me ♥ confetti: July 2012

By: Unknown on Saturday, July 21, 2012

I always have a love for high tea, I feel I'm quite a sucker of all things pretty and dainty. Poor bf, he has to make up for my lack of girlfriends and take up the role as one, most of the times. Imagine a big man drinking from a tea cup, you may just think he is getting into the role of playing "masak masak" with a little girl. It's funny, how my other half commented on me that I'm the only person where he needs to prepare clothing that is fit enough to meet the Queen even though we're on a beach holiday. LOL!!!

It's true and I admit I have special request sometimes and some of these requests may appear to be odd at times. So, one of the things I requested to do on my Bali holiday is to have English high tea at Biku. Yes you read me correct, of all places right?

My holiday in Bali begins with an awesome high tea spread at Biku and trust me, you will not go wrong with this place for high-tea. They do serve amazing food here.

Some quick snapshots of Biku's surroundings. I really like the effect of high ceiling and exposed beam in this colonial-style building.

I ordered a set of traditional english hi-tea set, this portion in the picture is meant for one person but I feel it's enough for sharing if you plan to try out more variety on their menu. For my tea, I went for white tea, something simple and not overpowering to the taste bud.

This place serves one of the best scones. Most scones I had usually have a more dense texture but the scone here is slightly more fluffy, almost with a cake like texture. The weight of the scone is also lighter, so it's really easy to enjoy it without feeling full so soon. Usually I prefer to have my scone to go with soft butter or clotted cream but that day I decided to try it with jam and their jam is heavenly. I am glad I give the jam a try as I'm really not a fruit jam person.

How do you like your scones to be served?

On top of all the dainty food, they also serve proper main meals. We ordered Indonesian fried rice on a separate visit for our lunch. It's definitely not the best stuff from their menu but it's still worth ordering it and if you're a someone that likes spicy food, like me, you will definitely love the spicy chilli that come together and it really goes well with the rice. It's also a good idea to have your cold drink ready before you venture on the chilli with your taste bud.

If you're feeling more adventurous why not get yourself a tarot card reading while there? It's a paid service, each reading last about 15 minutes and if you're feeling rich you can pay more for a detailed reading. At the end of the service, the lady will ask you to insert money into her tarot card box. It's not clear how much each reading cost and I think it's up to you to decide but I paid USD10 just for the fun of it.

Things to know:
- Books and souvenirs are available for sale there.
- Best to make reservations before going especially during peak hour.
- The scones here is a must try.
- You really don't need to dress like you're going to meet the Queen here, casual attire is advisable :-p

Biku
http://www.bikubali.com/
No.888 Jl Petitenget, Denpasar, Indonesia
+62 361 8570888

Villa Enrique @ Dempsey Road, Singapore

By: Unknown on Friday, July 20, 2012

There should be an easier way to blog!

What I'm saying is that there is so much for me to share on my blog from my daily but I just find it hard to tie myself down to the computer and blog about it. Everyday I will have this thought in me telling myself "Oh I should share this", "Oh I so wanna blog about that thing" but at the end of the day I ended up taking pictures for it and did nothing to follow up. Sigh, the woes of procrastination.

Anyway let's just backdate about what I was going through previously.

Last month Ron and myself drove to down to the little island, Singapore and had dinner at this very quaint "villa" as they prefer to call it but to me it's just an old barrack converted into shop house. Yes I am back at Dempsey Road. I really love eating in this area although hailing a cab can be a problem here especially during peak hours. Have I mention how catching a cab in Singapore is a bad idea especially during peak hour? Never mind, let's leave that for another time perhaps.

So we were contemplating with our choice for dinner on the second night we arrived. Ron was heading for the usual variety like Japanese or Chinese cuisine while at the back of my mind I was hoping to try something new and different. Then I saw this Spanish food restaurant, seated on the far end of the road and wanted to give it a try. But it was not without a little bit of protest from my other half, he has always prefer to eat at places that come in big portion.

Finally we made our choice to dine at Villa Enrique. This place is rather quiet compare to other outlets but another reason could be it was a weekday when we were there and this area is more lively on weekends than any other day.