Evening at Discovery Mall in Tuban Bali

This evening I had dinner in one of the restaurants, at the back of Discovery Mall in Tuban. Barrie and his family were well familiar with the food options, as they have checked out the restaurants there before. We were joined by 2 ladies (Dina and Ani) from Yogyakarta, close to where Barrie’s wife, Candika lives.

Barrie commented that it was nice to see some people out and about. It was true, even at 9.30pm the mall was still busy with Balinese, Muslim and western shoppers. I cannot remember the name of the place we ate at, but my dish was Woku, at steamed fish dish with rice and a brown/ yellow hot sauce. It was 28,000rp and very good. Sitting there after the spicy sauce kicked in, I was sweating, something that wouldn’t of happened a month ago.

Discovery Mall has great coffee, Starbucks at the front and a cafe at the back, with a great selection of drinks. The beach front restaurants overlook Kuta Beach, and the place is spacious.

After bidding farewell to Barrie and his family, myself and the 2 ladies from Yogya, went to retrieve our motorbikes, from across the street. After riding 10 meters, my bike felt funny, and I realized I had a flat front tyre. The ladies offered to help me, then realized they too had a flat. “Watch out” they shouted, “hurry, they will take the bikes.” What was going on, I didn’t exactly understand, until I saw a squad of black uniformed people, coming back down the street, letting down all the bike tyres! Some kind of neighborhood patrol, but really a pain in the neck.

I took off at a speedy 5mph, and after a mile or so, found a place that had a compressor. For 1,000rp the guy pumped air into my tyre and I was off home.

For families staying in the Tuban area, the open air Mall restaurants and cafes, are a good option. They offer a choice of Asian and western food and are not super spendy. Candika liked the food, and if an Indonesian says the local food is good, its good. The Mall shuts at 11pm.