30h in Batam: everything we ate! 🏝🥘

Recently, I went to Batam for a quick weekend getaway and I found it suuuper rejuvenating — value-for-money massages & cheap food! What more could I ask for?

⛴️🏝️🌊🧇🍜🍳🍗☕️🌅

📍Address: Shelter Coffee Harbourbay

— Conveniently located at the ferry terminal

— Rating: ☕️☕️☕️☕️/5

📍Address: Love Seafood Nagoya

— Recommended by a lot of locals, which is definitely a good sign!

— Value for money & delicious!

— Just found it a little sus that prices are not stated in the menu 🤨 But overall, still much cheaper than Singapore, so no complains!

— Rating: 🦀🦀🦀🦀/5

📍Address: Nagoya Hill Mall

— Food street with lotsa different kinds of food! From dimsum, bubble tea, fast food chains - to ayam penyet & other local cuisines!

— Only down side: there’s no AC in the food street, so there are a lot of people smoking in there 😅

— Rating: 🍲🍲🍲/5

📍Address: Roti'O Coffee

— If you catch a waft of coffee bread. LOOK FOR THIS STORE AND GET IT. Probably means it’s fresh outta the oven.

— Available in most malls

— Rating: 🍞🍞🍞🍞.5/5

📍Address: Sari Eco

— Murtabak Manis!!! One word: SHIOK.

— Okay not gonna lie, a bit jelak towards the end cos they use a heap load of margarine. My arteries felt like they were gonna clog 😂

— Rating: 🥞🥞🥞/5

📍Address: Nagoya Thamrin Food Market

— I had this spicy collagen soup thingy which was SO FREAKING SHIOK

— A little hard to order cos of the language barrier HAHA. Tbh I didn’t even know what I was ordering, it just looked SEDAP in the pic, so I pointed at it. And attempted to say “Satu bowl, less pedas” 🤣 It was still very PEDAS 🌶️🌶️ so I guess my Bahasa failed me. Suffered the next day 🚽 but every bit worth it.

— Rating: 🍜🍜🍜🍜🍜/5

📍Address: Daun Pisang Resto Grand Batam Mall

— Saw lots of locals inside, so I guess it’s a good sign ya?

— Soto betawi daging was super comforting, mie goreng was spicy af but damn shiok also (again, I tried telling her less pedas 🌶️😂 … on hindsight, maybe I’m saying it wrong, cos I sure as hell suffered from it 🚽)

— Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

📍Address: iMPRESSO Batam

— Super nice and vibey place near the “Welcome to Batam” monument. We wanted to be ~adventurous~ and shit and walk from the monument to the cafe. (Tip: don’t. It was dangerous af walking on the road. Grab is literally S$1 🫣)

— ☕️☕️☕️.5/5

📍Address: ASTON Nagoya City Hotel

— Complimentary buffet breakfast (for 2 pax) was 💯💯💯

— For $60/night, the buffet spread really surprised me. On top of the regular buffet spread (pastries, cereals, hot foods, juices, etc), they have staff mending an egg station, a waffle station, a nasi goreng station.

— Taste-wise: not the best, but still above average.

— Rating: 🍳🧇☕️🍚🍝/5 (max rating for its value & variety)

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