A Romantic Evening in Bali

So we found ourselves in Bali for a few days, and after a hard day on the golf course we were ready to put our feet up and chill… so we took a short walk from our villa to the uber-cool chill-out haven that is Hu’u bar.

I have to say I was blown away by this place – it’s everything you could wish for in a bar for drinks and dinner with your significant other – awesome cocktail list, chill out area (here, in the form of big floor cushions on the lawn), comfy sofas in the bar area, fairy lights strung up amongst the trees, attentive staff, candle-lit tables, cool background music and a mouth-watering menu.

We started off on the aforementioned sofas in the bar and made our way through the cocktail menu. Me being a fruit-based martini fiend, started off with one of my all-time favourites, the Mango Martini. It was delicious. Smooth velvety mango liquid with a good slug of vodka – just as it should be.

I followed it up with a Honeydew Melon Martini – again simply scrumptious and not at all syntheticly flavoured as they can be

and then swiftly followed this up with a Watermelon Martini, which was equally fantastic, although watermelon being a lesser flavoured fruit did mean that it didn’t mask the alcohol so well, although perhaps by this stage that wasn’t a bad thing…

By now we were definitely ready for a stomach-lining feed so we moved down to one of the candlelit tables surrounding the swimming pool (did I not mention that this place also has a swimming pool?!) and perused the dinner menu. This took some time as everything really sounded so fantastic, but we did finally make a decision, starting with the Crab Cakes with Mango Salsa for myself:

These were golden-crisp and completely delicious, and much envied by Mr Greedy Glutton, who opted for the Seafood Salad, which in turn was also extremely tasty, with generous portions of ceviche-style marinated raw seafood tossed into the leaves with pine nuts, peppers and cherry tomatoes.

He followed this up with the Linguine Alio Olio with Belly Pork

which was really very good although I again provoked envy from him with my Seared Tuna – this had been coated in black pepper and sesame seeds, and came served on a fresh black bean sauce, with an exquisite sweet potato mash, asparagus and sun blush tomatoes. The combination of all these flavours on the plate together really was heavenly. No wonder Mr Greedy Glutton was looking green-eyed!

For the record I have to say this was one of the best meals we have had in a long time… not only was the ambience second to none, but the food was truly outstanding… We are due to go back to Bali in a few weeks time and we are definitely… definitely returning here for a meal…

Hu’u Bar & Restaurant - http://www.huubali.com/