Dinner at a Kelong - Restoran Asli!

Its been a busy busy week and the holiday mood is over!

soon, it would be CNY again.

How time flies.

So back to our Christmas/ year end treat from one of our working partners in JB.

He brought us to a kelong to eat a sumptuous meal of Seafood by the waters!

Yes, authentic good food.

Heading form office to JB! 

Drove for about a half an hour to a little corner kampong. yes, a really typical kampong.

before arriving to Retoran Asli!

Attached a map below to show you just how near it is!

Less than half an hours drive from Woodlands checkpoint, passing by Danga Bay, it is very easy to get to another world from the busy city.

Mandatory group shot.

I was the behind the camera...

Whilst waiting for the dishes to come, as typical Singaporeans, we HAD to take some selfies.

Who could forgo the rustic background.

Sweater and shoes form Korea

Skorts from Bugis street

Please prepare to feast on all the good food and salivate!

Lala~

Some random out of focused tofu.

The fish was soft and juicy, and the sauce was tasty.

you will never understand the emphasis of the words I am typing, but when I say tasty, it reads as TAAAASSTTYYYYY. (lol)

Scary eye ball for you.

Im sorry, I just had to take that. haha

The cereal prawn was crispy and succulent. Don't you want to dive into it?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh~~~~

Hello OYSTER.

Black pepper crab.

Garlic Crab!

Behind the scenessssss

No one to touch that dish first!

The shy ones.

Had to force them to take pictures!

Yes boss.

3 little Mices.

Final group shot for the night before heading back to reality.

I would say the environment is a little different from the life in Singapore, the kampongs and the run down place would let you think about all the blessings you should count, for what we already have.

The little children would come up to you asking for small change, wearing old and dirty slippers. 

It really calls for a reality check.

As for the food, I would say it is very affordable. a little less than 300 ringgit for 10 pax. WOOOW!

The food was DELICIOUS. if you're looking for a place to eat, 

you might want to give here a thought. 

I had no problems after eating the food, so I would say it is relatively safe to eat?

(For those who are cleanliness conscious.)

Xoxo,

Cherylhee

Bintan Escape! Day 1!

Video of the trip HERE (Part 1) & HERE (Part 2)

It was a very impromptu and last minute trip to Bintan with the 2 cray cray women.

Was excited that I could travel with Mr Lah for the last trip of the year.

His job requires him to be busy for the CNY period, so this short getaway was just the great way to end the 2014 with him.

Yah, as always, the forced face when asked to take picture!

And fast forward! Our first selfie on the island of Bintan!

We stayed at Nirwana Resort Hotel Bintan, and there was a free shuttle which too us from the ferry terminal to the resort. 

The resort was a stones throw away and we literally took only less than 5 minutes to get to the resort lobby.

As we arrived a tad too early, we weren't able to check in, so the typical tourists' calls for activities in the resort. Headed to the resorts' Recreation Centre to check out the activities that they offer.

As it was about 10am Bintan time, most activities were not open (BOWLING!!!)So we had to chill by the cafe before we decided on the shooting range.

FYI: the pricing of the F&B are all comparable to the pricings in Singapore or even Sentosa!

That's the only setback though.

The rest of the experience was great.

Finally! the bowling centre was open.

The front desk did give us 2 coupons for bowling, so free of course play luh! hahaha

Team Chio Bu! *HAHAAHHAHAHA*

Team Enemy!

Im not telling you who won! hahahha

Played some ping pong before it was time to check in.

We changed and got ready to check out the beach nearest to our resort front.

This is awkward. What you don't see behind the camera. 

 They managed to catch a mini hermit crab and was very amused by it! There were so many little hermit crabs around.

  My scary back view. hahahhahahahahha!

Took the darkest ride of our lives into the village area and to the end of the island, to reach a really delicious kelong place.

Thinking long and hard, what to order, as all the dishes seemed delicious!

The happy couple ordered!

FOOD IS SERVED!!!! WOWOWOWOWOWOW!

I know you're having a very bad craving and am thinking of heading to chomp chomp this very moment right... *Raise eyebrows*

 Kangkong

 Cereal Sotong

 Butter prawn

 salted egg crab

this ended off our day 1 in Bintan!

The dinner was great, and I'm still yearning for it till today!