Batam Info Thread

[nono1973]

...continue from above post...

After reading bro Johnkhb's post,came bro Lao Er Ge's post where ANOTHER food court was intro in this thread for the 1st time,Eatern Food Court. I think nothing of this food court until i look deeper and realise that this is another place for some DOWN TO EARTH good tasting food,hehehe....

http://sbf.directory/showpos...ostcount=30581

As stated by bro Lao Er Ge,it is suppose to be opposite BCS,which means its another GOOD TASTING FOOD PLACE near Penuin! AGAIN!!!

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I wonder if its the same store that sells the fish soup

I believe there should be many non-sea-food base food courts in Batam (eg.Utama 98,Best Eating House,Morning Bakery,Indo Rasa etc etc),but I shall go comb each and everyone of them to the best of my knowledge…one at a time,leisurely at my own pace…hehehe….and by the way,thats Breakfast in Batam for now on Eatern Food Court. (notice Windsor Food court was never mentioned in any of my summaries or Food posts?Hehehe...)

Now that i settled my 3 meals,i shall leave the rest of my meals in others days for my friends whom i will be following in the coming trip. Next i should be working on which Massage Places i will like to explore,hehehe....

[Bigbird00]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

I have to agree that if you are not a strong stomach person, it is better to say away from the stalls on the road side. But it is true that, these places are cheap n good. I am referring to their fried chicken n pacel lele fish.

Originally Posted by lurpsexx

Great of you to try local food, that's the best way to know the local culture.. But as you mentioned, those having weak stomach (incl me) would shy away from the roadside stalls.. But that'll be bad because most of the nice food are actually from these places.. Can see and smell but cannot eat, that's the "curse" for me..haiz..

I'm a little "lucky" as i grew up eating street food due to the little pocket money i have & few home cooked food available. So my stomach residential bacteria are a little more "bad-ass".

I like to mingle with locals and eating among them is a good way to make friends. These locals will share with u what little they have.

I have backpacked on low budget before (india, Thailand, vietnam, china..) and eaten along side the locals in unsavory places eg. next to storm drains where u see dead animals floating.

No matter how tough one may think one is, its always mindful to apply some common sense. Some useful rule of thumb i apply to manage risk are;

* Always stick to bottle/canned water/drinks for hydration
* Don't drink with Ice in a cup, use chilled bottled drinks if u want cold. And drink direct from bottle w a straw if u don't want to look so "macho". Yes rats, lizards & other pets do run on canned/bottle drinks for their IPPT training circuit & poop on it.
* Don't buy food that you see that has no customer traffic or little customer traffic ie the food has been sitting there for long time. Bacteria has set-in and started to have their orgy already. When picking food, always go with the local crowd mentality, ie.e go to the stalls that the locals go to. Locals knows best.
* Make sure you eat fully cooked/microwave/grilled meat food i.e make sure they reheat it up again even its already cooked before. For Nasi Padang in Indo, i know the food are left on the shelves. Make sure there are nets covering the shelves & food.
* Don't take any un-bottled sauces or gravies, if you are worried. If it don't taste good w/o gravy e.g. satay, then just take lesser loh.
* Finally, common sense. Although some say common sense is not so common, so maybe refer to Nono's recently listed a few threads ago (#30534) "guildline on how to pick the almost 'right' girl". Also the personal hygiene of the kitchen staff(s), no matter whether u eat at cafe or street stalls, its will be a "lucky" draw for the unlucky stomach.
* Lastly, if all things failed, bring & take charcoal pills or Po Chai pills (for those old timers will know this item) and drink a lot of bottled water.

Disclaimer: i am no Bear Grylis of street food expert. I have my own minor diarrhea episodes too. I just take it as colon cleansing loh and drink lots of bottled water. Lastly, One Man's Food is Another Man's Poison, literally!!!

p.s some hotels or restaurant may claim to have water filtration system. But if they don't regularly maintain it or change the filters also no use.

Maybe some bros can add to the do's and don'ts of eating outside.

