Finally, Gumati Cafe

This place is like El Dorado. We had heard about a nice restaurant overlooking bogor from several people and had set out on an expedition to find it Tuesday, only to turn back due to poor weather and eat at Texas Fried Chicken. We had a map from Daniel and the correct Angkat (minibus) route to take, but we still could not find it. On Thursday we set out again determined to find it and meet Tamara and her friends there for dinner. We found it and I guess we turned back about 10 yards from the parking lot on Tuesday. But the rain was coming down in sheets and it was dark and we had our umbrellas pulled low.

The view was quite nice from inside, overlooking the city. I ordered a triple lobster for 6 bucks although the lobsters were like half pounders if that. I was also surprised to see that they grill lobster here instead of boiling it. It tasted as well as can be expected of a non-Maine lobster. Certainly better than some funky clawless rock lobsters I've eaten elsewhere. I guess they catch them around the island of Sulawesi here. They looked like real lobster, only smaller, and almost had the right taste, just not quite sweet or tender enough. I also had a spicy deep fried corn blob that was pretty tasty. Decent meal.

We also met some brits in the restaurant who were not at all interested in talking about the world cup. They had come to bogor to interview Peter O'Brien, a british guy who starred in a number of terrible 80's Indonesian action films. I guess they are cult classics now in the UK. These guys run a website about the films and they were getting footage for that. They hoped to show the interviews before a screener of one of the old films in London. On another note, one of the guys used to travel with Insane Clown Posse (music group) and he spent some time in Detroit with them. I bet he has some stories from those days. They were in an epic mission to find a bar so we directed them to one locally. They couldn't believe it was so hard to find a beer in Bogor. Its pretty tough unless you know where to go.

Back at the office today... might plan a 4th of July party sunday with the bros.