Bali Bali Day 1: Frankenstein Laboratory

I googled for things to do in Seminyak and the Frankenstein Laboratory came up. They closed down during covid but are back in business. It is essentially a dinner place with some entertainment. They have 2 sessions, the earlier one is kids friendly, from 5pm to 8.30pm and the 2nd adult version starts from 7pm. 

The adult version has an age limit of 13. Our boy just touched it and we got ourselves a reservation at 7pm. The restaurant is 10 mins drive away and cost us IDR150k by grab car. The driver refused to bargain and claimed that there was jam. Ok lah. 

When we arrived, we saw the kids session and the kids having a blast. We were led to the side restaurant for drinks and snacks until the kids session was over. 

The waitresses and waiters were all dressed in hospital gowns with bloody hand prints. They have interesting cocktails in fanciful LV bags. The kids ordered non-alcoholic shots in syringes. 

Very themed but I can't say the same about the taste. Zaky said that it was so-so. As for the volume, he almost finished it in 1 shot. Lol. 

This was our table number. 

There was quite some waiting until the actual dinner in the main hall at 8.20pm. Things got a little more interesting when the cast came in. 

I don't know who he/ she is. 

But we got pictures. 

The nun. 

Only Daddy Lim was gamed enough to have a picture with the Nun, who then tried to strangle him. I almost lost my husband. Lol.

There was Harley Queen too but we didn't manage a picture. The casts then came around for group photos. 

The nun didn't look so scary afterwards when she had knocked off and we saw her smoking and drinking with her normal human friends. Lol. It was an amusing sight though. 

To add on to the fun, the restaurant provides realistic face painting at a cost. Like this one. 

Nana opted for the milder version at IDR80k.

The makeup table was just full of red color makeup. 

Done!

Shortly after, we moved over to the main hall and got a table right in front of the stage. While we know Aussies love Bali, we didn't know how much until that night. 95% of the patrons were Aussies. We are the few poor Asians. 

Dinner was served quickly. 

The food was nice but we were barely hungry from the earlier snacks. Then the 1st show started, starring Harley Queen and gang. 

Not bad, not bad. We were reminded of USS Monster Rock. Nana used to love that musical and we caught it so many times until USS replaced it with some Elmo show. 

The segment was about 30 mins before the live band came on. 

Dinner was long done. We stayed on for the 2nd show at 9.30pm. It was some Rocky duno what and turned out to be some musical set in the 70s. Then we heard the band played a little more before leaving at almost 10pm. We all enjoyed ourselves except for the one who got bored and tired. 

The dinner was almost $100. It was expensive in Bali standard but very reasonable in our view. 

We were worried that we wouldn't be able to find transport back to the villa. It was uncalled for. The moment we stepped out, we were approached by the grab motor ride. They quoted us IDR150k for 3 bikes. The kids were bugging to try, I wanted so much too. Hoho. 

Nana and I shared a bike while the boys got their own. Nana and I got a lot of attention not bcos we were sharing a bike (super common) but her half painted face. It was a super nice ride. We weaved through alleys in the cool night and felt like a night tour. 

In the end, we were ripped off. We paid IDR200k and were asked for IDR100k more, claiming that it was easier for them to split.  Well, we could have said no. I don't think the riders would turn rough or rob us. However, we were in holiday generous mood and agreed to the extras. It was worth leaving everybody happy and us well entertained. Hoho. 

We settled down quickly for bed bcos we had a big activity planned the following day. 

Mummy Lim