Just Noted: Nono's new food places and listing. Pictures of food looks so tempting and yummy and safer i guess.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Intltuk

True.....history tend to repeat....esp with bros who are not regulars . I've a few encounters thru' my chionging days....and it's always with `newbies' with attitude of `I know better'.

I think what you just said is quite true. Those who are regulars to a certain cheong scene wont go around with the "i know better attitude" (or even pay above the "norm") and on the contrary, if everyone are willing to sit together to share and learn together minus the "i know better" attitude,that would be an entirely different story.

I still remembers you once said your old stories dont apply today. The way i see it,old stories repeats itself everyday.The only difference i see are the characters in it changes over time.

Originally Posted by Intltuk

I would do the same thing too....avoid ur boss and not step into tat KTV for a long while.

Lol...no one's going out with him,even tho he is paying for almost everything (except tipping),like Liquor,Mami,Papi etc...lol. To be exact,no one DARES to go out with him unless really bo bian (sometime got no choice cos he is boss). I think my groups prefer to pay for their enjoyment rather than let others pay for them regardless how rich or poor they are. Applies to myself too.

Originally Posted by Intltuk

Whether in chionging girls/joints/KTV, etc.....rep of place is important as the probability of encountering problem is less.

Definitely,bro and OKTs reputation is just as important too.

Example in my Batam trips. Every joints i visit,i would take down how many girls are left during a certain time of the day cos i visit each joint in different time of the day for 2 days. Usually i make comparison between joints versus their number of girls,like i would put bigger joints like (i compare apple to apple of the same category) :

1. Gold Bird
2. New Berry
3. Bunga Massage
4. Happy Massage 8
5. Indah2
6. Permata Indah

...under the category of 30+ girls category. By 4pm to 5pm,if the joints above that still have a lot of girls to choose from,it will tell me a story. If one is going to be stepping in late at Batam,dont go to joints that has lesser girls but go those that has more but pay more for it. In my perspective,Batam is becoming a place where the early bird catches the better and cheaper worms.

And for the less than 30 girls category joints :

1. Queen 8933
2. Dynasty 99
3. Memory
4. Orchid
5. Shellina 519
6. Blue Moon
7. Flamboyant
8. MM

...and if these places still has any girls left by 5pm,it will also tells me the same story.

OKT plays an important role too. If i hear a girl i book complains about an OKT on how strict they are,that is likely to be a good joint for me,cos i see disciplinary in its joint. And if i hear girls praising or bribing an OKT,i know my choice for that girl i book from that particular joint sure 80% siao liao....lol.

I also measure the joint's booking prices versus the number of leftovers versus the number of OKTs that shares in amount of booking fee too. Reading from past posts, joints that has more OKTs in its joints are sharing the booking fees MORE. Meaning a million rupiah girl from a certain joint is only getting 1/3 of the amount of that 1 million rupiah if there are 2 OKTs in a joint. Whereas a booking fee for the same girl that cost 600k is getting about the same amount if there is only ONE OKT in a joint. In other word,joints that has ONLY ONE OKT cost lesser,hehehe...the worst are those joints that has 3 OKTs,which means the total amount are divided into 4 parts and the girl i book ONLY gets 1/4 of the total amount i paid.

Of course there will be some cases i see that OKT will actually OVERLY MARK UP the price and according to the girls,the okt write down in their record book a lower price and the girls gets what is recorded. Example,charging a desperate rich-enough customer 1.5 million for a usual 800k girl. Customer/s pays 1.5 million rupiah,but put on record as 800k,Mami or papi pocket the extra 700k,girl get 1/3 or 1/4 of the 800k. Totally brilliant, isnt it? lol...and thats what i meant by OKT plays an important role in this booking joint game,hehehe....

Oh, there is also the other parts where if the girls are not being booked for the day where would they go to grab the extra dollars,guess i no need to spell these out again,hehehe...as this will be those place that you get a million rupiah and over girls from booking joints at between 400k to 600k,hehehe....

For reference on where to go find million rupiah girls at half its price.

Originally Posted by Intltuk

...when I was chionging with my bros...we like to do a `debriefing' of the girls we booked......it is always fun and knowledge `enhancing'.

