FS' world of words: Melrimba Garden

The main facade

Indoor seating

Open kitchen

It is exam weeks (the school normally has 1week of practical subjects and 2weeks of theoritical subjects) and me and the girls are having hard days. So it's sort of our routine to have a short break during the weekend where my girls can study in leisure. This time, we chose Puncak as our destination and my hubby had a perfect destination for this time 'study picnic' - at Melrimba Garden (Puncak Pas - before Rindu Alam Restaurant - on your left if you are going up).

Indoor 2nd floor seating

Front porch seating on 2nd floor

Human sized ladder and snake board game

The traffic was light from Jkt (we left at 9am) however near the Ciawi highway exit, the cars were lined up - bumper to bumper. We arrived at 11.30am (‎=.=! pheω...‎⊙﹏⊙ ) and almost missed the place but luckily we could turn from the exit roadway. The parking lot was limited but I like the openness. You can see the foggy lazuli sky everywhere...with tea plantation patches here and there in between the dense trees. The air was perfect, mountain fresh and cool breeze but wasn't freeze your lung and limbs :-). Beside the wheather was quite perfect too...a bit cloudy with occasional light shower which didn't deter us to play outdoor.

Lesehan seating

Human sized chess

Mini outbound area

Camping ground

There are so many pics but i gotta choose the best of it for this post :-)

Right in the middle of the parking lot, there is small pond which at the time we went there...was empty (probably they were doing some maintenance on it). Across on the right side (from the entrance roadway) is the playground area while the main building is on our left side. The building was only 2storeys high with open facade as well (the upper floor was a bit country style). Yucca and palm trees soften the rigid minimalist outer outlook. They put 'lesehan' area in front where you can sit on the floor while dining (or power napping after your meal 【ツ】ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²²【ツ】). They provide thin cushion for your comfort here. Each lesehan area was separated with low wall (about 40cm)...so our view to the surrounding (including the inside of the building) isn't obstructed. While on the inside, wooden planks are mainly used either for flooring, pilar, partition or dining table.

Trees' stumps games

In front of the garden

Pretty sight isnt it?

Playground inside the garden

Fishing pond inside the garden

Apparently openness is one of the key concept here beside natural garden, since they have open kitchen at far right of the building and open bar at another left of the building. I like the way they decorate the kitchen with rows of herbs potted plants...effortless beauty :-) To cater the needs of baby and toddler, they have indoor playground right in front of the bar. On the 1st floor, plush marron sofas dominate the seating arrangement. On the side, there are wooden seating furniture with shredded cloth partition. Totally comfy with one drawback, the light is too dimmed. The second floor was constructed on the same concept with high wooden ceiling and large squarish holes serve as the windows. Indoor hanging plants decorate the upper ceiling patio. I noticed Petunia, Geranium and Begonia among others that I didn't know.

Thai pineapple fried rice with cute shape

Pasta

Iga iga lasem

But Melrimba isn't only about the building and the cozyness of it. The food was superb too. We ordered Thai pineapple fried rice, Iga iga lasem, and Spaghetti to share for my girls. The Iga iga lasem was fantastic (an eye opener that can wipe out your tiredness after a long drive). It was basically ribs soup with green tomatoes and herbs (more or less like Tom yum soup but this one was fresher in term of the taste). Beside the main course, we also had Fried tofu (with pan smeared garlic and chilli sauce) which was absolutely yummy. While for dessert, we chose fried banana with caramel sauce and cute round poffertjes with caster sugar topping. All of them only costed us around IDR250k including beverages too...pretty cheap wasn't it?
After eating and study, it was time to explore the whole area of Melrimba Garden. They are building a hotel right now and currently offer a camping ground (tents and its equippment are provided). They also have mini outbound area, 3on3 basketball field, nursery with lots of baby plant to choose from minimum IDR10k. They provide tea plantation walk, bike rental, ATV, fishing and trampolin too. All required extra charges from the lowest of IDR 5k (they sometime differentiate the charge for adult and child). Inside the garden (IDR 7.5k per adult or IDR5k per child), there are mini playground too. I simply Ŀ♡√Ɛ the garden, Azlea, Chrissan, Bell flower, Gardenia, and many more. Absolutely breathtaking natural beauty...I could spend hours inside the garden 【ツ】ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²²【ツ】