Batam 24-25 June 2016

Hello Everybody!

After closing shop for so long (we have just went on 6 holidays- including a three-week honeymoon in Europe in 9 months), I am opening business here on the blog again.

Some updates: starting from our latest vacation because it is really the easiest as it was a simple getaway last week as we needed to clear leave.

We went on our annual trip to Batam to stock up on Teh Botol and feast on Bakso!



We took the Friday off and went to our usual Harris Batam city centre hotel. Dear found us ferry tickets from Groupon and saved us some moolah.

Our home in Batam.

First stop after reaching Batam: having lunch at our usual Bakso restaurant.

And my fav Nasi Goreng. Cheap and good Indo food. Dear liked it so much that we actually tapaoed back to SG for dinner!

One thing we realized: the eateries (including KFC!) have curtains covering the restaurants. Dear said it may be because it is fasting period so not very nice to eat openly.

After lunch, we went to check in before coming out again for a movie marathon. We watched Finding Dory and Now You See Me 2 (tickets are only like S$3+). In between, we visited the supermarket to stock up on Teh Botol to import them in. We lugged back 12 in all *gasps*

Beyond shopping at the supermarket, there wasn't much to shop at the mall. Boring.

After the movies, it was dinner time. So eat again.



Went to eat Ayam Penyat at this restaurant that had some hipster décor

We were there while the other customers were waiting to break fast. This is how they reserve their table for those who have made reservations.

Ordered a Chendol because there were a lot of publicity posters at the stall. Verdict: not bad lah.

Our dinner of three chili chicken and grilled duck with Satay. Loved the grilled duck the most. Almost wanted to tapao it back for dinner in SG lor! The grilled stuff in Indonesia just tastes better.

After dinner, we went back to the hotel and chill. But not before buying more Teh Botol and bakso for supper!

The next day was a short day in Batam- the plan was to have breakfast, have a massage, have lunch and check out to leave for SG.

A&W waffles to start the day. It was a little exasperating to get the waffles as we had to wait for a while for A&W to open even though the opening hr is10am. We went to get a coffee at JCO donuts in the meantime and guess what, they gave us a free donut tog with the coffee! So nice of them.

After breakfast, it was time for massage. There's only one massage salon in the mall, so not much choice but they are pretty reputable and decent.

After lunch, we went to fill up our stomachs with some bakso so that we dun get hungry on the journey home. We also tapao-ed dinner home which was very nice as we got to eat once we got home.