Today was road trip day to Ubud. But before we hit the famous rice fields of Ubud, we stopped for a little morning feed. Today’s breakfast venue is Nook, a brunch spot located by a vast paddy field. This little cafe or rather this restaurant if you like, is no more than a little shack right off your suburb road. It could be anywhere but it had to be right by the paddy fields haha. Gimmicky I would say but never doubt the advantages of what the green pastures have to offer.
But nothing is more important than the food when I am hunting down for a good morning chow. The table pretty much ordered the staples that we have been having over the last few days. As you’d expect it Nasi Goreng and Mee Goreng.
Nook’s cooking style of both the Nasi Goreng and Mee Goreng were pretty similar to the one in the hotel I stayed in as well as the one I had in Biku. Both were fried decently but this one came with all the little bits and pieces that makes it a tad more presentable. Grilled chicken skewer and roast chicken pieces were pretty decent. But of them all, the most important accompaniment of them all is a perfectly cooked sunny side up. That yolk was drool!
The Mee Goreng was of a similar calibre to the Nasi Goreng. But, one thing different was the use to Kecap Manis or sweet soy. I acknowledge the flavour that sugar adds to dishes but I am definitely not the biggest sweet tooth out there. If I could, I would definitely cut that recap manis back a bit as the dish would have been sickening if the serve was any larger. I would not mind having a sunny side up on my noodles too :P!
Food wise, what Nook served was pretty decent but I was not too sure whether its been any different from the other breakfast spots I have been to. But what made a difference though was the fresh morning breeze blowing ever so lightly. Add that to the green pastures of the paddy field and perhaps after ridiculing how gimmicky Nook was, I started appreciating its location a lot more.
