Batam Trip Planning (Updated)

Yo Yo !!! It has been so long about my last post of batam planning, I believe it has changed so much that I actually need to get it updated.
So here I would like to share toy ou guys about Batam Trip Planning on,
Where to go at Batam ? Where to eat at Batam? Massage at Batam, this and that..
So here we go....

1. Ferry Booking

There are some ferries I would like to recommend, which I usually travel with.

First, Batam fast ferry, 

Destinations :

Batam Centre known as city of Batam.

Sekupang, if you would like to go to the beaches (KTM Resort) will be nearer or maybe wanna go to another small islands of Indonesia, there is the main harbour. 

Harbour Bay, known as nearer to many hotels for me, so it is quite convinience, but because harbourbay is still quite new, so there are small numbers of ferries operates one day.

Nongsapura, is the resort of batam itself. those beaches and golf mostly located there.

(For Batam fast ferry schedule click here)

Second, Sindo Ferry,

Destinations :

Batam Centre

Sekupang

Waterfront, is another resort place well known as Harris Resort. got beaches, golf and so on too.

Tanjung Balai, is another island which i never go before. ahahs.

Tanjung Pinang, is an Island next to Batam, where Bintan is located, so if you wanna travel to Bintan, you could get on this ferry, hahas !!

(For Sindo ferry schedule click here)

Third, Pacific Ferry,

Destinations :

Batam Centre

Sekupang

(For Sindo ferry schedule click here)

Fourth, Prima Ferry,

Destinations :

Harbour Bay Only
(For Prima ferry schedule click here)

*** NOTE ***
Please call and book the ferry at least 3 to 5 days before departure or maybe earlier to prevent fully occupied.
If you wanna cheap ferry, I got lobang, just let me know, it's about $30 - $34 per person (included all taxes and charges)

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2. Hotel Booking

I would recommend,

"I hotel", cos its just beside NAGOYA HILL shopping mall. It is near to everywhere.

"Gideon", It is new hotel in front of BCS mall, and its pretty cheap and comfortable.

"BCC", It is new apartment just behind BCS mall, and its pretty cheap and comfortable.

"GoldenView hotel", cos it near Golden Prawn seafood and GO-karting and so on.

"Planet Holiday", 

"Pasific hotel", just beside harbourbay.

"Swiss-belhotel" v high class hotel, it is very new and expensive, it is just located at Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal. You can consider it..

There are some new hotel that I am not familiar with, if u are interested, u might need to go for tripadvisor.com to check.

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3. Things to bring

1. Mosquito Spray
2. Relax Clothes, it is okay for you to wear pretty if u want to doll urself up.
3. $200 to $300 per person for 2 day 1 night (excluded hotel)

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4. Place to go

1. Nagoya hills mall,

The only place that i go all over again

food :

restroom cafe, all scenery like a toilet even the plates, bowl and cups are restroom based.

caffein cafe, quite atas coffee shop and dessert

A & W, they have A&W if you guys miss it out.

Citra pempek, most famous are their pempek(fishcake) and nasi kuning (yellow rice)

Pizza Hut, I love Batam pizza, very very cheap and tasty :)

KFC, they marinate better than Singapore

Coffee Luwak, known as best coffee from Indonesia ^^
FOOD STREET LEVEL 1 (behind KFC), they have all sort of indonesian food, JUST GO!

and so on..............

Leisure :

Massage,

they have alot massage place to go. U just go out from Basement Gate (in front of Hypermart), they have one row of massage places.
I would recommend ESKA (cos the places very cozy, service is good and FIXED PRICE)
and next is SAWADIKA (level 4 inside nagoya hills) $15 for 1.5hr of balinese massage

Cinema,

try it out, but their substitue is in Bahasa. hahahaa

Singing,

nagoya hills known as singing place for youngsters here, most famous is Inul Vista located outside nagoya hills mall, but still within nagoya hills.

2. Batam City Square (BCS) mall,

food:

Citra pempek, fish cake and nasi kuning

Nyonya, their noodles are superb :D

I only went to this two places, hahaha. can search out !

Leisure :

Arcade, Their arcade is very big and fun
Cinema and Singing
Sport Station, They sell nike at really cheap price.

3. Nagoya City Walk

food:

Citra pempek, fish cake and nasi kuning
Ayam Bakar Taliwang, they got the super spicy chicken on the planet
Mr. Pancake, their pancake very nice
Japan Batagor, fish cake with peanut sauce
Bebek Bali, Bali famous duck.
others food but I never tried

Leisure :
Mini Theme Park, your kids paradise
Alegro, Level 3, for singing and drinking

** Go to nagoya citi walk Acia Ikan Bakar food court, opposite road, for their BBQ fish, damn good. Only at night.
Consider to eat before go back singapore for wonderful dinner.