Thats one reason why i organise group trips. In every group trips,we have a "debriefing" too. Our group trips are pretty regimental...we "fall in" to meet up,we "fall in" to change our money,we "fall in" to check in,we "fall in" to choose our 1st blood and after that "fall in" for dinner with our 1st blood info sharing ceremony...lol.

End of the trip,i need to debrief them to make sure future trip they would knows how to come on their own w/o me,hehehe...i also make some BFF along the way too,hehehe...sorry,BFF stands for "Best Friend Forever" to some,but to me it means Batam Fanatic Fans.

As said before,i have only one dick,i cannot bonk all of the girls in all of the joints in Batam. But i can help others "with dicks" to bonk as many girls in as many joints in Batam as possible so i get all the reliable Information 1st hand when they share it with me. With the correct worthy information,i can then analyse the situation better giving myself the edge to cheonging in Batam with less misses and more HITS,hehehe....win win situation for everyone from my perspective as i often share most of what i learn here in this thread too.

[poulnil]

This month is fasting month.
Will there still be activities for us ?

[S.B.Y.1]

Originally Posted by poulnil

Will there still be activities for us ?

You can always gather the taxi supirs (drivers) at the ferry terminals and play hide and seek with them

[Sadness873]

Hi guys any info about golden view hotel? I will be staying there next week, but can't seem to find info about nearby places to eat or entertainment.. Any bros can enlighten? And are there many singaporeans around that area?

[Intltuk]

Originally Posted by nono1973

The way i see it,old stories repeats itself everyday.The only difference i see are the characters in it changes over time.

Lolz.....think I meant is that place and price will change....but pple may not .


Btw, looks like I will hve to come out from retirement as I met up with my `sifu' who intro Batam/Tanjong Pinang to me 20 over years ago. He wanted to visit Hatyai for the last time but I persuaded him to go to Batam if he really want to `chiong' for one last time and one of the important reason I suggested Batam is bec he is no longer mobile and need a walking stick to move around.

We actually talk about this a few weeks ago and at today's meetup, he told me he went to Batam alone on Monday! He spent a night there and came back on Tuesday. His memory is failing him, thus, what I can gather from him:
1. He took a cab from Harbour front and ask cab driver to intro budget hotel...which driver took him to Hai Hai Hotel. Cab charge is 70k rupiah and hotel stay is 220000 rupiah per night.
2. He went for a haircut for approx 20k rupiah. Barber recommend him a girl for 800k rupiah, which he took but he didn't keep her overnight as she not really his type....but he paid her full amt.
3. Took his meals at foodcourt(walking distance but he cannot remember the name), spending approx 100k rupiah for him and the girl.

In summary, he didn't really enjoy himself as much as bonking is no longer his primary goal(or no longer possible). Now his enjoyment is being with friends for drinking and beautiful ceweks to accompany; maybe a massage or two. He overpaid for taxi and girl(he's now a newbie ) but he's not quibbling.

Thus, he is requesting that I bring him to Batam this coming Monday for a two night stay as this is probably the last time he can `chiong'. I may reduce it to 1 night as 2 nights may be too much for him. I will need to go thru' ur guide again to plan a itinerary for the trip.

In the meantime, any suggestions from u or fellow bros are welcome .

My plan would consider the following:
1. Hotel wifi not important; just a good budget hotel near massage, pubs and food courts(he cannot walk too far)
2. He only wants a slim good looking girl to keep him company for drinking sessions. Maybe bring him to KTV or pubs where girls will accompany him?
3. 1 massage session for him for novelty sake...he's a drinker, thus, probably not so important for him

[Intltuk]

Like to thank a bro who upz me a few days ago for sharing but didn't leave name as he does not want a return. another bro just upz me today but state as `+3 on behalf'......is it on behalf of someone or is tat ur nick bro?? PM me so that I can rtn the favour. Tks again.

Didn't realize my points hit 88...good sign..must buy toto this Thurs

[Ieonkiwi]

Originally Posted by Sadness873

Hi guys any info about golden view hotel? I will be staying there next week, but can't seem to find info about nearby places to eat or entertainment.. Any bros can enlighten? And are there many singaporeans around that area?

