I guess i will start the summary of my
15th Trip to Batam from 14th to 16th April 2015.
Reaching Batam is as per usual in accordance to the
Beginner Batam Guide written to help newbie,except in this trip,i wasnt issue the white card aka Arrival/Departure white card. The Horizon Fast Ferry (aka ex. Prima Ferries) staffs told me nowaday going to Batam no need to fill in the white card anymore. Well,its good news then.
Upon arrival,i didnt go collect my Return-back-to-Sillypore Boarding pass from Horizon Ferries counter at Harbour Bay becos i have not decide when i will return from Batam.My initial plan was to go another travel agent to buy hotel voucher instead of always going to Kaha but end up changing my mind becos i have not gathered enough information on the "other" travel agent yet,so this trip i still go to Kaha Travel to buy the voucher for a night stay at Gideon Hotel. After getting the voucher,i went to the Malay chicken rice store in my last trip for lunch 1st before checking in to room. Now i have better information on the store. The store is directly opposite the Penuin wet market building,just walk around outside wet market area and it can be seen.
Here's the chicken rice i ate,and it is by far one of the best Halal mix Hainanese Styled chicken rice i have ate in Batam (especially the yellowed colour rice):
And the bill for 2 men to eat there :
Not very expensive good food that i like.
Move around the area a little and learn that directly opposite Gideon is A2 Food Court and diagonally 10 oclock is BCS mall and directly opposite BCS mall is the Zhen Bao Restaurant which i didnt visit due to timing not right. Zhen Bao has a 1 for 1 promotion between 8am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm. Behind Gideon is coffeeshop and opposite is Mickey Mouse 66.