Friends who know
me would be aware that i am not into the club scene and would prefer to stay at
home rather than to get myself wasted and to wake up the next day with a massive
headache.
However, someone
suggested Potato Head Beach Club for dinner when i was
in Bali and since it would be a group dinner, i found it a bit hard
to reject. Furthermore, the beach clubs in Bali were supposed to be very good
and you can even find their spin-offs in Singapore like Ku De
Ta!
Security was
tight with bag checks and stuff and after we cleared it, we were kind of in a
fix as there's no direction on where you should proceed to from
there!
We just walked
straight until we caught hold of the sign as above. For a place known to be
popular, there wasn't much of a crowd on a Friday evening and you can't blame us
for thinking it might not be as great as it was made out to
be.
Was in fact
expecting a queue but there was none! Anyway, an interesting facade made up of
hundreds of wooden windows that were quite the norm in the old
days.
Going up one
level; again, the disquiet was disturbing! Did we land ourselves in a tourist
trap? But the review on google was an impressive 4.4 from over 1,600
reviewers!
A different
storey greeted us once we entered Potato Head Beach Club - the whole place was
filled with people and we did the right thing by making a reservation
beforehand. There were three levels; top one was a pizza place, second floor
served Indonesia food whereas the lower level (where we were at) was more for
Western cuisine.
Our reservation
was for level one as the second level was already full. Honestly, I wasn't too
happy to see the orange lights as pictures taken of food would look extremely
unappetizing.
After ordering my
dinner, i dashed out to check out the beach club as mountain-tortoise (basically
ignorant) me has never been to one before!
First thing that
struck me when i first entered the restaurant was the infinity pool facing the
beach and the ocean with a bar counter that had its seats underneath the
water!
In other places,
i would have thought it's stupid to have a pool when the sea was just a few
meters away. However, the waves were choppy at this side of Bali and it actually
made practical sense for people to enjoy the sea-view while soaking in
water.
Bed-sized lounges
in case you do not want your skin wrinkled up!
It was too cloudy
that evening; if not, i guess you would be blessed with a beautiful sunset while
relaxing on the lounge beds. Thought it's a really nice place for those looking
for a chill-out venue and drinks are not as expensive as
Singapore!
Beach was frankly
nothing to scream about. Looking for white-sand beach that's almost powder
like? Maldives is definitely the place! You may check
out my summarised itinerary here.
Time for my
dinner! As expected, all the photos were "orange-washed" and i was thinking if i
should just give the food a miss; as in not taking any photo of it as i still
needed dinner!
I am grateful to
my tour group mates for helping to switch on the torchlight function on their
mobile to shine my order; the 180 grams Altitude Farms Pork
Belly.
My review,
unfortunately, wouldn't be a good one; the pork belly was super fatty which
would have a complement if the crispy roasted skin wasn't insanely tough! It was
a bit overwhelming after a while and can you imagine that i actually left one
piece untouched. Even the BBQ corn failed to remedy the situation; not buttery
enough and there's a strange tinge of sourness.
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Location
Potato
Head Beach Club,
Seminyak,
Bali Island,
Indonesia
Website
https://www.ptthead.com/beach-club-in-bali/
Pricing
Altitude Farms Pork
Belly - 155,000 rupiahs
(subject to 8% tax
and 10% service charge)
For
the itinerary of my 4-day, 3-night Bali trip, please
click here.
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