Despite being a bit of a beatnik island and therefore awash with vegan-style Eat, Pray, Quief type vegan fare, there is actually a decent street food Gili T scene, particularly in comparison to much of Bali. Generally this can be split into 3 distinct genres, with these being the epic night market in Gili T,…
While being slightly less tacky than Desapatr or Seminyak, Sanur definitely still falls overmuch within the whole Eat, Prey, Qief scene. This was that, while vegan, Mexican and oat milk semi skimmed no fat lattes are everywhere, the Street Food Sanur scene is a bit lacking. Lacking though does not mean non existent, and there…
Sometimes fortune favors the bold, on other occasions it delivers you to Mugsy’s Burger or the slightly different named Mugsy’s Burger, two fast food burger joints scattered around Tbilisi. I was to end up here after coming home a few vodkas in from Browns Bar to find my local shop was closed. This led to…
Whilst very much part of the overall Indonesian genre, Balinese cuisine has also headed off in its own path, with heavy influences from Balinese Hinduism, migrant workers from Java and Lombok, and decades of foreign visitors who never left. This makes Balinese cuisine not just one of the most distinct in the country, but also…
Despite being extremely close to Bali and literally connected to the Gili Islands, few people know about Lombok and indeed Lombok cuisine. And this is either a bit of a shame, or awesome, because while people really should be coming here, that they are not still means it is a bit of a hidden gem….
Gili T and the Gili Islands in general are awash with great budget hotels from $20-30 a night that include decent rooms with shared pools. Start raising your budget though and things get insane for just a few bucks more. And prime center on this is the well located and frankly stunning Utara Villas. Here…
