Rise and shine for our short day spent in Batam before we depart back to Singapore. We chose an afternoon time to sail back to Singapore and knowing that we have to check out at 12pm kinda rush our morning.
It was sad that we have to leave here and face back reality but with an open heart, we told ourselves to spend the rest of the time wisely. We had a last scan on the room and left the room with our bulky baggage.
We woke up super early to work out our bodies after indulging all the good food and had a quick bath before we leave the room. We knew that we have alot of time spent so we hail a cab to bring us over to BCS mall for our brunch. We paid slightly more to travel to BCS (55000 rupiah) and both Bf and I remembered exploring this area when we travelled with tour. Knowing that we didn't shop much on our first time ( tour guide kept rushing us to leave to another destination), we spent the rest of the time window shopping and walking round and round to familiarize the place.
The impression of BCS mall is like what our Bugis street/ Far East Plaza is. There are more female apparel compared to the male ones. With a total of 5 level, the top level are more eatery and the rest are apparel and electronics. I suggest one shouldn't bargain any price with them because they are not kind enough to give in to your price. Just stick to their as they mentioned that they have reduced it to the lowest ( not sure if they are bragging or not!)
We had a small mini tour on their eatery area and took us very long on to decide on what food to eat. We spotted blackball in Batam and the price differs alot! I wanted to come back after my lunch but realised that I'm left with not enough time so I gave that a miss.
Gardeno Pizza & steak is one humble place I can recommend located at BCS in Batam, Indonesia. Not really sure is its a chain of restaurants here but the foods are definitely worth a try. They offer simple & clean cut menu ranging from rice, pasta & steak options for everyone to enjoy.
It comes with a spacious area & numerous staff to attend your needs. Quite surprised though that it's a free smoking area inside the restaurant & having an English speaking staff will be quite challenging. But over-all experience in terms of food quality & budget wise, this place is a must-try food haven & enjoy more to life through good food.
What I really love about their menu is they have pictures of each dish and also elaborate it with details. This enable us to read and understand on what they provide in the cafe. So what if we have language barrier? We are still able to get our food order done.
Our drinks came in long and I was upset by their service. How can our food came earlier than our drinks? I thought they have forgotten our orders so Bf went over to remind them. However, one never ask the cashier and simply walked away. We have to ask another waiter for our drinks and they took their own sweet time to prepare it. We were like 3/4 done with our food!
When the drinks finally arrived, I lost touched of how excited I was earlier. Anyway, the drinks doesn't taste awesome.
Despite of the bad service that they provide, im so thankful that the food was good if not I would have left the cafe halfway.
Took our last cab back to ferry terminal and we stopped by harbour bay mall to use up our rest of rupiah. We started invading their supermarket again and I came back with alot of goodies and souvenirs from that.
It was a relaxing getaway trip because we have both 2 whole days for ourselves and also we braved in to choose our own free and easy itinerary ( although most of the people advise us not to take the risk).
In contrary, I can't wait for next year trip with him again (:
Till then.
