Crispy Duck (Dirty Duck) @ I Made Joni & Gallery, Ubud, Bali

I like to eat roasted duck, especially when the skin is extraordinary crispy. Yesterday when I was having dinner, I suddenly think of the Crispy Dirty Duck which I had in Ubud, Bali last year. Before we went for Bali, I did some research online and found out that dirty duck is one of the Must-eat dishes in Bali. Most of the online bloggers recommend to try it at Dirty Duck Dinner restaurant.

When we were in Bali, my uncle who frequents Bali recommended I Made Joni & Gallery restaurant instead. Once I stepped into the restaurant, I was attracted by the decoration and comfortable surroundings. The weather was good that day, windy with some sunlight.

You can sit beside the paddy field to enjoy your meal. Need not to describe more, the ambiance is real good.

The menu !

I ordered the signature dish- the famous crispy duck. I still can't forget the taste, it's so tasty and crispy that I wanna swallow the whole thing into my stomach, lol. Even the bones are so crispy that you can eat the small bones, yeah, it's true. I believe that it's made from many types of herbs & spices to give it the great taste. Crispy duck is not roasted like the chinese style and taste totally different, but it's also very delicious !

Wanna add some pepper?

A collection of art & gallery.

When we were there, the harvest season has over, so the paddy field looked quite 'empty'. If we went during the right season, the scenery should be even better.

I love the relaxing feel in ubud, I like natures!

Recently my uncle told me Bebek Tepi Sawah is better, but I think is more costly. Hopefully when I have chance to visit Ubud, Bali again, I get to eat my favourite crispy duck again~

BreadTalk @ Discovery Mall Centro, Bali

Before we went to Bali, we did research online and it seems that trying buns/cakes from BreadTalk is one of the Top 10 Must Do Things... Seriously? Anyway we didn't really bear this in mind until we saw this BreadTalk outlet at Centro. The muffin, bun and cake look very tempting, so we bought some as our brunch.

I LOVE this a lot!!! It's very crispy and crunchy. When you take a bite, the chocolate melt in your mouth and blend perfectly with the bread stick, yummy! Thought of getting this from BreadTalk, Midvalley last wk... too bad, BreadTalk here has nothing appealing to me... so sad.

Look so Pro.

Couldn't try this although look good. Beef ham.

Tanah Lot, Bali

Well, according to our travel itinerary and tour guide Media, Tanah Lot is the place where you'll get the best sunset view.

The place is crowed with tourists all the time, expected lo.

The weather wasn't that good, didn't get to see sunset that day. Thick cloud please go away... ><

Just got to admit that the scenery is superb! Just stand there and enjoy the cooling breeze, so relaxing!

Someone fishing there?

My Water Moments

During my recent family trip to Bali, we went to Tanjung Benoa for exciting water sports and to visit the turtle island. We were attracted by parasailing and flying fish although the games are quite costly, charged in USD.

Photo taken during the ride to turtle island.

The wind was strong and my aunt who sat in front was splashed wet with sea water, em... The scenery is breathtaking, and you get to see many people parasailing high up in the sky. I just wonder will they get entangled as many people playing at the same time... ? ? Worrying that my digital camera will be damaged (not water -proof), I had to sit inside the boat and zoom to snap photo. This is the concern that I'll have when comes to photo taking at seaside.

After negotiating with the worker, we get some discounts & went on to try the exciting water sports. That was the first time I heard about flying fish. It looks like 3 banana boats that are tighten together, pulled by a speed boat which goes against the wind direction.

Getting ready for the ride!!! I passed my compact camera to my aunt who did not join the game, she became our photographer.

Being pulled by the speed boat, wow!!! Starting to fly up like a kite!!!

We were flying up in a standing position, and had a bird view of the ocean, it's cool! But it's disappointing that my aunt didn't get to snap photo when we were flying high up as the camera I've could not capture fast moving subjects. It'll be much better if we are using the Sony TX5 digital still camera which is able to capture fast actions or a moving subject in a sequence of 10 continuous frames per second.

Upon returning... The photo comes out to be blur and shaky... I definitely need a shock-proof and anti- motion blur camera to avoid this in the future.

YEAH!!!

Half way through the flying fish game, we were brought to the middle of the ocean with the speed boat engine being turned off. We were given the chance to snap some photos there. Too bad we didn't bring along our camera as the risk of it getting wet or even soaked is very high. Our whole body from top to bottom were soaked with salty sea water, I don't wanna sacrifice my camera for this. If I have the ‘World’s Slimmest Water-proof Camera’ Sony TX5, I could have easily bring it along while enjoying the game, what a waste! As it can capture beautiful underwater shots up to 3 metre deep, I'm sure the photo will not disappoint me.

My sis also tried the parasailing, she is so brave. I regret for not trying this after she landed, but due to time constraint I'll leave it to my next visit to Bali.

Brave man!

Those moments at Tanjung Benoa really enjoying and happy, and it would be better if we get to capture more good quality photos as remembrance. I realized that I definitely need a fashionable and useful digital camera like Sony TX5.




It is water-proof, shock-proof, temperature-proof and dust-proof, so I need not to worry too much when I travel to places which have extreme temperature, sandy wind and thunder rain. Despite its attractive outlook, it also comes with awesome functions such as iSweep Panorama, Handheld Twilight and anti-motion blur. Images being captured will thus be sharp, clear and less noise. When I pay visit to places in Bali like Tanah Lot, Uluwatu, I can even take beautiful panoramic shots without extra efforts.


Below are the summaries of Sony TX5 feature taken from its official site , and I hope I stand the chance to win one.

Water-proof Dive in with the water-proof Cyber-shot TX5 and capture beautiful underwater shots up to 3m deep for up to 60 minutes*.

Temperature-proof Keep on shooting even below freezing point up to –10ºC** . Able to stand harsh weather conditions.

Dust-proof Superb dust-resistance!!! you can be assured to always get spotless images whatever the environment is!

Shock-proof Allows drops of up to a height of 1.5m*.

Effortless panoramic photos

Intelligent Sweep Panorama also recognises faces or subject movement automatically and cleverly stitches the photos together to create a natural-looking panoramic shot.

Clear and sharp images in low-light environment


Takes 10 photos in 1 second

Bali Family Trip 2010- Seminyak Beach

10th June 2010 to 14th June 2010 was our long awaited family trip, after the Shanghai Trip in 2006. The whole trip was really relaxing and enjoying, except that some of us suffered from food poisoning, diarrhea & vomiting. ><

We stayed at Harris River View Hotel, Kuta, a new hotel with basic facilities eg. swimming pool, WiFi, table tennis etc. And each of us had one hour Balinese massage in the hotel for FREE, with the use of the complimentary voucher. =)

On our last evening at Bali during this trip, we wanna see sunset at Kuta Beach, which is one of the Top 10 things you must do in Bali. However, Edy suggested to go to Seminyak Beach instead due to the super heavy traffic at kuta (Indonesia school holiday period, added more traffic to the usual hectic traffic). Needless to say, traffic at Seminyak was crazy too, but comparatively better than Kuta's.

Seminyak Beach. It's peaceful and lovely.

Tourists along the beach.

Sunbathing spot, but it's quite empty in the evening.

Many youngsters playing along the beach. Soccer fever?

How nice if I know how to surf, there's surf board for rental.

I already zoomed 10X when I took this photo. This man was brave. @@

Getting darker and darker. Kids playing with the sand.

Sunset at Seminyak Beach, part of the sun was covered by the clouds. If we were to wait longer, I believe we could see a better scene as told by Edy. We went to have dinner instead, LOL.