Name: Dyah
Age: 32
From:
Java
Occupation:
Bartender
How long in Bali: 10 years
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Here is a short interview with Alvin Hancocks, owner of Secret Garden on Pasar Agung, Poppies I. Kuta.
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One of the famous Australian friendly hangouts in Kuta is Bali Aussie, located on Jl. Melasti #69X. This place is decked out is gold and green and plastered with Aussie sports memorabilia. Graffiti seems to have been encouraged as all the walls and pillars are covered with slogans and signatures. The single storey bar is a fair size and can probably seat 200. The atmosphere in here is of a place that has been around for a while that has seen a lot of drinking. A small Bintang here goes for 10,000rp, a Mai Tai 29,500rp. Bali Aussie does a Roast dinner every Wednesday and Sunday and an Oz BBQ every Friday. I can imagine this place at the peak of Bali toursim in 1998, full of blokes in tank top with stubbies in their hands all roaring on the Brisbane Broncos to spank the Poms. And why not? Those were the days
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Friday night I was invited to the birthday party of Ben from England. Ben is 35 and a surfing friend of Palu and the crew. The place was the Southern Cross beach-front restaurant and bar, in Kuta. Located on Jl. Pantai Kuta next to the Circle K and close to Kama Sutra, the Southern Cross is a place I have passed before but never thought of as a place I want to hang out in.
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Due to excessive shopping activity we didn't do any clubbing, but did managed to visit a few bars and pubs. Obviously KuDeTa is still there at the top of the list – although I can't decide whether I prefer later afternoon or full evening-it's a bit of a wave-watching versus stargazing toss-up.
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One of the pluses to living in Bali is the sunsets and Thursday evening I strolled down to Pantai Kuta to check out what was going on. Sitting upstairs in the Southern Cross, the 2 storey restaurant at Kuta Midway, I learned it has recently become The Oriental. The place was always low-key and friendly and very bare bones upstairs. It looks exactly the same except there are 2 huge Chinese lanterns and the Southern Cross sign is covered up. The new owner is a Chinese guy from Jakarta and the menu features Chinese and western food. Maybe he's hoping to cash in on some of those Taiwanese tour buses. If he can get them on a regular basis he'll do okay. I’ll still think of the places as the Southern Cross though. One of the waitresses told me she gets 400,000rp per month, that's $40, plus one meal a day. Not too much room for fun in that budget.
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Bali has a ton of nightlife, its a tourist island with a large expat population. These people like to party and there is a lot of choice. Up until the bombing in October 2002 the Kuta area was really the place that drew the big numbers. Paddys, Bounty, Sari Club and other places were packing them in. Even expats would make the trip down to Kuta to go to the Sari Club. Out in Seminyak you had Double Six, which had been around for a while, Santa Fe and Gado Gado (which used to be a nightclub). After the bombing Jl. Dhyana Pura grew rapidly with Spy Bar, Liquid, Space and other places. As one magazine put it, drinkers and nightlife professionals moved up to Seminyak. Conventional wisdom says Seminyak in a newer, trendier area, with higher spending tourists and residents. Its the obvious place for nightlife development. In a recent copy of The Yak they talk about The Strip (Jl. Dhyana Pura ) catching its breath after the last 2 years of crazy success and now drifting in the doldrums. (Photo by The Beat Magazine)
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The Wave in the latest new thing in Kuta and it comprises a huge downstairs bar with dance floor, upstairs coffee and snack bar on the top balcony and inside Sailfin restaurant. I had to try this place out and since Sean has gone I went alone. The décor is white and purple, elegant with white table cloths. I sat by the window overlooking Kuta Beach and was served attentively by 2 female members of staff. One other table of Australian tourists seemed to be enjoying their lunch with much laughter.
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