I love to travel and I love food too. My job involve travelling and so I am able to post articles of both the places and the food that I have experienced. As I am not a young person, the places and food may be more to relevant to the more mature market but I hope the young will like it too.
During our car trip to Chiangmai in late November 2012, we chanced upon a noodle shop in the northern city of Lampung on the way to Chiangmai.I realized later that I did not get the name of the shop but it was located just at the bypass towards Lampung.
Anyhow, the noodles was simply delicous and one could have them dry or in soup and a choice of beef or pork. Side dishes include pork innards and liver.
I am not sure whether we were that hungry or the noodles were really good. In Thailand, one can find these gem of a place quite easily and the cost, really cheap too.
One evening after the exhibition, a group of us wanted to have some good German food. As our friends have not been to Frankfurt before we wanted to walk around the old town hall area before moving on the Sachsenhausen area know for the many traditional German restaurants.
However, we changed our mind at the last minute due to the extreme cold weather and freak snowing and chanced upon this delightful restaurant.
Little did we know that this restaurant is also very popular but located in the middle of the main shopping area Zeil and just steps from the main train and light rail stations of Haupwache. So convenient.
The prices on the menu was very reasonable, also mentioned by a couple of facebook friends. So, as usual, we went for the mixed platter, easy choice. One boiled and one fried.
My friend had a "small" German beer. Looks very nice and enticing. The waitress was very friendly and jovial.
The food was good as usual but as usual too, too much to finish. There was knuckles, meat loaf, sausages, meat cuts served with the mandatory mashed potato and sauerkraut.
Whilst the others were not too keen, I loved the blood sausage....yummy yummy. Just like a pate.
The atmosphere was so nice and friendly. We even made friends with a very nice German business man seating next to us. He is a local and comes here very often. He gave us lots of local info too. My friend, Nick was so happy with the dinner that we bought all of us dinner, gave the waitress a good tip and even paid for our German friend at the next table. The total cost of the dinner was very reasonable too.
We enjoyed the food so much that when we had another lunch appointment the next day, we went back there. This time, we tried the schnitzel, one with cheese and the other with brown gravy. Both were very very good. We also had some goulash soup and some apple wein.
This is now my favorite restaurant in frankfurt. Can't wait to come back here again. The contact details of the restaurant is as follows :
We stayed at The Bali Khama in April 2013 which was the venue for a business conference. The resort is not large but is very intimate. The level of staff service and friendliness is very high here and one will feel really at home.
View of the resort from the main lobby
View of the main reception
We booked the villa with the private pool and the design was very nice. We had an outdoor area for dining and a lounge with TV. The bathroom is also outdoor at the back. The private pool is located at the side. All in all it was a small villa.
I liked the swimming pool very much as depth goes up to 2 metres, something not common nowadays. For the two days before the conference, the hotel was quiet and we felt so peaceful.
The hotel only has one restaurant and the food there is not bad.
The beach and view was great and even better was the wind....Just off the beach, there was snorkeling and scuba diving available. Various sea sports are also available close to the hotel beach.
The only complaint which I had was the slow internet which I was informed was due to the provider's problem.
During our recent trip to Bali in April 2013, we went to Ubud twice and on the second trip, we tried this restaurant. When I reached the place, it dawned on me that we were at this same place 10 years ago but it was called Tepi Sawah only. They probably changed the name to Bebek Tepi Sawah to reflect the speciality of its duck dishes.
They have expanded the place much larger than before and when I asked the staff here, they said that the restaurant opened 12 years ago. They even have an handicraft gallery next to the restaurant.
Whilst the decoration was beautiful, we are here for the food!!! Each of us had a plate of their duck dish..most opted for the fried whilst I went for the grilled. We had additional dishes to complement our hungry stomachs.
Gado gado
Grilled bebek
Fried bebek
Fried bebek with green sauce
Fried kangkung
Soto soup
Satay babi
Pecel
Everyone agreed that the grilled duck was the best. The food here were also very good what more with the sambals. One also had to eat with one's hands to enjoy the meal fully.
