We Need Al Capone Back!

[Jimbo]

I will be back in the Kampung in early Feb. drinking my favourite palm wine tapped that day. Only about 3% alcohol but leave it for 2 days and full fermentation and it goes up to about 7% :D

[hinakos]

it's causing some pain to Indonesian and Indonesian owned businesses .

not causing any pain to indonesian businesses as far as i can see, they just start selling mansion house disquised as absolute, and start flogging hatten in its place, which has had the opportunity to absolutely go through the roof

[SG]

it's causing some pain to Indonesian and Indonesian owned businesses .

not causing any pain to indonesian businesses as far as i can see, they just start selling mansion house disquised as absolute, and start flogging hatten in its place, which has had the opportunity to absolutely go through the roof

I suggest you wander through a few of the restaurants and bars around Seminyak which are hurting badly and cater for a higher target than the Mansion House and Hatten's drinkers. They're really hurting. Check out Kudeta, 50% Balinese owned, it's got 90% of it's cocktail list marked as unavailable.

The thing is Bali has started to attract a higher end tourist of recent and those sorts of tourists are not going to settle for Mansion House or Hattens, and they know the difference. Most of the name hotels are Indonesian owned as are many of the restaurants around Seminyak and they are all hurting badly. A friend, who owns a restaurant in central Seminyak (he's Javanese) has told me how much they are losing daily, and how much his staff are losing in their service charges.

Maybe the downmarket Kuta bars are ok but that's not really what I'm talking about.

[hinakos]

yep, i see what your getting at.
Fortunately both me and my girl work away month on/month off so grab a bottle every time we come in. hardly enough tho.