Below Golden View is your live seafood place... 933 etc

[Ieonkiwi]

Many cheap hotels around why worry

http://www.trivago.sg/?iPathId=36478...gs=364 78603&

[mygirly]

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[nono1973]

Originally Posted by lurpsexx

.. Watch movie if got time..

Great! Upcoming movie in Cinema 21 at Batam Nagoya Hill Mall.

The date when you arrive,the movie should have start showing...hehehe...you can watch them in 3D at BCS mall if i dont remember wrong. Starting 12th June 2015 as accordance to the below trailer but Sillypore says it starts at 11th June (may be a different time zone). Enjoy!

JURASSIC WORLD - (2015)

[newyorker88]

Originally Posted by Bigbird00

* Always stick to bottle/canned water/drinks for hydration
* Don't drink with Ice in a cup, use chilled bottled drinks if u want cold. And drink direct from bottle w a straw if u don't want to look so "macho". Yes rats, lizards & other pets do run on canned/bottle drinks for their IPPT training circuit & poop on it.
* Don't buy food that you see that has no customer traffic or little customer traffic ie the food has been sitting there for long time. Bacteria has set-in and started to have their orgy already. When picking food, always go with the local crowd mentality, ie.e go to the stalls that the locals go to. Locals knows best.
* Make sure you eat fully cooked/microwave/grilled meat food i.e make sure they reheat it up again even its already cooked before. For Nasi Padang in Indo, i know the food are left on the shelves. Make sure there are nets covering the shelves & food.
* Don't take any un-bottled sauces or gravies, if you are worried. If it don't taste good w/o gravy e.g. satay, then just take lesser loh.
* Finally, common sense. Although some say common sense is not so common, so maybe refer to Nono's recently listed a few threads ago (#30534) "guildline on how to pick the almost 'right' girl". Also the personal hygiene of the kitchen staff(s), no matter whether u eat at cafe or street stalls, its will be a "lucky" draw for the unlucky stomach.
* Lastly, if all things failed, bring & take charcoal pills or Po Chai pills (for those old timers will know this item) and drink a lot of bottled water.

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Total agree with your points. Water is the main culprit. Don't any how drink the water from unknown source. If you have to, make sure it is boiled.

I had it once big time when I was offered well water from friend kampong. Lao Sai for 2 days. It may be sweet, but not strong enough.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Per Session = 45 mins, free use of facilities.
(min 2 session i guess, senior please confirm)

2 Session = 150k per session x 2

Additional session (add this to get HJ) = 130k

My bill as follow:

2 X Session = 300k
1 X Addition Session = 130k
Add on lavender oil = 40k
Tax: 2k (I don't know why 2k only but it shown exactly 2k on the receipt.

Total damage: 472k.

Thank you for the update. Looks like due to good business ,they just increase their price,used to be 365k for 3 session,now it is 432k (minus the Lavender oil thingy from bro koh's receipt). I cant comment much on this place as i only been there once and its pretty ok except there are too many people even at early noon but most recent 2 FRs shows this place isnt worth the cost.

Reference FR for Delta Spa.

http://sbf.directory/showpos...ostcount=23892

http://sbf.directory/showpos...ostcount=28517

Apparently the 2 FRs above shows the bros kind of kena chop or being pushed to buy something they dont really need,hence the higher price (VIP room etc).

This below FR also pretty recent and with more detail in it with a more positive review.

http://sbf.directory/showpos...ostcount=28609

Damage was 475k for 3 sessions with a ginger tea from the above FR.So i am guessing the price increase started somewhere towards end of last year or beginning of this year.

I reference both positive and negative reviews,make a comparison and then reference them again. I then make out my own conclusion after analysing... i wont be going to Delta Spa anytime soon. Altalanta Spa should be my next target for higher end men's Spa,hehehe....

Thanks again for sharing.

[Gettafeelin]

Anyone ever try out a girl call ''San San'' from D'avant Massage near utama hotel ... ? Heard that she is really good ....