4. Golden Prawn

they known as best at thier seafood, very cheap at range $100 for 3-4 person with full table of foods.

5. Golden City

they are just behind Golden Prawn, they have karting and alot alot adventour games to play like sentosa mega zip and of course spa and massage too. ahh ! go and visit their miniature house, admission free of charge, hahaha !!

6. Barelang

barelang is a place with alot island connected with the bridges. they are place to visit too.

food : they have fresh seafood ever as their seafood still swimming in the seas. haha. go for seafood bridge no 1.

leisure :

they have fishing by renting the boat to the middle of the sea.

they have alot places to visit like vietnam village, left from WW2.

you can see how they plant dragonfruit and so on.

7. Ocarina

Ocarina is a park to go from the city, it is located at Batam centre. they have beaches, cycling and so on

there are many places out there by itself. like nice restaurant and so on for you to travel. do comment for anything unclear :D:D

8. Montigo

They said it very good and nice, i think it is pretty expensive thou..

9. Chillin Place

Brewsky, (beside nagoya citiwalk) they have music band on weekend, drink quite cheap, and of cource it would be cheapest beer you could get from everywhere.
Titanium (located at nagoya)
De' Patros (located at harbourbay)

** have to drink their beer... 3.5litres for $23....

P.S. Place to go all near the city and not far away like Harris resort or Nongsa. Except Barelang might take at least one day or at least half day. #2d1n plan.
(do ask for cheaper price everytime shops)

if you guys wanna get trustworthy taxi at batam, feel free to contact me with msg below, i can let you know the contact. can book one full days too. but please call earlier to book. 

will be blogging about resorts next time if I manage to stay there :)

French toast with granny smith App;e, Hams and Brie Cheese

Promise you,
It will be a really delicious meal for your loved one. My husband eaten 3 slices himself and claimed that it is very refreshing meal.

Ingredients (Serve 3 to 4 people)
1 whole           french bread
2 to 3              granny smith apple
100 gram        hams
1 box              brie cheese

How to do

1. Slice the french bread

2. Slice the green apple

3. Slice the brie cheese

4. Put the bread on top of aluminium foil
5. arrange the apple, hams and cheese on top of the slices bread
6. Toast it for 5 to 7 minutes until the cheese melts.
7. Serve.

TADAAA !!!
I will never fail to say this bread is really yummy and refreshing as there is apple inside.

Try it now and never regrett :)

CYAA !!

Clams with White Wine and Garlic

Hello,
Hello hello hello.. i cooked this clams actually like months ago and never get time to upload it.
I love this clams so much, so do my husband. It is so great that u can cook clams, eat it with wine for your supper. It is a really cheap way to celebrate something together.

Here are the ingredients and recipe, it;s pretty easy.

Ingredients:
500g to 700g        clams
8 cloves                garlic (we love garlic)
2 to 3 tablespoon  olive oil
1 cup                     white wine
1 tablespoon         salt
1 tablespoon         tapioca floor
Sprinkle with black pepper (optional)

thats all..

How to cook:
1. Wash clams, Soak it with salt and tapioca floor to remove the sands.
2. Fried garlic with olive oil until it turn brown.
3. Pour in White Wine/.
4. Pour in the clams, stir and cover it until all the shell are open.
5. Serve with sprinkle black pepper. and you are done :)

Wash the clams

Olive Oil

White Wine

Fried Garlic

Fried Garlic

Fried Garlic + added white wine

add clams + stir

Cover it

Serve with black pepper(optional)

Clams with White Wine and Garlic

Hope you guys enjoy it :)

Simple Supper : Korean Ramyun

Hi, there is time when I feel super hungry at night, I made myself korean Ramyun.

Ingredient:
1 Instant Kimchi Korean Ramyun
1 tbs of Korean Chilli Soy Paste
1 tbs of Kimchi

here you are, easy and relaxing supper :*

 

Korean Army Stew (budaejjigae)

Hei Guys, How are you ? Today I'm gonna share about Army Stew Recipe that I did probably a month ago. I've been so busy and busy that I've no time to blog at all. fyuhh !!

I've tried Korean army stew at Bugis+ and it cost like $60-$80 ?I forgot. but it cost pretty cheap if you would like to do it at home and taste very nice.
We bought it all like about $60 (portion for 4-6 person) ? plus two bottles of rice wine.

