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Day #3 : Food and .. Stuff
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Rise and shine! A brand new day awaits us, and we’re particularly excited to check out Alila’s spa treatment today!
Before I go on with today’s activities, remember I mentioned about being able to indicate our preferences (music, pillows, level of attention by the butler, etc) prior to check in? To give you an idea, you can click on the
Alila Villas Uluwatu – Personal Preference Menu link to take a look. Go ahead and input a fake name/email address – nothing is saved until the form is submitted. I love the fact that I could customize my stay before I even land on Bali.
Today’s breakfast menu (Saturday) is different from yesterday’s, and so we took the opportunity to try out different items!
OK, more sausages and bacon! I promise this is the last you’ll see of them.
Baked Omelette with Bacon, Leek, Onion and Cheese.
Grilled Sour Dough with Smoked Beef, Pickled Shallots and Mozzarella.
Waffle with Banana and Caramel.
Bubur Menguh.
Balinese rice porridge with vegetables.
Omelette with Chili and Cheese.
Smoothies!
Personally, I feel that the service (and the food of course) here at Alila is excellent. To be honest, there isn’t really much that I could fault. And yes, they remembered our preference to serve all our food together. After we’re done with breakfast, a lady (who seems to be the one in-charge) would drop by to make sure the food was okay, and whether we wanted to order any more food!
Every staff here at Alila greets us with a smile, and we’re not just referring to the ones who picked us up at the airport, at the spa, or the waiter or waitress at the restaurants. Down to the guys who deliver our room service and even the gardeners, it seemed like it is their mission to make us feel special.
Prior to making up our room, a call would be made to our villa to check with us what would be a suitable timing, so as not to disturb us. I appreciate the little things, such as bookmarks like the ones below that they would leave by our bedside after tidying up our rooms.
I’m not sure if you noticed – only at night would the tables be covered with table cloth. In the afternoon, we saw the restaurant staff patiently putting on all the table cloth. At first, we were perturbed as to why he was spraying water onto the table cloth, and giving it a gentle rub with his fingers. We realized that he was trying to wet, and then smooth the crease caused by folding! Such things probably wouldn’t matter to me at all (I mean, a crease is just a crease) but it just shows the level of details they pay attention to.
I could probably come up with more examples, but I shall leave it at that for now. We spent some more time roaming around the resort and took more photos. This is a view of the Cire and infinity pool from the Sunset cabana.
Better weather today, with none of the gray skies.
The rough waves below the Sunset Cabana as they crash onto the cliff side.
The Sunset Cabana being prepared for a wedding on one of the evenings. Lovely setting, isn’t it?
Gotta be careful when swimming at the pool as there are no lifeguards!
The “floating cabana” on higher ground that I mentioned previously.
