Who can resist a good food at a nice place? I won't for sure.. It's been a while since my food post, do you miss me? I'll share you mouth-watering food photos along with super nice place for you to hang. Bali has so many yummy yet beautiful restaurants and this is one of the places to have the best lunch in Seminyak that can't be missed while you're in Bali.

Seminyak is known as tourist's favorite place nowadays from local to international, this area is always a turn on. Many say if you want to have the best dining experience in Bali, Seminyak is the place to go. From Indonesian, Asian to Western, endless choices are offered here and Batik Restaurant Bar is surely on my list.

Concept & Interior

Batik itself according to Wikipedia is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth originated from Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting, or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap. The applied wax resists dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water, and repeating if multiple colours are desired.

Batik Restaurant Bar is known as South East Asian Restaurant in Seminyak Bali that serves Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesian food. A very unique restaurant where all the interior and even the furnishing is influenced by the real Batik. Reinterpret the batik tradition in refined way, Batik Restaurant Bar is not just an ordinary restaurant but a cultural reminder that has been set to guide people to that awareness in a subtle, arty and tasty way. It's visualized in every corner of the restaurant from the patterns to the process of making, from the stamps to the ingredients. All in a very detail way that I'm truly amazed with how they arrange everything.

Batik Restaurant Bar Interior - 1st Floor

Batik Restaurant Bar Interior - 2nd Floor

Batik Restaurant Bar Outdoor Area

Batik Mini Tour

This restaurant isn't just a usual restaurant where you eat, hang and leave as usual. They offer 'Batik Mini Tour' that you can ask for free while you're waiting for your dish to discover the timeless beauty and magic of batik. Vania kindly took me for a 'Batik Mini Tour' and here's what I learned:

Batik Fabrication Steps

I didn't notice before but the six fabrics hanging on the main dining room have more meaning than just a normal fabric. They show various steps of batik production from waxing to coloring. It's a complicated process that needs accuracy and patience to create a perfectly beautiful piece of batik fabric. That's why the real Batik fabric is expensive. There are many cheap batik these days because they use printing rather than manual method.

Batik Waxes and Natural Dye

Seeing this area for the first time, I thought they're just decorations or perhaps selling something (the wax kinda looks like soap btw). In fact, all of them are the raw materials that needed in the process of Batik production for each phase. There are different types of woods mostly use to derive natural colors for batik coloring, Kayu Tegeran will become yellow and Kayu Secang will become red. Beside that, there are waxes such as Malam Nemblok to cover and protect any specific motif from any coloring. Another important wax during the process is Malam Ngenreng, which is the first wax used right after the pencil sketch drawing on the fabric and Malam Nerusi which is the second step of waxing, dropped in the backside of the fabric to reinforce and fix the first wax.

Batik Stamps

I know that they're beautiful and expensive because I've seen them at my work place long ago where I was working at furniture and handicraft company. And here, at Batik, there are so many on the wall and used as wall decorations behind the bar area which are so beautiful and stunning. They are used to create a perfectly repeated pattern all over the fabric. All of those stamps are hand-made, will left you imagine how much time, efforts and details needed to weld and knit the metal copper lines as base to create the final design. These batik stamps nowadays already left behind and started to become extinct.

Batik Stairs

As we go to the second floor, I can see the unique stairs where there are so many different types of batik along with the name of the city where it comes from. There are 23 cities on the display here, they are the most important cities that become house of batik production centers within Indonesia and Bali is one of them, so proud! Indonesia is very rich and I can't be more proud!

Batik Canting Pen Board

I know that Canting is an important tool to create batik patterns in the old days. But honestly, I've never seen one and don't know what it looks like. Here they use canting pen to create a modern art. This frame with 1800 holes on it can be used to display words using pattern made by canting pen. As you can see here, it's now . If you plan to have a party or birthday here, they can make your name on the wall. Want it?

Batik Art Panels

Another piece of modern art combining batik and painting. For me it creates a deeper perception of batik and a proof that a traditional art can survive in this modern world.

Batik Fashion Mannequins

Until now, batik is still exist and can live up to the high fashion era. This is one of the proof where Ali Kharisma, one of the famous fashion designers, display his designs on the mannequins at the second floor of Batik Restaurant Bar.

Batik Coins

I'm surprised on how detail they put the batik element as furnishing inside this restaurant. On the second floor at the bar, if you take a look a bit closer to the bottom of the bar counter, there are so many old style coin representing the major batik cities all over Indonesia with their flags and symbolic element. These batik coins resembling small stamps which are used on each bottom of batik fabric to show the originality and where those batik are made. Nowadays, we just use label inside the clothing.

