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SANUR
BATU JIMBAR CAFE
Jalan Danau Tamblingan No. 152, is a casual sidewalk cafe and popular
with many expatriates living in Sanur who meet here
for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
You can choose from a number of fresh fruit juices, healthy salads
and light dishes; the vegetables and herbs are grown at the
owner's farm near Bedugul. In the back of the outdoor restaurant is
a good book shop with international newspapers.
Jalan Danau Tamblingan 152, Sanur
CANDI
Air conditioned, adjacent to the lobby of the Grand Bali Beach
Hotel serves tasty Thai cuisine in pleasant and comfortable
surroundings.
KITA
Jalan Danau Tamblingan No. 104
Served in the open-air.
KOKI Restaurant & Pub
Jalan By-Pass No. 9X. This is a popular and sometimes quite noisy meeting
place for expatriates living in Sanur who come here
for a talk with the Austrian manager Olaf Aistleitner and his friendly
waitresses, large portions of German/Austrian home
cooking at reasonable prices (grilled snapper with parsley potatoes,
Wiener Schnitzel, Beef Goulash, Chicken Gordon Blue (!),
quite good steaks (for Bali standards), kidneys, and liver "Berlin
Style" etc, all served with salad and French fries or rice for
about 15,000 to 30,000 Rupiah, a game of Billiards, or to watch a movie.
The kitchen is open until midnight.
Jalan By-Pass No. 9X
LEMON GRASS
Less formal, next to the TROPHY PUB, near the entrance to the Aerowisata
Sanur Hotel.
MING'S restaurant
Well-known for good seafood is the open-air, between the Aerowisata
Sanur Hotel and the Sanur Travelodge.
ORIENTAL RESTAURANT
inside the Radisson Hotel, Jalan By-Pass in Sanur, is now run by the
chef who made the GOLDEN LOTUS (at the Dynasty
Hotel in Tuban) the probably most famous Chinese restaurant in Bali.
Watch out -- it might become good!
TANJUNG SARI hotel's restaurant
has been well-known since more than 20 years. In a stylish setting
with a festive, almost cathedral-like atmosphere near the
beach, you can watch on some evenings traditional dances and try the
many dishes which are part of a Balinese
Rijsttafel (here served as a buffet). However, the main reason for
many guests to come here is the beach front bar and the
'Arak Bumbu', a wonderful mix of the potent local rice liquor with
a combination of herbs and spices (including ginger, garlic,
pepper, honey, lime, and many others). Not cheap (dinner for two about
Rupiah 150,000 to 250,000) -- but worth every
Rupiah.
Jl Tamblingan, Sanur
TELAGA NAGA
operated by the Bali Hyatt hotel in Sanur and located right opposite
the hotel on the main road) has a beautiful garden setting
with ponds and ducks, bridges, pavilions, and well prepared Chinese
(mostly Szechuan) food. Don't miss the
delicious "Smoked Duck". The birds served here are imported from the
United States and have -- unlike their Asian relatives --
a lot of tender meat. I can also recommend the Chicken in Sesame Sauce
(in many places known as 'Bon Bon Chicken'), the
Hot & Sour Soup, and their Scallops in Black Bean Sauce. Expect
to pay hotel prices, i.e. dinner for two around US$60 to
US$80 with some beer but without wine.
The VILLAGE
Kampung Sanur, Jalan Tamblingan 66 in the middle of Sanur's tourist
strip, serves tasty Western dishes in very pleasant
surroundings. On the menu you'll find Carpaccio, a melon soup with
prawns, mushroom-spinach strudel, mushroom consomme,
tenderloin steak, a (disappointing) duck chilli, and a number of seafood
dishes which are all well prepared. The beautiful
presentation of the food shows the professional chef. Prices are very
reasonable; wine, however, is quite expensive.
Jl Tamblingan 66, Sanur
RYOSHI
For good Sushi, Sashimi, Tempura and Soba at very reasonable prices
visit the small and air-conditioned in the back of Jalan
Danau Tamblingan 150. However, if you come after 8:30 p.m. Most of
the fish might be gone.
Jalan Danau Tamblingan 150
SANUR BEACH MARKET BAR & Restaurant
A restaurant at the end of Jalan Segara serves from noon to 9:00 or
10.00 p.m. a choice of Indonesian, Chinese and Balinese
dishes with an emphasis on seafood. Great location, good food in an
unpretentious setting, and reasonable prices.
