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tommo_club1830 · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Bogor - Indonesia

Does anyone know where i can geta kickass chrsitmas dinner come the 25th of December. Itll be the 1st xmas without me family and i want a hearty raost to make me feel at home- come on someone must know of one!

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

I'm sure all the major hotels will have Christmas dinner deals - won't be cheap BUT I'm sure it'll help with those homesick festive season blues.

You're not going away anywhere for Christmas? Personally I prefer to distance myself from Christmas while overseas. I usually head to somewhere quiet, put my head in the sand (not literally) and wait til it's over.

May I suggest Padangbai, Bali. Great place to hide Smile

tommo_club1830 · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Bogor - Indonesia

Would go to Bali, but i have a feeling itll be a real target this christmas, just a feeling and im sticking with it. MMM turkey, right ill guess ill have to start looking for hotel deals now!

gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

Salam · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:28 am Post subject:

I remember last year KIS FM was constantly advertising christmas dinners at whatever place it was. I flew back on christmas day though so I got my turkey on the plane. Was very tasty!

eddy dantes · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

Got a gut feelin about Bali at chrissy huh? Go the gut!
Follow this up as an alternative. About 4-5 clicks out of Pelabuhan Ratu on the south coast (3-4 hours from Jakarta) there's a place called Any's taverne.
Throughout the year they do great things with western style food and I'm thinking that even the Germans (proprieter Dieter- Any's husband) deviate from sausage and schnitzel for xmas.
Hey you've got me thinking. Roast pork man!!
They've got rooms above the tav and it's opposite a beach.
Bang in Any's taverne on your search engine and just maybe.... bon apetit.
Ho. Ho. Ho.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

HA! Your joint comments brought back vivid memories of a few years ago, when Christmas day fell right in the middle of puasa.

I was in Pangandarang, and all eating places were closed except a few warungs, and these were closed in with canvas so that those eating could not be seen. Inside it was like a furnace!

My Christmas dinner that day consisted of a rather poorly prepared nasi goreng (aka nasi boring). Something else to add to the memory bank!

If I had a choice, I'd head straight for Bali, where you can be assured of a good range of roasts, including babi!

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

Any's Tavern - If you like overpriced food & drink served to you by a fat obnoxious drunk German then you'll love Christmas there Laughing

3-4 hours from Jakarta? Did you hitch a ride on a missile?

Merry Christmas wherever you end up Wink

Chester · Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Australia

My mum makes a great christmas dinner,
roast pork, barbecued pork and sate pork.
And lots of "crackling" (barbecued pork fat) - yummm.
and the gravy is to die for.....wooo hoooo, flavoured with pork.
alah be praised!
i AM such an infidel.

and mushy peas - woo hooo..
and barbecued sausages, and great steak, toasted outside and pink inside - thanks dad..

and the baked potatoes, the fresh prawns,
and the garlic bread!!! mama mia!!!

lashings of beer (mate..mate..) and wine (tewibbly excellent)

then desert, TRIFEL, flavoured with bacardi rum!!! aye me hearties, the desert is fit for a cap'n with salt in his bones..arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

praise alah 'tis good to be home

come on over and say g'day

have a good christmas peoples - Chester (ex-ESL dude) is thinking of you from Australia.