But alas, when we arrived, Kazumi Ramen…
Cleverly making use of hilly terrain of North Ubud, Wyah Ubud offer a unique shaped semi indoor and outdoor space made from wood. Wyah Ubud dubbed itself as art and creative space, where patrons will sit in the middle of the Ubud forest, exploring their creative side. It definitely fit into the creative soul of…
In Indonesia, there is one type of small food stall (Warung) that is famous among the locals. It is called Warung Tunjuk. This Warung sells variety of Indonesian home cooking on big display tray. And if you would like to order one, you just point (tunjuk) the food that you want, and the seller will…
This place, Mad Ronin Canggu, is a ramen shop in a box. Mad Ronin is located at the corner, just next to Pepito Batu Bolong, Canggu. It has no parking space for car, but thankfully Pepito has been kind enough to let the visitor with cars to park at their place. Inside Mad Ronin, the…
I know this place as Ixora (@ixoracakesbali). With the Instagram post of Ixora is all about cakes, I would expect to find cake shop that hopefully serve something to eat for brunch time. It turns out that, Ixora is the cake shop on the 2nd floor. The first floor is used by Delicioso, a restaurant…
Few years ago in 2016, I was taking early morning flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia, Turkey. It was so early that only one shop that is open at the older Istanbul Atatürk Airport. It was selling limited selection of pastry and worse, only serve instant coffee brewed from fancy machine. Thankfull I have my Aeropress…
It is interesting to see the crowd in BAKED when we came. There are a family of 3 generations. The grandma is simply enjoying her meal, while the sister is busy prepping herself to take what I presume as Instagram video. The poor guy, the brother, is her videographer, and doesn’t really put up a…
I like the simplicity of Sinamon, the most happening maker of Cinnamon Roll in Canggu, Bali. The shop has big windows, separated with natural colored wood. Inside, it is similar color tone, plus the nice smell of cinnamon from freshly baked Cinnamon Roll. Sinamon only sell, as you guess it, Cinnamon Roll. The plain and…