LIMA

What an enticing place, amidst the similar blue/gray shophouses, all the other places designing their front rows in all kind of designs, the restaurants and cafes around mostly adopting a full glass exterior to preview people of its interior... this one place chooses to armor itself in aluminium panel cladding, simple and minimalistic, nature articulately placed to frame the side of the building, playing with the brown of roots and green of leaves. A simple "L I M A" (meaning 'five' in Bahasa) sign on its concrete appearance horizontal line. Its facade seems to hide away secrets from the outside, a peeking view from the entrance seems like a trailer of something not so simple.Playing its interior in as if the place itself is an archipelago, the islands are separated with sea of pebbles. The whole place decorates itself in raw materials, concretes, woods, stones, enhancing itself with bold lines and corners. It was a different place of the outside world, so crowded with cars and people, an exclusive space. The light placed strategically to create a dim ambience, indirect lighting creating lines, illuminating from underneath. Here and there, occasionally, you'd find yourself looking at the greens and browns that becomes a part of the place's exterior identity."How many person will be joining?" the waiter greets you by the entrance, a wide and tall glass sliding door, opened always just enough for one to two persons entering / exiting. #bestislandtraveltowns#deliciousfood#couplestrip#familytravel#historicculture#café#naturalwonders #cafe