Jalan Segara Ayu 45 (Phone: 288574/289374)
KUTA
The greatest number and variety of restaurants is located in this area
stretching over about 4 to 6 miles from the airport to
Basangkasa further North, and the following list covers just a few
of my personal favorites:
KETUPAT
serves a great variety of specialties from many different parts of
the archipelago in very pleasant surroundings. You find many
dfferent soups, chicken, beef, duck, lamb, seafood and vegetarian delicacies
from Bali, Sumatra, Jawa, Sulawesi, Moluku, and
other parts of Indonesia. In addition to the usual pork, beef, and
chicken 'Sate' you find here barbecued skewers with goat
meat, prawns, tuna, squid, and even 'Sate Lilit' with minced crab or
duck meat. Seafood lovers can choose from different
preparations of lobster, crabs, prawns, calamari and all kinds of fresh
fish. Vegetarians will enjoy salads and tasty main courses
with beans, potatoes, spinach, bean sprouts, young fern leaves, etc.
The menu features photographs and explanations of each
dish. Expect to pay about Rupiah 50,000 to 80,000 per person which
is not cheap for Bali. But don't forget, this is real
Indonesian 'haute cuisine' (which you normally only can find in some
private homes but never in restaurants), well presented,
and served in surroundings which will please most visitors.
Jalan Legian Raya 109 in Kuta
MADE'S WARUNG on Jalan Pantai
in central Kuta near the Bemo Corner is an absolute "must". This has been
THE
place to see and be seen for over 20 years. There's a wide choice of
dishes (on the menu and on notes on the walls) from many
parts of the world: local "Nasi Campur" (a mini rijsttafel) and Gado
Gado, Japanese Sashimi, their own version of a Thai "Tom
Yam" soup, good prawn and squid dishes, pasta, acceptable steaks, etc),
plus a variety of cakes, delicious home-made
coconut ice-cream, fresh fruit juices and good Capuchino (served either
hot or iced). Try the "Arak Madu" or "Arak Lemon di
Blender" (the
local rice liquor with either just honey, or with honey and lemon,
prepared in a blender). From morning to late night you'll see
many regulars who've been coming here since Peter (the Dutch owner)
and his Balinese wife Made started their "Warung" in
the early 70's. In those days, MADE'S was the only 'after-hours' place
in Kuta. They kept selling toilet paper, mosquito curls,
snack food and drinks until 8:00 in the evening when everybody else
closed around 7:00 p.m. Today they close at midnight
when Bali's night life just begins, but MADE'S
is still an institution in Kuta. In August 1996 Peter and Made opened
a new, quite similar but larger and more comfortable
MADE'S WARUNG in Basangkasa on the way to the Oberoi Hotel. The menu
is a bit more interesting than in Kuta, and they
offer a choice of imported wines at very reasonable prices. Have a
look at the various shops which are part of the complex,
too.
UN'S PARADISE RESTAURANT
Hidden away a few meters down the narrow lane next to MADE'S In a pleasant
garden setting you can enjoy well-prepared
Swiss and Italian specialties such as Carpaccio, Gnocchi, Ravioli,
tender (imported) steaks, fish, prawns, and a few vegetarian
dishes. Main courses range from 40,000 to 80,000 Rupiah. There is a
small choice of wines, many liqueurs and cocktails,
special coffees and teas, and even Balinese Arack and Brem. A live
band entertains diners, and many guests at the horse shoe
bar come just for a chat with the Swiss owner Peter Erni.
POPPIES RESTAURANT
on Poppies Gang (lane) nearby has also been well-established for over
20 years. In a beautiful garden setting you can choose
from a number of Asian and Western dishes including, soups, curries,
lobster and steaks. It's very pleasant for a leisurely lunch
in the shade of large trees, but in the evenings the place tends to
become crowded with tourist groups.
TJ'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT
also on, is well-known for tasty food, good music, margaritas, strawberry
daiquiris, and to meet regulars around the far corner
of the long bar. Pleasant garden setting, good service. The owners,
Jean and Nigel, also run the WATER GARDEN hotel in
Candi Dasa.
POCO LOCO
has two sometimes busy bars on different levels and offers a choice
of Mexican dishes, good salmon steaks and other grill
items, a delicious but very heavy "Muddy Mud Pie". Tequila shooters
are served by the walking "Mini-Bar", and there is good
music and a lively atmosphere. The restaurant is open daily for
dinner from 6 p.m. until about midnight. The "in-crowd" arrives after
9 p.m. (The same owners opened in May 1995 a second
branch in Nusa Dua, Jalan Pantai Mengiat, which tends to be much more
quiet if they don't have a group booked for the
evening.)
Jl Padma Utara, Legian
AMIGO'S Salsaria
Open air, as can be expected, there are a number of different Salsas
(including smoked salmon Salsa and mango Salsa) on the
menu, a range of Tex-Mex favorites, good Margaritas and Daiquiris,
Mexican Tequila, and various coffees. The service is
relaxed but very attentive.
Jl Kartika Plaza
RYOSHI
The small air-conditioned sushi bar RYOSHI, and a newer branch in Jalan
Melasti in Kuta, serves fresh Sashimi, Sushi,
Tempura, Miso soup, and other
Japanese dishes at very low prices. It's interior is simple but comfortable,
and the restaurant is often crowded during meal
times. There are also branches in Sanur and Ubud.
