The Fat Turtle @ Seminyak, Bali

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One of the things I looked forward to doing in Bali is visiting their cafes but laziness got the better of me and I ended up accomplishing only 1 of 3 on the plan.

The Fat Turtle is home to fluffy pancakes and good coffee, free wifi too!

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No prizes for guessing what's their wifi password.

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Crochet knits for sale, anyone?

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Iced mocha

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Balinese Nasi Goreng (IDR 50K)
Chicken satay, fried egg, homemade vegetable pickles, prawn crackers

It's only in Bali that I'd ever order rice at brunch, for the rice-loving chinaman dad no less. This version was pretty tasty and makes me just wonder if this is a benchmark of how good a restaurant is because every other place we went to had it on the menu!

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Big breakfast hardly goes wrong and neither did this one.

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Smashed Avocado on Toast (IDR 55K)
Tomato Salsa, Feta Cheese, Two poached Eggs, Feta Cheese

Eggs benny end up too boring for me hence I went the route of smashed arvo.

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Ultimate egg porn and I am happy to report, both eggs made their way safely into my tum. I liked the touch of feta cheese to this.

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Red Velvet Pancakes (IDR 55K)
Crearm Cheese Mousse, Chocolate Soil, Honeycomb, Vanilla Icecream 

The signature red velvet pancakes took quite a while to arrive and won me over with its dark ruby colour. Stacked with layers of cream cheese mousse, I dare say this has to be the best red velvet dessert around next to red velvet cake! I loved how fluffy the layers were and the batter actually held up all the ingredients nicely without being soggy.

Between sweet and savoury, sweet trumped.

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Salted Eggyolk Custard Cruffin (IDR 30K)

We ordered this croissant-muffin hybrid because it is also the signature at The Fat Turtle.

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I would have expected some lava action with it amidst the crinkly pastry layers but in this aspect this was closer to a muffin than a croissant. That said, salted egg custard was spot on with the right balance of salted egg yolk and custard.

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Thank you The Fat Turtle, we had a great time and see you soon!

The Fat Turtle
Seminyak

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