21-day South-Asia trip (2007)

January 18th

Woke up 8am.

Breakfast: Ba Kut Teh
Pork rib soup w/rice
Indonesian coffee

Visited the markets

Wet market sells vegetables, meat and fish. Such a variety!

We bought several kilos of jackfruit, passion fruit, small bananas and snacked on some deep fried banana fritters

Fast ferry from Balai to Tanjung Pinang.

Booked a room at Paradis Hotel.

This was the best eating experience of the trip for me:
At night, around dinner time there is an area just down from the hotel that turns into an outdoor food court. There are probably 100 or so different stalls set up, with a seating area in the middle. Locals flock here to feast probably every night of the week.

Dinner:

Char Kwiteau
Gong Gong
Fried Fish
Satay
Roti Plata