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Warung Menega
Batu Layar Beach 0370 663 4422.
Unpretentious beach warung that
does good seafood sold by the weight or in good-value set meals (from Rp100,000). Fresh
lobster, prawns, crab, clams, snapper and barracuda are cooked on coconut-husk barbecues.
Daily noon-1am.
KARANDANGAN AND MANGSIT
Coco Beach Waroeng
Karandangan Beach 0817 578 0055.
Excellent Indonesian
home-style cooking in classy
berugaq
on the edge of a coconut grove, just back from the
black-sand beach. Many ingredients are freshly picked from the adjacent garden, and high-
lights include
kare singkong
(tapioca leaf in coconut milk, Rp30,000) and
terong tomat
(egg-
plant in deliciously spiced tomato sauce, Rp25,000). Healthy drinks on offer include
bandrek
,
with ginger, aniseed and lemongrass. Free transport weekdays 6-8pm.
Daily noon-10pm.
Quali
Jl Raya Mangsit (Qunci Villas) 0370 693800,
quncivillas.com
.
Have your grilled
fish (from Rp95,000) served in the gorgeous resort restaurant or directly on the beach below
Lombok's dramatic evening skies.
Daily 7am-11pm.
Windy Beach Resort
Jl Raya Mangsit 0370 693191,
windybeach.com
.
Inexpensive In-
donesian and European staples, from omelette and chips to
nasi campur
and excellent
gado-
gado
(Rp25,000).
Daily 8am-11pm.
Ye Jeon
Jl Raya Mangsit 0370 692140.
Opposite
Qunci Villas
, Lombok's only Korean res-
taurant serves sizzling hot and reasonably authentic fish, beef and chicken dishes;
bibimbap
(rice with vegetables) costs Rp42,000.
Daily noon-10pm.
THEY DON'T MEAN TO SPOIL YOUR HOLIDAY
Walk along the beach or eat at a streetside restaurant in central Senggigi and you'll be ap-
proached by one or more of the local
hawkers
selling sarongs, pearls, T-shirts, paintings,
more pearls, tours, transport and yet more pearls. It can be irritating, but it's worth bear-
ing a few things in mind. Despite the tourist gloss, many people in Lombok are poor. Em-
ployment opportunities are few, not least because you need either a considerable amount
of money, or well-placed connections, to secure many jobs, from government positions to
jobs in hotels and restaurants. Family land is often insufficient to support all the people de-
pendent on it. Working as a hawker in Senggigi is a way of trying to escape the cycle - a
reality that admittedly is not the first thing that comes to mind when you're faced with the
umpteenth request of the day to “just have a look please”.
SHOPPING
Asmara Collection
Jl Raya Senggigi 0370 693109.
Good-quality handicrafts, jewellery
and textiles, and a few antiques.
Daily 9am-9pm.
