A trip planned 2 months ago, 4 women waiting for the opportunity to prey on Deals.com.sg, Ilovedeals.com.sg, Groupon.com.sg.. and finally we gotten ourselves a big good deal on Groupon.com!! So~ Here we go! Batam!
Thanks to Cecelia and Jenny, they have gotten their colleague, Erni (Not sure whether it is spelled like this) a local to bring us around the town to unveil the other side of Batam we have not seen before.
The first stop is to fill our stomachs after a 50 mins ferry ride and Erni brought us to this relatively famous Seafood Restaurant REZEKI. Upon reaching, we saw quite a crowd at the place, mostly locals and a lot of live seafood in the tanks, waiting for us to feast on them. Muahaha.
With Erni's help, we ordered the "Gong Gong", Chili Crabs x 2, Kang Gong Vegetables and the Fried Calamari and more! By the way, because of my greediness, I have forgotten to take a photo for the Dark Soya Sweet Sauce Fry Fish and the Steam Prawns! Opps.. Sorry... If there is only 1 word to describe all the dishes, mine will be "Freshness" . I must specially recommend the Fry Fish because the fish was so well done where the skin was so crispy yet the meat remained extremely tender and coated with its secret recipe sauce ~~ Super yummy!
After the big feast, Erni drove us to a little shop which sell homemade Bo Bo Cha Cha and Goreng Pisang. As it was raining heavily, Erni went down and packed the desserts back. The Bo Bo Cha Cha reminds me of the homemade dessert which I have eaten during my childhood period. The dessert is cooked together with the tapioca, sweet potato and the chewy,cubes ( I also don't know what is that called). The Chinese traditional desserts in Singapore now, mixing the ingredients and the pre cooked BoBo Cha Cha soup together.
After eating so much food, it was time to relax our muscles! We initially wanted to try out Isabella spa because of its good reviews at TripAdvisor. However, we did not call to reserve beforehand where Erni suggested that the place should be fully booked for the whole day. In order not to disappointed us, Erni brought us to a spa place operated by her friend! I fell in love with the place instantly mainly because of its lime green 3-storey high building. Upon opening the door, we were immediately welcomed by the mini waterfall wall with slight cinnamon aroma at the waiting area and oh, their beautiful receptionist too..
As this would be the last stop for the day, we asked Erni to go home to her daughters while we enjoyed our 3-hr spa treatments. I took the April Promotion package which consists of the yellow lemon mint spa + Totok face + face mask at an affordable price of SGD 55! Imagine if I would have done the same treatment in Singapore, I would have fainted when looking at the bill! After an hour's wait, the four of us were separated into 2 private rooms for our chosen spa treatments.
Well, the room is good enough for two persons and our "steaming" was done in the room itself unlike spa secret where we have to move to the common sauna room. Most importantly, my masseuse gave really good massage as she knew exactly what to do, like pressing at the right acupuncture points at the right pressure without me feeling uncomfortable and filled with bruises. For your information, I did get multiple blue blacks after a massage/spa in China!! After the body mask, Cecelia and I were sent to the tub for a shower. I have to say the tub does not have the Jacuzzi function and it is not as big as what spa secret has, but we enjoyed each other's company by scrubbing each other's back! Hot ginger tea was served to us after the session.
One of the many good services provided by the spa was, we were transferred back by its free transport to our hotel to end our day ...
Kampoeng Totok & Spa Rezezki
Komp.Mahkota Raya Blok, E No.1 Jalan Raja Ali Haji Komp. Wira Mustika
Batam Center- Batam 29432 Blok C No 1-2 Telp 0778-459 774
E-mail. kampoengspa@yahoo.com Batam-Indonesia
Website: Kampoengspa.com Tel: 0778761180/08127023942
Monday -Sunday Monday - Sunday
10.00am -10.00pm 10.00am- 10.00pm
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