Hawker House Street Feast Brunch at Fire, W Retreat and Spa Bali

After sending you guys some postcards from Bali, I am now back to give you the full report! Not exactly full but this post will be the main reason why I was back to Bali!

But I gotta tell you upfront: no business, pure fun!

Bali was absolutely humid during the day but it was just great during the morning.

So one of the reasons I got invited back to W Bali was because they're launching this fun brunch concept called "Hawker House Street Feast Brunch" which will be available every Sunday from 12 - 3.30 PM! The brunch will be showcasing some of Peter Lloyd's Mediterranean-Pan Asian cuisines with a twist of Balinese to the feast. The brunch will be held every Sunday at one of W Bali's famous in house restaurants, Fire!

If you've been here before, then you're probably familiar with this. Good old awesome quirky W!

Okay, since the brunch was held on the day, it was seriously friggin humid, but that didn't stop us from abusing the food here, I don't know why but I tend to get hungry easily whenever I am in Bali. Everything looks so delicious you just want a bite!

As hot as it could be, the sky was just so blue and mild and Fire was burning hot and 'magically' transformed into this market style restaurant. This was their cocktail section where you could have bottomless cocktails just for you!

The Masala section.

What you call everyday Market scene. Fresh veges all the way...

....and fruits...

 

...and wines.

One of my favorite sections! The Asian Wok section.

 Popcorn booth!

Some treats from the Barbeque Section!

Each table was served with boiled peanuts, simple but very addicting, this is like what you need to have before you're officially Indonesian validated... jokester!

Fresh juices along the way! Bottom-freaking-less. Beaches with fresh juices? Tick!

They seriously have superb grilled selections. Me loving this grilled pork skewers, so simple but the meat and the seasoning was just perfect! The meat was on the medium well state, very tender, juicy and I'm hungry now.

The excitement doesn't stop on the pork, the cod here...amazing as well! Perfect cooking and seasoning state, awesome complex and unique flavor but eventually faded to awesome, this was just impressive!

Egg Benedict with pork, another stunner!

W's signature Es Campur was also freaking beautiful! You could choose between the good old Es Campur with shaved ice tower or this one that I ordered, more like a fruit soup with coconut milk but the flavor was just awesome! It's totally fruity mixed with milky flavor but not overpowering, and best thing that you could custom as much topping as you want. Talk about personal satisfaction!

Juices on test tubes. Presentation master.

Loving this raspberry cocktail, it was not very strong (since I am not a keen drinker), the flavor was just sparkling, fruity and yet refreshing, perfect for a hot day.

Cocktails in hampers, now this is one badass cocktail.

You could have as much seafood as you want in the brunch, they were amazingly fresh! You can never have too much seafood.

Cocktails by the beach! Made especially for this brunch event by the great W Bali's very own mixologist, Yudi Hendarsyah. This guy's such a genius!

No way ending this post without photo with the star of the serving, Chef Peter Lloyd! He's such a humble guy! We went to Pod Chocolate (post coming soon) together and got the chance to know him better personally, Off kitchen, he's this fun guy with big sense of humor!

And if you follow my Instagram, I told you guys that I will be on the same event with THE MOST FAMOUS BLOGGER in Asia, Brad Lau from Lady Iron Chef, he's also very humble! It's nice to know this person with so many achievements and talent. He has been blogging for about 7 years (now that's commitment) but look at him, he probably doesn't even weigh as much as I do FML.

Ah, just the perfect day to go to the beach! Ironically I am typing this in the busy Jakarta, everytime I see this I need to fly back to the (W)oohooland! Always been mad mad mad busy in J-town.

I highly recommend The Hawker House Street Feast Brunch, please don't see this as an ad just because I got sponsored, take it as a suggestion from yours truly ;). The food was indeed really nice, the ambiance was just lovely, but frankly speaking, you might not want to use something very closure, just relax, wear something comfortable and try your best to avoid black like I did T_T (I was sweating like mad).

Come to Fire at W Retreat and Spa Bali and enjoy the feast at The Hawker House Street Feast Brunch every Sunday, 12 - 3.30 PM for IDR 425k++/person.

THANK YOU W RETREAT AND SPA BALI FOR THE KINDNESS. Seriously guys, you left a big mark on my heart <3.

The other posts of W Retreat and Spa Bali -> POST 1 | POST 2 | POST 3

W Retreat and Spa Seminyak Bali
Jl. Petitenget 
Seminyak, Bali 80361
+62 361 - 473 8106
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W Retreat and Spa Seminyak Bali [Hotel Review]

This post is clearly one of the most requested posts of eatandtreats... EVER!

First, huge huge thanks to W Retreat and Spa Bali for sponsoring this trip and making this trip possible, I was super duper honored! Special thanks to Aini Zariyah for inviting me over to experience the vibrant and luxurious life in W Retreat and Spa Seminyak! It was one of the best trips ever starting from the beginning to the end, might be a short one, but much needed respite!

I brought Ian Eryanto Wongso from Lyon+Mia along to this trip and thanks for being such a great travel partner!!! Couldn't imagine crazier travel partner beside this. There were so many photos I took there I decided to split this post to some parts because I don't want to spoil you with all the awesomeness of W in just one post. Stay tuned!