Food & Beverages

Nem Nuong (IDR 65K)

Vietnamese marinated minced beef rolled on lemongrass stick

This reminds me with Balinese food which usually known as sate lilit, the difference is it's usually made with fish. The way to eat it is slightly different, using the lettuce, we can fill it with the minced beef, coriander leaves, sweet sour sauce then roll it up and eat the whole thing. It creates a bursting flavor inside my mouth. Recommended as appetizer, so refreshing!

Thai Pandan Chicken (IDR 45K)

Marianted fried chicken wrapped in pandan leaves

It's a classic Thailand food, simple yet yummy. It comes in small portion as appetizer, very fragrant and the meat is so tender. It uses thigh chicken meat, yum! Perfect for small bites.

Thai Veggie Papaya Salad (IDR 45K)

Som Tum - With young papaya, carrot, peanuts

If you want something spicy and refreshing, I really recommend this for you. Tell the chef if you're Indonesian so you can get a local spiciness level. For Indonesian, it's kinda similar to rujak but it's more refreshing and sour. So many texture and I really love the crunchiness combination between the young papaya, carrot and peanuts. Love the presentation too, so unique!

Pho Bo (IDR 70K)

Popular Vietnamese beef noodle soup - sliced tenderloin, bean sprout, coriander root, sliced onion

Who doesn't know Pho Bo? It's a most well known and must try dish from Vietnam. The taste is light and delightful, a perfect comfort food for anyone. The thin sliced tenderloin is the key, dipped in the hot broth, it creates the perfect and juicy beef. I love to add chili slices and the sour sauce as well to create more flavor. Can't be missed..

Steamed Barramundi (IDR 110K)

Tom yum broth, enoki mushroom, bok choy, and fresh coriander

The highlight of my lunch! The barramundi is so tender, perfectly cooked and tom yum broth and enoki add some more flavor to the fish. It's a perfect combo. I love the extra tomyum broth at the side, comes with rice too so if you're hungry, this is for you to have.

Warm Apple Crumble (IDR 45K)

Served with vanilla ice cream

I had warm apple crumble before but this is a bit different. This is crunchier and richer in texture. The warm glazed apple with the crunchiness from the pastry and crumbles blend perfectly with the sweet and cold vanilla ice cream. Very recommended.. This is a light bite dessert after a full course meal, perfect for sharing if you don't want to eat too much 😋.

Batik Punch (IDR 50K)

Pineapple, Orange, Lime, Cranberry, Soda

I tried this beverage as this is their signature drink. I like how they use real fruits too inside because some place only use syrup or concentrate for their mocktail. It's not too sweet, in fact it's so refreshing sweet and sour taste. Love the combination!

My kind of casual OOTD for summer Top: Cotton On Shorts: H&M Wedges: Hush Puppies

Siapa disini yang rambutnya berminyak? Aku bakal angkat tangan setinggi-tingginya deh karena tipe rambutku itu fine banget, super lemes dan halus serta gampang berminyak sampai-sampai harus tiap hari keramas terutama kalau cuaca lagi panas banget. Tapi kalau lagi buru-buru, mana punya waktu sih buat tiap hari keramas sampai styling 😓, paling males banget deh kalau udah bad hair day.

Akhirnya kegalauanku terjawab deh karena sekarang bisa sampoan tanpa keramas, selama ini aku sudah tau mengenai jenis produk seperti ini tapi sulit didapat dan susah didapat di supermarket lokal. Finally sekarang sudah ada Dry Shampoo dari Ellips, merk vitamin rambut yang udah terkenal banget itu dan mereka mengirimkan keempat variannya 😍. Let's see seberapa efektif dan wangi yang mana yang paling enak.

Deskripsi

Ellips Dry Shampoo adalah solusi instan untuk rambut berminyak, bekerja secara instan menyerap minyak berlebih dari rambut dan kulit kepala. Rambut menjadi lebih lembut, indah dan bervolume. Memberikan aroma dan sensasi yang menyegarkan seperti sehabis keramas.

1 Minute Quick Steps:

- Kocok sebelum aplikasi dan semprotkan ke rambut dan kulit kepala dengan jarak 30 cm

- Pijat rambut secara menyeluruh dengan ujung-ujung jari

- Style rambut seperti biasa

Hal-hal yang harus diperhatikan:
- Letakkan di tempat yang sejuk dan kering
- Hindari sinar matahari, panas yang berlebih dan api
- Cairan mudah terbakar
- Pastikan kemasan sudah kosong sebelum dibuang
- Jauhkan dari jangkauan anak
- Hindari kontak dengan mata

Varian:

- Blossom (Floral Aroma) ~ Pink

- Fruity (Fruity Aroma) ~ Ungu

- Breeze (Freshness Aroma) ~ Hijau

- Exotic (Tropical Aroma) ~ Oranye

Ingredients : Propane, Butane, Isobutane, Aluminum Starch Octenyl Succinate, Alcohol Denat, Silica Fragrance, Benzalkonium, Chloride, Menthol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane

Packaging

Kemasan Ellips Dry Shampoo berupa botol kaleng aerosol yang warnanya berbeda-beda sesuai varian aromanya.

