Bali Holiday; Anomali Coffee Seminyak

My favourite coffee place, the corner shop in Jalan Laksamana Oberoi is temporarily closed due to the major renovation, that Iknow from the notice written in the wall. Ha, I've come down faraway from Bukit Jimbaran to have good coffee time like I usually do everytime I visit Bali. I decide to drive around Seminyak area to find other cafe when my eyes stumbled on a building just few metres from Corner Shop, the name written in a big block letter was "ANOMALI COFFEE". I've never heard this name before. I decided to stop and go in the building. 

Once I entered the buiilding, I directly fell in love with this place. It's a rustic style interior with big coffee grinder placed in the front corner that all open. Beside the coffee grinder, the sacks of coffee bean piling up in gunny sacks. The smell of coffee that spreading up in the room is like aroma therapy for me. The barista deck is placed in the center of the room joining together with the displays, cashier and the racks for the cakes. Some tables are lining backing the wall and some other higher long tables in the left sides are layed with the face to face lay-out. The walls are full of murals about coffee. It's a great place to escape with bunch of workload. 

The barista who acts as a captain in that coffee shop welcomed me warmly. He asked me whether I been in Anomali before. When I said no, he explain me a brief profile of this coffee shop. It's a coffee shop which serves a fresh own- grinded coffee on the spot which using local coffee bean from all over Indonesia. For you who live in Jakarta, this coffee shop has its brand in the city. 

Once I sipped my cappucino, I decided their cappuccino is as good as the one served by my favourite coffee shop in Jogja, Lagani Coffee. I always try either cappucinno or coffee latte at the coffee shop that I firsly visit. These two variants are my favourite ever. 

I ended up also buying a coffee tumbler as a souvenir from this place. I actually allocated that budget to buy a coffee tumbler from any Starbucks in Bali. 

Escape to Ubud

It was my quick (what I mean with quick is a week) stopping by in bali after two weeks off in my mother's home in Bima. I headed to Bima after 2 months project in Bali. I need that 'mother and son' time to reffresh my body and soul after some intriguing drama.

One of my best friend, Dewi, took me to Ubud. Okay,  it was me hitchicking her car in her way to work. what we did was to enjoy the little things we have both on the way and in Ubud. Enjoying the rain dropped, commenting the pretty girl and georgous man in the next car, having our "sarapan ganteng and cantik" in some Ubud's restaurants, walking and having the photoshoop in Ubud's street when she was in her break time from the hectic job in the restaurant.

I enjoyed my Ubud time very much. I've visited this place 4 times before but never felt satisfied. I want to return back more and more.

Okay, here are some pictures I took from Ubud.

My Bali Life; An Afternoon in Kuta Bali

Good Afternoon to ride

I,m alone and I enjoy my life

Brother and Sister

When the sun goes down

Mempertahankan tradisi

My Bali Life# ; Carrot Cake and Lemon Tart in Mango Tree Cafe

One of my favourite beach destination in Bali is Padang-padang beach. Despite of its beautiful white sands, scattered rock and clear water, I also love the road takes me there. Unlike thestreet of  the Kuta and other urban areas which fulled of buildings, this road is still quit like the other country side road. The road takes you down from the hill of Bukit Jimbaran to the south coastal. Therefore, along the way you can see the blue ocean down there. However, the things I like most are the small boutiques, cafes, and restaurants popped up among the forest and bushes. It's worth to stop for Mango Juice and carrot cake in outdoor seats in the breeze wind after swimming and sunbathing in the beach. It's kind of place where I want to spend all day enjoying the breeze with good reading in hand.  

That afternoon we decided for the second stop at Mango Tree Cafe. Situated just in the slope road near the Padang-Padang beach car park.

There we were. I and Mr. Shine took the outdoor seat under the Mango tree with Mango Juice and Mango smoothie that were not good becouse they blend the unripe mango I guess. It's not the Mango season like our prevoius visit to this place.

Mangoo Tree's carrot cake. The most delicious carrot cake I've ever tried!

The carrot cake and Lemon tart were superb, especially the carrot cake. It's our reason to stop. The smell of cinnamon, domminant ingredient of carrot, chocholate and almonds went so right.

Mango Tree's Lemon Tart. I'm not the fan of lemon tart anyway.

Thanks to the kitchen master who created this heavenly taste cake. I will definitely stop by for anothe carrot cake next time.