Bandung 3(b) – more food!
In terms of sweets, we stopped at a food stall in Ciater Hot Springs to sample this rice flour pancake stuffed with banana slices and topped with cheese and/or chocolate sprinkles and/or condensed milk:
Concoction might sound weird but it tasted good. 
Nasi padang at Nasi Padang Sederhana (2 houses down from Rumah Mode) wasn’t sederhana at all but absolutely delish!
Bonus at this restaurant, you can order their Martabak Spesial and Roti Cane Keju.
No matter how stuffed you are from the nasi padang, you really SHOULD order the martabak and roti cane as well. They’re oh so gooooooooooooooood……….:P~~~
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Bandung (3)(a) – the food!
As a Malaysian, it’s only appropriate that I devote a proper blog post just to food alone. Our first meal in Bandung was brunch at Sunda Cafe where we had a few sundanese dishes but the most notable were the:
Ayam bakar
Gurame goreng
Day 2’s lunch was in Cafe Joglo located on the moutain peaks of Lembang.
Which was where we sampled Nasi Timbel
Mie Joglo
And indomie goreng!
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Bandung (2) – the sounds
Culturally, Bandung is home to the Sundanese people and one of their popular traditional musical instrument is the “angklung”.
Saung Angklung Udjo is a music academy dedicated to teaching Sundanese children about their musical culture and heritage.
It puts on a 2 hour performance every day, starting at 3.30 pm.
And, at the tail end every member of the audience is given his/her own angklung to participate in a joint play-along with the orchestra. Way cool!
So if you’ve time for sightseeing in Bandung, a vist to Saung Angklung Udjo comes highly recommended. Ticket prices are a lil on the steep side (Rp 80,000) but I think they were the best value for money by far out of all the tickets that we paid for.
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Bandung (1) – the sights
Time for another travel write-up! With the prodigal siblings back for their annual pilgrimage, the parents decided it would be nice to spend some quality family together-gether time by going away on a holiday.
Hello Bandung!
Whilst Bandung may be known for shopping, shopping and more shopping….there’s actually quite a bit of sightseeing which can be done if you’re able to tear yourself away from the countless F.O.s (factory outlets) dotted around town.
The city is situated on a volcanic basin so temperature-wise, above-ground it is quite mild (think: Malaysian air-con settings). Below ground though lies active volcanoes, one of which is Tangkuban Perahu.
The park also has a row of shops selling the usual souvenirs and touristy knick-knacks.
Where there’s volcanoes, there’s also hot springs.
Our guide took us to the ones at Ciater Hot Springs Resort. To be honest, some pools were nice but for the most parts the place was just one huge water amusement park (think: KL’s Sunway Lagoon). I would recommend you ask your driver to take you to another one if you ever decide to visit.
Finally, for architecture buffs you’d find Old Bandung a joy to visit. Art deco buildings just like Gedung Merdeka (above) abound thanks to the Dutch colonial architects who lived in Indonesia in the 1920s and 30s.
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LIMA 2009 – ground action (3)
(1) RAAF F-111
Killing machine
As well as a place of refuge for some
(2) Ever wondered how they move a Sukhoi on the ground?
(3) Airmen also came equipped with their other “guns” to capture the action
(4) The tarmac – gray, hard, hot & unforgiving on your feet and back after a loooooong day
That’s it for LIMA 2009. We shall see about LIMA 2011… 
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