Tersedia dalam 2 kemasan berbeda:

- 50 ml (cocok untuk dibawa-bawa & traveling) - IDR 32,200

- 200 ml (untuk di rumah) - IDR 58,400

Aku suka banget sama packagingnya karena ada yg travel size juga. Dry shampoo sudah kaya benda wajib penyelamat yang harus dibawa kemana-mana apalagi kalau lagi traveling lebih cepet berminyak, kan. Karena batas kabin hanya 100ml, jadinya ada yang ukuran 50ml nih asik banget. Kalau traveling sebaiknya tetap dimasukkan koper ya, nanti sampai tujuan baru dikeluarin lagi.

Review

BEFORE

Kalau kalian lihat rambutku yang sudah agak berminyak itu padahal baru kemarin keramas, yah that's it.. Memang begitulah nasib, apalagi cuaca panas banget di Bali, rambut minyakan sudah jadi makanan sehari-hari. Di area poni paling cepet banget berminyak dan jelek banget rasanya kaya orang belum mandi. Area rambut dekat telinga juga cepat berminyak apalagi kalau kena masker atau skincare semalam.

AFTER

I'm so happy! As you can see rambutku jauh lebih mendingan daripada yang before.. Ya iya lah.. Rambut udah jauh kelihatan lebih fresh, ga berminyak lagi dan senengnya lagi karena jadi lebih mengembang dari yang biasanya super flat. Bener-bener ngebantu banget di saat emergency karena ga punya waktu kadang untuk keramas tiap hari setiap pagi. Kalau keramas malem, besok paginya sudah agak berminyak lagi 😑. But now I’m HAIR READY! I have the strength and support I need from Ellips Dry Shampoo.

Varian:

- Blossom (Floral Aroma) ~ Pink

Aku suka dengan wangi floralnya karena lembut dan bukan wangi floral yang norak dan nyengat. Cocok banget dipakai kalau mau nge-date bareng pasangan.

- Fruity (Fruity Aroma) ~ Ungu

I'm not really a fruity kind of person. Wangi yang ini terlalu manis buat aku tapi cocok banget buat kamu yang suka wangi buah-buahan atau wangi yang cenderung manis.

- Breeze (Freshness Aroma) ~ Hijau

Ini favoritku banget karena wanginya paling fresh diantara yang lain. Rambut jadi lebih segar dan pengen aku cium-cium terus karena enak banget wanginya.

- Exotic (Tropical Aroma) ~ Oranye
Ini juga salah satu wangi favoritku karena wanginya enak banget, lebih seksi dan elegan kesannya. Wanginya bikin jadi lebih semangat.

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PROS:

+ Tersedia dalam 2 ukuran

+ Harga terjangkau

+ Banyak pilihan aroma

+ Bekerja dengan sangat baik bikin rambut jadi tidak berminyak dan segar

CONS:

- Karena masih baru jadi masih agak sulit ditemukan di supermarket

OVERALL:

This is truly the solution to fix your greasy hair while you don't have enough time for washing, only one minute needed. Jujur waktu pertama kali tau kalau ada produk lokal ngeluarin Dry Shampoo itu rasanya super bahagia karena ga gampang beli Dry Shampoo meskipun ada yang jual di Indo secara botol aerosol kan pengirimannya terbatas. Ditambah lagi harganya super terjangkau dan banyak varian wanginya, yes banget deh. Produknya juga bekerja secara baik bikin rambut jadi ga berminyak dan lebih mudah diatur, cocok banget buat tipe rambutku yang berminyak dan halus ini. For sure, I will repurchase! Now I can be in wherever, do whatever I want to do tanpa takut kusam lagi. 

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Where to Buy?

Ellips Dry Shampoo bisa dibeli di Lazada dan supermarket terdekat

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Sebagai seorang wanita pasti ga bisa jauh-jauh dari yang namanya lipstik. Ga cuma lipstik aja, tapi ada produk-produk lain yang ngetrend sekarang seperti matte lip cream, lip tint dan banyak jenis-jenis lainnya. Dulu kalau mau beli lipstik kebanyakan pasti cari merek luar yang gampang dicari di Department Store karena produk lokal belum banyak dan ga semudah sekarang dicari, alias masih sedikit banget. Sekarang lipstik lokal kembali diminati dan kualitasnya ga kalah sama produk luar, loh.

