Bali Trip "Day 1 Itinerary" (Babi Guling Chandra, Gusto Gelato & Tip n Tricks)

Hi again!!

2 weeks ago I just came back from my holiday..
I'm still in holiday mood now!!!
I went to Bali - Singapore - Jakarta.
The main purpose of my holiday is to attend my best friend wedding in bali..

Accomodation 
I stayed in Bali for 7 days and 6 night. From 13-19 July.
And stayed in 3 different hotel and location..
13-15 July : Ibis Style Petitenget (strategic location, close to everywhere, included breakfast)
15-17 July : Mercure Nusa Dua (the worst hotel ever)
17-19 July : Watermark Hotel Jimbaran (love this hotel, the staff is nice, the room is nice, only a bit far)

Tip & Tricks: I search the hotel price to hotel combines cause it tell you the price from different website and I found out Agoda is the cheapest (but still double check those other website), and sometimes Agoda have 5-10% voucher discount code that you can use in today deals.. And before book through website, check as well the price through mobile apps, sometimes mobile apps have different offer and can get cheaper price than in the website (i got cheaper price when I book hotel in Jakarta)


Transportation
I rent a car+driver+petrol (all in) is IDR 350k for 12 hour (around AUD 3.5).
Extra hour is IDR 35k/hr
Half day (because i arrive around 4-5pm) i just need to pay 250k.
I got this contact number from my friend.
The tour name is Teratai Tour Travel (Bali Wayan) : +6285792629544
He have few drivers, so the driver can be always same, but can be different as well.
I book the driver through WhatsApp, and I just need to pay deposit 200k to his bank account.
And the rest of the money I just pay after I finish my trip or a day before I finish my trip (transfer to the bank again).

Note:
- ask for good driver who know places and can speak english. (Bli Made - recommended)
- the first 3 days, I got a new driver that don't know any places and I need to use google maps, and he took a wrong way and go around and around and end up 2 hr in the road, is suppose to be 1 hr. After that I asked for changing driver. The new driver that don't know places was nice, but I'm in holiday and I don't know about Bali, so I want the driver that know about places and not asked me about map and how to get there. (Bli Kadex - NOT recommended)    

Money Changer
after i did research from tripadvisor, blog, etc. Is better to change the money in Bali than in Sydney or in airport, cause in Bali money changer you get better rate, just bring AUD50 / AUD100 note to bali, and find a good money changer to change it.

The Story
So my flight from Sydney to Bali is at 10.15am and I arrive in Bali is at 15.10pm.
But I got out from airport around 5pm.. Yes.. took 2 hr for the immigration.. Super long queue.. :'(
Then the driver pick me up and went directly to the hotel.. and it took 2 hr because of the traffic jam.
I arrive around 7pm and the do check in..

We went out for dinner, firstly I want to try Bu Dayu, but the driver said that Bu Dayu is near airport, so he took us to another Babi Guling place called Babi Guling Candra.

The place don't have any menu, they only sell two item : pork and chicken.

Babi Guling (IDR 50k / plate)

zoom in what we got

the soup

After I eat to different place of babi guling, I just found out Babi Guling Chandra is quite expensive compare to the others and the taste is just alright. The chilli was so spicy which is good, just be careful don't mix it with rice if you can't handle spicy.
Oh I ordered Sweet Ice Tea and Ice Tea (@13k) plus pork crackling (@40k/pack)

After we had dinner, we went to Gusto Gelato.
People said Gusto is quite famous in bali..

I ordered small - IDR 22k, you can choose 2 flavour. I choose Straciatella and Crunchy mascarpone. I don't like the gelato cause I can't really taste the flavour except taste sweet..

Babi Guling Candra

Jl. Teuku Umar, Dauh Puri Kauh

Denpasar

Gusto Gelato

Jl. Mertanadi No.46B

Kurtosh

One of my fav bakery in surry hills area.

You can order their cake by grams, so you can have a lot of variances.

My favourite is nutella kurtosh!!

Kurtosh

La Renaissance (Updated)

Today I came here again especially to buy their macarons because my friend told me that la renaissance have a good taste of macarons.. Anw the box name is baroque because they are a same owner..

 Macarons (AUD 2.70/each) 

Pistachio & Cherry : this is also taste good, have cherry inside..

