Wayan Café in Ubud @ Bali, Indonesia

Plug: Did not know how famous this joint actually is till I Googled it. It has plenty of online reviews so here's a pretty ok link.

Alright, you must be thinking that this is just another restaurant. How special can a restaurant be right? Wrong! This is one of the most awesome café that I've ever came across. Located at a very easy-to-spot area in Ubud (walk and walk, you'll be bound to notice it), I had a really good time there.

This place has a very nice outdoor theme going on where they have nice huts placed all over their land, which is long rather than wide. Its tight in the sense that you feel very cozy, which gives you (or me at least) a very relaxing feel.

You have everything going on, from the friendly staff to the peaceful waterfall to the fans in the hut that keeps the temperature cool enough to the landscaping which is full of green. At the counter you'll have quite a selection of cakes which costs cheaper than Secret Recipe (Rm5+).

See? Not very wide but cozy. LOTS of trees which provides good shade and keeps away the heat.

One of the huts.

Arrived first with Ovira and Ken Jon, while the rest were still browsing through the shops.

Part of the crew that I was travelling with, awesome bunch of people. (Not to forget Gillian, Ken Jon and Grace who are not in the pic)

This is MY chocolate cake =D Its Wayan Café's signature cake aptly named, Death by Chocolate. Its thick chocolate cake, with swashbuckling (credits to Roald Dahl) chocolate icing, with thick chocolate sauce which has a very nice hint of alcohol. Oh, yeah the cake has chocolate chip on it too. And chocolate flakes.

Another type of chocolate cake. We ordered all the types of chocolate cakes that they had. This one reminds me of Secret Recipe's "Chocolate Indulgence".

Andrew's 'Long Island Tea'. Its a cocktail (I think). Tasted really good. It has a very lemony...cinnamonny.....alchololicky.....flavour to it.

Ken Jon's drink, the house specialty (forgot the name) and has quite a kick to it.

By the way, I had my first cocktail that very day! Had the Mojito that Ah Kit reccomended, and I have to say that I liked it. Like the fact that the alchohol is not too overpowering. Basically in Malaysian term, I would say that it tasted like Limau Ice with a kick of alcohol.



Rear view of my chocolate cake. Isn't she beautiful?




This chocolate cake came with bananas topped with cream. Enjoyed this cake too. Well, I'm into chocolate so I'm biased in that sense. They do have a range of non-chocolate cakes too....



Another shot of the cake almost finished up. We spent quite a lot of time in that cafe. Initially, the tour guide set a time for us, 45 minute but we ended up staying there for a good 2 hours. (not sure how accurate I am but we definitely overshot our time limit)

Another thing that I loved about this restaurant is that its a great place for photography. The huts are practically wide open so there is plenty of available light (I have yet to master low-light-photography. Lol, my indoor pictures are pretty miserable. Working on it!).


Now, get on that next flight to Bali (erm...at least right after we've got that whole H1N1 thing over with). Stop by Wayan Café alright =D Its a really good place to just laze around after you get tired from all that window shopping.