Ngomong-ngomong tentang lipstik lokal nih, banyak banget yang baru-baru di pasaran dan bikin kita penasaran. Tidak hanya dari merek-merek lokal yang lama-lama tapi banyak juga merek baru bermunculan dan membuat kita semakin bingung memilih. Kira-kira apa ya yang pengen dicoba, aku ada beberapa rekomendasi produk bibir lokal yang kalian wajib coba.

1. Purbasari Metallic Color Matte Lipstick

Siapa sih yang ga tau merek ini, si Purbasari lagi heboh banget karena lipstiknya yang murah meriah dan bagus banget kalau dipakai. Nah, awal tahun ini Purbasari kembali bikin heboh dengan metallic lipstick dan warna-warna cantiknya. Aku suka banget sama lipstik Purbasari karena teksturnya yang lembut dan ringan di bibir tapi super pigmented. Favoritku yang shade sunstone.

2. Purbasari Hi-Matte Lip Cream

Ga cuma matte dan metallic lipstik Purbasari aja, tapi matte lip cream Purbasari juga wajib dicoba. Warnanya yang nude cakep-cakep deh dan nutup banget waktu dipakai. Harganya pun termasuk paling murah diantara produk-produk matte lip cream merek lain. Kekurangannya sih ini agak kering di bibir jadi mesti pakai lipbalm dulu ya.

3. Face2Face Soft Matte Lip Cream

Formulanya si Face2Face ini termasuk yang paling ringan dibanding yang lain. Aku suka banget karena berasa ga pakai apa-apa sih ini tapi kekurangannya menurutku shadenya kurang banyak yang nude, kebanyakan lebih ke gonjreng gitu warnanya, tapi cukup oke nih buat dicoba.

4. Make Over Intense Matte Lip Cream

Yuhuu.. Make Over merupakan salah satu brand lokal terbaik menurutku. Kemasannya wah dan kualitasnya banyak yang bagus. Untuk produk lip cream pun, dia adalah salah satu pelopor jaman awal mula lip cream mulai booming. Dan sekarang semakin banyak shade yang dikeluarkan jadi makin cinta deh. Aku suka banget sama shade no 003 secret.

5. QL Cosmetic Lip Cream Matte

Terus terang aku agak under estimate sama merek QL karena murah banget harganya tapi jangan salah ya, produknya banyak yang bagus loh salah satunya matte lip cream ini. Harganya cuma 30ribuan ajah loh tapi kualitasnya bagus dan ringan banget di bibir. Shadenya juga semakin banyak terutama warna nudenya patut dikoleksi.

6. Zoya Lip Paint Metallic

Zoya selain terkenal dengan produk lip creamnya yang biasa, dia juga mengeluarkan metallic lip paint dengan warna-warna yang wah dan cetar. Aku suka banget warnanya karena glam dan super duper awet di bibir, cocok banget buat tampilan wah ke pesta. Ringan tapi warnanya sangat intens, gliternya pun halus dan ga norak.

7. Looke Cosmetics Holy Lip Creme & Polish

Salah satu merek lokal terbaru yang bikin penasaran terutama lipglossnya karena jarang merek lokal yang punya lipgloss bagus. Kemasannya kece banget dan terlihat elegan dengan kotak macem gift box. Aku suka formula keduanya terutama lipglossnya, walaupun sedikit lengket tapi di bibir cantik dan glitter halus serta hint pinknya bikin bibir kelihatan fresh banget.

Produk mana yang jadi favorit kalian? Aku suka banget sama lipstik Purbasari, Make Over dan Looke sebagai pendatang baru. Kalau ada saran produk bibir apalagi nih yang kira-kira patut dicoba dan direview jangan lupa kasih info dan komen ya, siapa tau ada kesempatan untuk review. Bangga banget nih dengan produk-produk lokal kita nih, semoga banyak terobosan lagi nanti. Yess..!

Wine.. Yes! Everyone knows what wine is but so few of us know anything about wine and food pairing. What kind of wine it is, which food is best with red or white wine, and things like that. I do enjoy wine and drink wine sometimes but I admit I know nothing about wine until I join this class.

Lucky us! Hatten Wines invited Bali Beauty Blogger to experience this thing. If you drink wine, you must've heard about Hatten Wines. It's a Bali's own winery that been making wine in Bali since 1994. As you know, wine is usually made in subtropical country, but they succeed to make wine in this kind of hot tropical weather. No wonder they were chosen as the Winery of The Year 2017 by Asian Wine Review.

Pretty kitchen with Gaggenau

Hatten Wines has a big office in Sanur but it's not an ordinary office, it's a facility with  a warehouse style building, bubbling with activities: wine classes, wine tasting, private dining room, wine distribution offices and a new wine lifestyle boutique housing its own wine accessories line. I'm in love with the architecture and interior! They also partnered up with German luxury home appliances Gaggenau, high end glassmakers Schott Zwiesel and elegant cabinetry makers, Toto Kitchen.