¡Hola! Ole-Ole Bali

A long, overdue meet up with besties was finally fixed, hurray! But the question is, "where to go for makan??" or to be exact 'buka puasa' since it is in Ramadhan. That kind of question usually makes me linger as I always find it a struggle to suggest a place that would suit everyone's appetite. However, Han without further ado, quickly suggested Ole-Ole Bali at Empire Subang. Well, I am not very fussy and Ana was pretty receptive to the suggestion, so we finally agreed to meet up there. 

I saw Han with her pretty baby already standing in front of the restaurant when I reached there. "I baru sampai," said Han after greeting me. Both of us went in, sat at the table and I instantly fell in love with the furnishing and the overall ambience of the restaurant. There was certainly a classy element in it but yet it gave me the pleasant feeling and comfort as well. "Hmm...fine restaurant should come with fine taste of food too," I thought. 

Ana finally came and we were ready to order. After browsing through the menu, I decided to order 'Siap Megoreng' (which Ana thought I jokingly mentioned until she saw it in the menu), Han with her 'Nasi Cumi' and Ana with "Bali Trio". 'Siap Megoreng' is actually Nasi Ayam Goreng but it does sounds cool right when you put it that way (haha!).

While we were waiting for our food, the restaurant was kind enough to serve us some condiments for Iftar. It came in a plate with sort of a small piece of kuih and a mini cup filled with black liquid. The three of us looked at each other and wondered "Hmm..macam mana nak makan ni? Kuih ni kena cicah dengan kuah tu ke?"

The condiments for berbuka

To save our embarrassment, I quickly called the waiter and asked what are those (when I actually wanted to know whether we should dip the kuih into the 'sauce'). "Ini apa ya?" I asked the waiter. "Oh kuihnya itu cekodok dan airnya cincau," he replied. "Ohhhhh...ok terima kasih," we thanked him. Three of us looked at each other again and were like "Fuhhh nasib baik tak cicah! Buat malu jer nanti!". We burst out into laughter.

Finally our order arrived. Some photos of our food:

Nasi Cumi for Han

Bali Trio for Ana

My Siap Megoreng!

We happily dig in our food, tasting the spices and bits of the ingredients that produced the lovely meal. My personal remark on the Siap Megoreng? Totally SCRUMPTIOUS. I for one, who loves to eat and explore authentic cuisines such as Balinese find that all of the ingredients and spices used in the meal were very fresh. From the crispy, freshly-fried chicken, complemented with the crunchiness of the long beans and tempe, added with the fresh lemongrass and spicy chillies made into 'sambal', devouring it with the aromatic turmeric rice, the meal perfectly suits my taste bud. Added with the 'rempeyek' cracker, it gave a 'kick' to the meal itself. Sedap!

Han and Ana enjoyed their meal too and this is me after Iftar:

One happy woman with a baby struggling to get out from her hug!