Mandarin & Milk Chocolate : I love this flavor.. really taste good.. chocolate with a hint of mandarin orange taste..

Jasmine Green Tea : just taste okay..

Inside the pistachio & cherry

Overall.. The macarons shell are crisp outside, thick, and soft.. Really love it.. The filling also taste good...

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October 26, 2013

Clockwise : Cheese Cake - Lerme de Gauguin - Aroma (AUD 3.5 - each)

Cheese Cake : taste nice and very smooth and cheesy..

Lerme de Gauguin : is mixed berry mousse encased in decorative jaconde.. I like the berry mousse, not too sweet or too sour.. yumm..
Aroma : is chocolate mousse topped with coffee mousse.. this is also taste good..

Le Roi Soleil (AUD 9.50), this is mango mousse with creamy jasmine centre, pine nut nougatine and pain de genes biscuit base..

 Hmm.. this is just taste okay for my liking..

Zulu (AUD 9.50), this is varlhona chocolate mousse with a chewy salted caramel ganache centre, macaron biscuit and flourless chocolate biscuit base..

 This zulu taste good.. Very rich of chocolate.. I like this..

Raspberry & Passion Fruit Mousse (AUD 9), this is raspberry mousse, passionfruit cremeux, almond nougatine, sponge biscuit base..

I love this.. Really really taste good.. the mousse was smooth and light.. love the raspberry and passion fruit flavor.. =9

Fav cake : Raspberry & passion fruit mousse

FYI, if you buy the cake for take away, the price is $1 cheaper..

La Renaissance
47 Argyle St
The Rocks - NSW 2000
(02 9241 4878)

Opening Hour:
Mon - Sun 8am to 6pm

Devon Cafe

Breakfast with The Sakuma's (AUD 24.5), this is miso grilled king salmon, smoked eel croquette, 63° egg, radish  petit salad & kewpi mayonnaise.. The salmon was tasty and tender even I asked for welldone.. The egg really amazing, very soft and the yolk still gooey..

I think this is the croquette.. But I don't see any eel.. It's just like rice croquette.. But I don't really care because the taste really good.. Overall I love this dish.. Really recommended.. =9
Rate : 8.7/10

Devon Cafe
76 Devonshire St
Surry Hills 2043 - NSW
(02) 9211 8777

Max Brenner

Hot Dark Chocolate (AUD 5.50), I like this, not too sweet..

 Hot Mexican Spicy Chocolate (AUD 6), the taste quite unique and weird for me..

 White Cookie (AUD 4), I like this cookie, yummy and big.... =9


A week later I went here again with my friends..

Italian Thick Dark Chocolate (AUD 6), the chocolate very thick, it is better to share it.. I prefer normal dark chocolate..

 I forgot the waffle price, but if im not wrong is about AUD 2 something..

Fav : Hot Dark Chocolate..

Max Brenner
Macquarie Center
Shop 404C
Waterloo Road
North Ryde NSW 2113

Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe

This is the third day I'm in Sydney.. I went to Guylian at darling harbor with my friend and her sister.. Firstly we want to sit outside to enjoying the view of the harbor bridge etc, but unfortunately, the wind very strong today.. So we sit inside the cafe..

Inside the cafe.. Very pretty and elegant place.. :)

All the cakes look tempting.. *Drool

Pretty and shiny glazing.. :)

Guylian Dark Baked Chocolate (AUD 16.5), this is belgian chocolate cake with signature ganache, served a scoop of ice cream.. The baked chocolate taste good, quite like sponge, but moist..

100% Pure Pleasure (AUD 16)

Pretty plating, isn't it? <3 This is belgian chocolate mousse with almond pannacotta and guylian shiny icing..

I like this, taste good.. The chocolate is soft and light, the pannacotta too soft or not yet set I think, and I can't taste the almond flavor.. the red tuille taste good.. In the bottom is chocolate sponge.. The raspberry coulis taste okay..

*FYI, most of the cafe and restaurant in syd provide free tap water..

Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe
Shop 10, Opera Quay - Circular Quay
3 Macquarie Street
Sydney

Trading Hours

Sun to Thurs 8am - 11pm
Fri & Sat 8am - Midnight

Phone

T: +61 (2) 8274 7900