Got flown by Garuda Indonesia, it was a nice flight but the food was MEH! Seating on the second floor and the flight was pretty empty that day, I got "beds" for myself!

After arriving at the Ngurah Rai airport, we were greeted by the representative of W and we were driven to the hotel with freaking BMW X5! Okay this is luxurious. Service has been *ahem* impeccable and impressive so far!

The car's packed with stuffs from W like candies, fresh apples, mineral waters and wet towels!  Another hospitality glory.

It took us around 30 minutes on the road before finally arriving in W in Seminyak, and we're greeted by the face of the handsome chef, Dallas Cuddy (which by the way one of the main reasons of paying a visit to W). Going to tell you more about this chef and his fabulous creations on another post but if you follow me on Instagram I have shared tons of spoilers!

Check-in was easy and smooth, the concierge staffs were really friendly and what I love about their hospitality is that they're doing it casually, I see people smiling everyone even tourists or those who were not staffs there, such a rare thing to see here in bloody Jakarta lately *sigh*. We're also given this "magic towel" that could grow just by pouring some infused water on it!

Aini offered us an afternoon tea session but we were pretty full for certain reasons (that I didn't know) so we skipped these devils and move on to having lunch at Starfish Bloo. Now I regret not having this chocolate cake that day, it was such a feast-porn!

We're placed in the awesome "Spectacular Front Facing" deluxe room on the fourth floor and the view from our room was freaking breathtaking!!! Even though Bali was not on its best Sunset days and was pretty hot during the day, but during sunset hours, the wind breeze blew gently and it was pretty cool.

The deluxe room consist of one king size W signature bed with those green ornaments stitched on the uber thick and comfy blanket, one large LED TV, one L-sized couch for anybody who wants to sleepover, indoor bath-room (certain must!), and some basic amenities. The thing about the bath-room was that it didn't have any door but it had this wood scroll-door to separate the bathroom with the bed area.

BEST THING ABOUT THE ROOM: The music man! They keep on repeating these musics from W Symmetry Music Collection. THE PERFECT LOUNGE ANTHEM! Aini kindly copied me all the songs but when I started playing it in my room, epic fail, my room wasn't completed with Bose sound system, plus it's not Bali with those impeccable beach view :(. Anyway you should get the CD or if you're planning to visit W, you should purchase the CD for you to take home.

It was a one super comfortable bed I could roll on it all day wrapped in the blanket! It was also pretty big, even for monsters like me and Ian, there's even space for another one who wants to jump in.

We were greeted with jelly beans with cock (animal) decoration.

Not only that, the kind staffs from W also prepared us with this "welcome cupcakes", they tasted pretty nice!

Yes! It's exactly where I want to be.

Some free goodies for us!

Talking about their bathroom, it was also an impressive one, it had two separate sinks and each was completed with Bliss Bath products, I tried their body butter and honestly it had a pretty decent moisturizing effect. Most of the times, I forgot to take my shampoo out of the luggage and I ended up using theirs, it was pretty good, none of that crap bad quality bath products, even their facial wash was pretty good. Shoot I am talking like a beauty blogger.

The bathroom was also equipped with big bath tub, rain-shower and motor rooftop! One click and suddenly you have an outdoor bathroom.

photo courtesy of lyon+mia

Fabulous Bliss bath products.

The view of our room in B&W to make it look more dramatic. W is such a resort with amazing trees grown all over the retreats: green and convenient.

After a quick change, me and Ian decided to have a little walk surfing the whole retreat! First stop, W's fabulous library, me love everything about the library! Not only it's well designed, it's also ergonomic: meaning it's designed for ease and compatibility. The ambiance was pretty nice and quiet for a relaxing reading pleasure or when you in need of a private place to do your works. They have SUPER FAST WI-FI connection spread all over the retreat and rooms!

The W library also provided the guests with the most updated magazine issues and books for your preference. 

Next we went to their famous Woobar! The first day was clearly all about relaxing, we had an amazing sunset cocktail time at Woobar which I am going to talk about more in a different post, but here are some teasers for you!

Another thing that I love about W is that this hotel is very detail-oriented but they're doing it with their own style which is sort-of youthful, fun and vibrant! It's like the ambiance is on and there's the soul to it.

Back in the room, again, the kind staffs from W provided us with another surprise! Chocolates from POD Bali, they have superb chocolates that tasted like those expensive imported chocolates! Best thing is the fact that it's 100% local chocolate, the owner's an foreigner who currently has a loving family here in Bali and has been living in Bali for so many years. Planning to visit POD one day.

Bloody Ian broke the chocolate before I could take pictures -.-"

Ian, Aini and Me at Woobar! I miss this moment </3.

That's the end of the first post! So many photos to share on the blog and stay tuned for more about my glorious days in W in the upcoming posts!

Thank you W Retreat and Spa Bali for this an unforgettable trip for being such an amazing host during my stay here. Will come back for sure!!!

W Retreat and Spa Seminyak Bali
Jl. Petitenget 
Seminyak, Bali 80361
+62 361 - 473 8106
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