Korean Army Stew (budaejjigae) Ingredient / Recipe

Recipe:
(two stews, 4-6 person)

Soup/ Broth
3-5 tbs Korean chilli soy paste
2 tbs    Minced garlic
1 tbs    Sesame oil
1 tbs    Rice Wine
2 pkts  Swanson Chicken broth (small)   
1.5 litres of Water

(Real recipe, we supposed to put Korean chilli flakes/ powder, but I could not find it at NTUC,, so I just skip this and put more chilli paste)

Korean Army Stew (budaejjigae) Ingredient / Recipe

Ingredients
(devide into half, as there are two stews)

2-4 pieces of Shin Ramyun
1 can of baked beans
1 can of SPAM
1 pkt of Golden mushroom (big)
1 pkt of King Oyster mushroom
1 pkt of Pork Belly
1 pkt of Kimchi
1 pkt of Toppoki
1 pkt of Tofu

(add: minced pork for richer soup taste, I've skipped this as well)
Optional :
Beef shabu shabu, we couldn't eat beef at our house due to religion.
Seafood (octopus, crab, prawn or clams)
Sausages/ Cheese
Button mushroom/Onion/ Leek

Korean Army Stew (budaejjigae) Ingredient / Recipe

Instruction:
For Soup/ Broth
1. Bring chicken stocks and water to boil.
2. While waiting the soup to boil, mixed chilli paste, sesame oil, fish oil and rice wine in a bowl.
3. Bring in the mixed ingredients to the soup to boil, set aside.

For ingredients preparation
4. Cut mushrooms/SPAM/ tofu and set aside.
5. Arrange the food nicely in the pot.
6. Pour the Soup/ Broth in and simmer in low electrical fire, and
7. It's ready to eat

Taddaaa !! so here we are the Korean Army Stew. Thanks Hubbie for helping me with the preparation.
 

Korean Army Stew (budaejjigae) Ingredient / Recipe

Hope you guys enjoy it. Sarang !

Half Day Batam Trip

Hi guys, I'm planning on going to Batam for half day with my husband and in law. Going to eat seafood again of course, and shop shop shop. This time won't have massage as time limited. hahaha. But it still a great trip I believe.

As our plan, we are going afternoon time and come back at night and we are going to eat seafood for lunch and dinner. hahaha

(Singapore Time)

10 am             Reach Harbour front with my husband to check in and buy bread for mini lunch.

12:00              Reach Harbour Front for my in law

12:30              The ferry start (by Batam Fast)

1:30 PM         We will reach Batam Centre, we will straight away go for seafood lunch

2:00 PM         We will reach Golden Prawn 933 for lunch

3:30 PM         We will go to Nagoya area for shop (buy empek empek and otah)

4:30 PM        We will go to Nagoya City Walk for clothing shop (my husband might want to eat empek2 as it is his favourite food of batam,)

6:00 PM         We will go back De'Sampan for BBQ Seafood dinner
7:30 PM         We going to Mega Mall to shop a while

8:50 PM         We will go back Batam Centre Ferry Terminal to go back Singapore.

Please link to my previous batam blog for more information for batam trip

http://chloekh00.blogspot.sg/2013/09/planning-trip-to-batam-2d1n.html

Mushroom Chicken Soup

Come to another day when I feel like "It's been so long I never cook for my dearest husband". So I decided to cook on Labour day (which is our public holiday). I decided to cook his favourite mushroom soup where I get my recipe from my Mom-in-law.

Mushroom Chicken Soup

It turn out very well, everyone (my husband, my brother, nieces and nephew) love it.

Soak Hua Gu together with scallop in 3 litres water overnight.

Recipe:

Half Kampong Chicken

2pcs chicken bone

12-15 Japan Dried mushroom ( Hua Gu)

5Pcs Dried Scallop

2pkt Fresh King Oyster Mushroom

1 can button mushroom

3 litres water

Peel of the skin to get healthier soup and cut into size you prefer

Step :

1. Soak Hua Gu together with scallop in 3 litres water overnight.

2. Cut Hua Gu into smaller pieces.

3. Bring it to boil on next day together with chicken bone for 1 hour.
4. While waiting, cut King Oyster into slices, and button mushroom into half
5. Bring in sliced king oyster mushroom and button mushroom and cook for another 2 hours.
6. While Waiting, Wash clean chicken, Peel of the skin to get healthier soup and cut into size you prefer (I just buy chicken drumstick and cook without cut it smaller).
7. Bring in Chicken and boil for another half an hour.
8. Add salt or Fish seasoning to taste.

Cut King Oyster into slices

Cut button mushroom into half

Note:
- Soak chicken bone and chicken in hot water for about 1 - 2 minutes to wash away the blood, in order to get better colour of soup.

Mushroom Chicken soup

Hope you like it, Sarang.