As I’ve said in my previous post, this holiday is all about relaxing – we didn’t do anything new and exciting.
We’ve spent a lot of time eating, drinking, sitting around talking BS.
Here are the highlights.
Happy Chappy
Tuesday night we had dinner at Happy Chappy Chinese restaurant. We had a variety of dishes, but the standout was the Hot and Sour soup. The cocktails we’re good too.
The Hot and Sour soup was so good, we ordered takeaway from Happy Chappy Thursday night.
Jimbaran Bay Seafood Club
Wednesday night we had dinner at Jimbaran Bay. I’d heard a lot of Jimbaran Bay, but I’d never been there, partly because its a long drive, I’ve heard tourists can get scammed there plus I’m not a huge seafood fan. They have tables set out on the beach sand and you watch the sunset while eating your expensive lobster.
The most disappointing thing about this place was the condition of the beach. It was filthy. Lots of plastic bags and other rubbish washing up on the shore. You couldn’t see this from your table though.
Shopping, bar hopping and Lemongrass
Thursday was mostly spent in Legian and Kuta. The girls went shopping while Gordon and I sampled ales from various establishments.
LemonGrass is an old favourite. We met up and had lunch there. I had my favourite Penang Curry. Jane had her predictable Nasi Goreng. Cristy had Mee Goreng, while Gordon had the Jungle curry (three chilli strength). We all enjoyed it.
Friday was much the same. Gordon and I met up with Sukma Purnawardi to arrange some Tattoo work.
We had lunch at another old favourite, Bamboo. (yes Nasi Goreng for Jane)
Weekend surprises
Saturday was the big day. Mike and Dorilyn arrived from Singapore and we had Cristy’s surprise birthday party.
More on the birthday operation here.
We all got up late on Sunday and Mike treated us to lunch at one of Gordon’s old haunts Zanzibar at double six beach. My Garlic and Chilli Prawns was a bit of a let down, but we had an enjoyable lunch with plenty of stories and laughs. Jane didn’t have Nasi Goreng here believe it or not.
Sunday night back at the Villa was a hoot with Mike and Dorilyn in fine form. Both were extremely funny.
Tattoos and Ling Ling’s
Monday was our last day.
After saying good bye to Mike and Dorilyn we headed back into Legian for final shopping and our tattoo work.
Jane, Cristy and I had a quick bite at Legend Bar while waiting for Gordon’s tattoo – you guessed it – Nasi Goreng for Jane.
I had been following Ling Ling’s restaurant on Instagram for a few years and I’ve always wanted to go there, but its always been too far to travel from Kuta/Legian. As we were staying in Seminyak I finally had my chance. We had dinner there Monday night. It was stunning. All of it – the food – service – price and the cute waitresses. We had an assortment of dishes including sushi rolls, sushi style burritos, bao tacos and shashimi.
The cocktails weren’t that bad either. They have a unique “happy hour” concept. When you buy a cocktail you get to roll a dice and predict whether it will be odd or even. Jane correctly guessed and won a free cocktail. Gordon and I both guessed incorrectly. 😦
Best restaurant of the trip.
Home time
Up early on Tuesday for the trip back home.
It really was a fantastic holiday. Many thanks to Gordon and Cristy for suggesting the Villa style and for keeping us laughing the whole time.
We’ll definitely do something again with them.
Where to next….?
JellyfishKing Travel 
Thanks Alan for a lasting summary of the trip, and yes, we will do it again sometime. Cheers
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