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Re: Batam Info Thread
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Originally Posted by nono1973 View Post
I usually go for food that i eat daily in Sillypore when in Batam (char siew rice,chicken rice,wan tan mee,hor fun,fried rice etc) and most of these arent indo. A meal to me is just a meal,as long as it fits my taste. If i were to go beyond my taste bud,the next level up would likely be heading towards tonic stuffs,vegetarian food or exotic delicacy ,eg crocodile meat,reptile meat etc.

I notice something when i am searching online for Batam Food. I notice most of whats being shared online are RESTAURANTS,but coffee shop food were VERY VERY RARE. In fact i dont see those stores like the Meximo Pub Wan Tan Mee,Instar Hotel Coffee shop mee store,or the Penuin Market's Bai Long Bak Chor Wan Tan Mee or their neighboring Char Siew Rice store,Penuin Chicken rice store etc mentioned online at all (cant find within online search engines).

These are all SUPER GOOD tasting regular daily food,but no...cant locate even a single one of them at all except in SBF,hehehe.... I guess thats what makes them an unique class of its own. From another angle of view,we have so much talk about having local food,hehehe...but most of us are still evolving around at the regular tourist eating circle which can be spotted online.And i do not mean that tourist area food is not good tasting nor no good tho.

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If anyone has any of such food places in mind,do keep me posted.

I sincerely thank you.

*planning my 3 meals for my upcoming 17th Batam trip now,hehehe...
In A2 foodcourt, there is a Medan guy selling what I think is one of the best kwetiau goreng in batam. Only available at night...

If you are familiar with A2, you will know that there are a row of portable stalls somewhat in the middle of the foodcourt. The stall selling satay is closest to the car park, and this kwetiau goreng stall is at the other end of the row of stalls..

If I remember correctly, the stall says Medan Kwetiau Goreng. What's interesting is that the boss is an Indon fella (dunno whether Muslim or not) who sells these translucent kwetiau goreng laden with seafood, pork slices and lapcheong (yes, lapcheong!! Slurps) for 20k a packet (if U're really hungry, order the jumbo size @ 30k).. It is by default not spicy, but I always ask the boss to make it spicy for me... Best...!!!

I usually pair it with a serving of satay from there, which is pretty darn good too... Double best..!!!