Treetop Treats

Wednesday evening and we once again headed back to the Banyan Tree for dinner, this time taking the buggy further up the hill to Treetops. As the name suggests this beautiful, breezy restaurant is spread across wooden decking up in the treetops, looking out to sea – dimly lit and incredibly romantic.

The menu was an eclectic mix of Indonesian, European and Grill items, so plenty to choose from. For starters we shared the Lumpia Udang Karang – crispy lobster spring roll with fresh vegetables, glass noodles and sweet chilli sauce (I mean, lobster in spring rolls? - did I die and go to Heaven?!) and the slightly less exciting Fried Scallop-Crab Meat Cakes which came with a jalapeno mayonnaise, snow peas sprout salad, diced mango and peppermint oil.



From main courses we both opted for Australian Black Angus Beef Sirloin Steaks from the grill section, served with Potato-parmesan Gratin and Ratatouille. Now, we normally have a rule against ordering the same dish - usually opting for different dishes so that we can sample as much as possible off the menu – but having spent the morning playing golf and the afternoon playing tennis, our appetites were large, and big juicy steaks were in order. And we did slightly differentiate our orders through our choice of sauce – Red Shallot Glaze with Port Wine for me, Champignon Crème with fresh herbs for Mr Greedy Glutton. And our cooking requests were also different although unfortunately my 'rare' was slightly more well-done than Mr Greedy Glutton's 'medium'…but I was on holiday, and sufficiently mentally-horizontal not to care too much.



No dessert tonight as (it rarely happens) we admitted to having eaten sufficient not to require one… instead treating ourselves to another bottle of full-bodied Aussie Red…


Treetops, Banyan Tree, Bintan – www.banyantree.com