Gusto Tapas Bar on Jalan Laksamana - Oberoi

Hello All

Well another lovely day - it is quite hot today - supposed to be 26degrees but feels much hotter.

Just got back from pilates - great class - my body is still not sure what is going on - but getting better! ha ha....

Yesterday we decided to try a tiny vegetarian place that specialises in mock meats but it was closed when we got there so decided to look for another vegetarian place down Jalan Laksamana - but we couldn't find it. So we decided to just get out of the taxi and take a walk and see what kind of food took our fancy. We ended up at a place called Gusto Tapas Bar on Jalan Laksamana - Oberoi. It was pretty awesome - really nice decor - quite dark but very open and great music and atmosphere. We had a typical tapas meal - lots of little things - all amazing. They had Crunchy Mushrooms which were really fresh and funnily enough crunchy coating - a real must! Also had Spanish Olives, Manchego Salad, Potato Bravas and something called Crispy Surprise - which was button mushroom chopped up with herbs and spices and a whole egg cooked inside a crunchy shell - it was very tasty and very interesting! The wine was reasonable too - had a glass of Hatten Rose for only 30,000 rupiahs - so that is quite reasonable for that street.

So after dinner we decided to walk along the street and see what else was happening and came upon a little place called Half Moon - it looked absolutely nothing from outside but when you look down the hallway you saw that they had a lovely grassy area out the back with tables with candles set up - really really pretty. They had quite a big cocktail menu so decided on a Caiprioska but they did not have any spirits - there is a huge thing going on here in bali with regards to spirits being imported into the country.

A few months ago, the government decided to clamp down on the huge black market in alcohol, and to stop companies bribing their way through customs. That left the country's sole legal importer trying to meet a demand that is more than four times the size of its legal quotas.

A bottle of spirits carries taxes of up to 400% its original price.

So had a glass of Hatten wine - this time a white wine. Their wines are surprisingly good - so well worth a try if you are ever here. They do a White, Rose and a Red.

Anyway that is all for today.

Cheers
Julie Franke

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