Travelogue: Batam Buffet Dinner ( Day 1 Part 2)
To be continued for our second half of Batam day 1.
Boy, we spent so long at the arcade to revive our childhood till we nearly lost control of the time. When the dawns sets and the skies turning grey, we hurried took a cab from the streets back to our hotel for our dinner buffet that we saw from the Hotel lift.
It stated moonlight BBQ + Steamboat dinner for 196,000 Rupiah which I found it not affordable but Bf insisted on trying since we are here. We thought that we would be having our dinner under the moon-light but to our great disappointed, the receptionist told us there won't be outdoor dinner due to the bad weather and escorted us into the indoor cafe area.
I wasn't pleased with the food after walking for my rounds. Those photos taken were all they had on that night. And yes, this is how pathetic the ingredients are. I found it not worth the money!
They have soup ingredients to add in into our steamboat but the choices were so limited and I have to fight for my food as they ran out fast by other people.
Cooked food were ready for those who are waiting for their steamboat to arrive! 5 choices for you to choose from. They have nacho potato, fried chicken, butter fried rice, mee goreng and vegetables. Since its a buffet style, we can scoop as much food as we like because they will be re-filling it every other minute.
Since the main dishes weren't much of my liking, I focus more on their dessert booth! Pastries/ tarts and fruits are laid on the table and we can help ourselves with alot of servings. I helped myself with 5 fruit tarts because the cookies crust were so crunchy. I even want to bring back some to my hotel room. Hahaha.
They claimed that there is BBQ so we expect that we will be cooking outdoor but due to their arrangement, the waiters prepared the BBQ dishes for us instead. We simply choose whatever meat that we want and hand it over to them to whip a good dishes for us. I was glad that the food served arrived shortly.
Since Bf and I aren't a fan of seafood, we didn't left with much choice so we had their chicken and lamb chop.
I guess this will be the last time I am going to dine at Hotel cafe. Not that its not up to my standard, their service was SUPER slow. Our steamboat wok took us 20 mins to arrive. I see myself repeating and asking them but they shoo me off by saying 'COMING/ ON THE WAY!' without feeling apologetic.
After dinner, we went down to the basement to have a stroll and witness a Indonesia Wedding Ceremony. They have pretty photo booth outside the ballroom and the place was decorated to a Fairy tale theme.
The receptionist were crowded with guests and the couple's sisters and brothers who are busy tendering the booth and also to entertain the rest of the guests.
We were curious so we asked the security guards for permission to enter into the ball room to take pictures. The guards were so friendly and nodded with a yes. Without hesitation, we stepped in and photo-ed our memories here.
We even caught 10s of firework outside the Hotel lobby to commemorate the newly-couple special occasion. With then, we decided to head back to the room to rest!
Day 2 will be up soon.
Till then.