Jalan Raya Seminyak 17
KURUMAYA
Sashimi or Teppanyaki, Shabu-Shabu and Sukiyaki prepared at your table.
For good at the Bali Padma Hotel in Legian.
TEPPANYAKI restaurant
Small but more elegant, at the Bali Imperial Hotel in Seminyak.
INAGIKU
located in its own Japanese style building in the garden of the Grand
Hyatt Resort in Nusa Dua or the cosy Japanese restaurant
at the Bali Cliff Resort). You'll find a popular late-night Sushi Bar
(until 1:00 in the morning if the fish is not sold out earlier)
inside the large, open-air GOA 2001 (a few steps south from RYOSHI)
which serves also a number of Indian, Indonesian,
Thai and seafood dishes. Good music and drinks, quiet and pleasant
during dinner time. After midnight GOA becomes one of
Bali's most crowded hang-outs.
KIN KHAO Thai Restaurant
However, their "Thom Yam Gung", Fried Fish Cakes, Green Papaya Salad,
Spring Rolls, a Green Chicken Curry, and
"Hormok" (steamed mixed seafood) are recently lacking the spicyness
of real Thai food -- although you can specify when
ordering how you'd like your food. Most dishes are 10,000 to 15,000
Rupiah. The same owners opened in Summer 1997 a
larger, more luxurious new branch in Jalan Kartika Plaza. The food
there is equally "touristy", and boring, and the prices are
about 50% higher than in Seminyak.
Jalan Raya Seminyak No. 37
GADO GADO
Thai dishes during the evenings at Gado-Gado (on the beach front at
the end of Jalan Dhyana Pura in Seminyak) which turns
later at night into a hot disco.
GOLDEN LOTUS
inside the Bali Dynasty Resort (operated by Shangri-La Hotels) in Tuban
is well-known for a wide range of of good Chinese
dishes and 'Dim Sum' (during lunch on Sundays) which are served in
comfortable hotel surroundings.
B.M.J. (Bak Mie Jakarta) restaurant
on the main road between Kuta and the airport, does serve a tasty version
of the fried noodles (Bakmie) which it was named
after, but the highlight here is 'Dim Sum' (also called 'Yum Cha')
-- a variety of small dumplings, steamed buns and other mini
delights served in rattan baskets.
Inside the baskets you find delicious steamed dumplings filled with
prawns and pork ('Siu Mai' and 'Har Gau'), or shark fin ('Yu
Chi Gau'), crisp-fried rolls with prawns, and 'Char Siu Bau', rather
filling barbecued pork buns. The prawns and other
ingredients are always fresh, and the prices are about Rupiah 4,500
per basket (a tiny fraction of what you would pay in Hong
Kong or Taipei).
Jalan Raya Kuta No. 22
LA LUCCIOLA
(with a beautiful beach front setting next to the Petitenget temple
and great views of Kuta's famous sunsets) serves a range
of
Italian specialties. The quality of the food is sometimes excellent
but not reliable. Most visitors know 66 (called 'Double Six') in
Seminyak only as one of Bali's most popular beach front discos. However,
during the early evenings it's a pleasant restaurant
offering a small choice of semi-Italian dishes and good views of the
sometimes spectacular sunsets.
TERAS or LA TERRAZZA
In the center of Seminyak, nearly opposite Double-Six-Road, you'll
find on the third floor an Italian-run roof-top restaurant
with a long bar, good drinks, sometimes too loud music, and a large,
airy terrace. The friendly but often unattentive staff serve
many delicious (thin-crust) pizzas for 21,00 to 28,000 Rupiah.
Jalan Legian 494
CAFE LUNA
100 meters north of GOA 2001 is well-known for pasta and desserts.
It used to be one of the late-night meeting places of
Bali's "beautiful (and often gay) people".
PANTEREI
a beautiful modern restaurant serving tasty Greek specialties in comfortable
surroundings.
LA PORCHETTA
Opened only in July 1998, Italian Grill & Seafood Restaurant is
a pleasant open-air eatery on Jalan Legian near Jalan Melasti
and very close to "Peanuts Disco". Australians who know these restaurants
from Melbourne will love it. Nice informal
style, tasty, reasonably priced food (steaks and lobster around 25,000
to 35,000 Rupiah), but the wines are a bit on the
expensive side at 350,000 Rupiah per bottle for table wines and 480,000
Rupiah for Champagne.
Jalan Legian near Jalan Melasti
WARISAN Kafe
Jalan Raya Kerobokan, about one or two kilometers further north from
Seminyak/Basangkasa was re-opened under new management in 1997. Now
run by the young, enthusiastic French chef Said
Alem, this pleasant and trendy open-air restaurant offers an interesting
menu (including a number of vegetarian dishes). Entrees
are Duck & Pistachio Terrine, Tuna Carpaccio, Smoked Fish Salad,
and Escargots served in Roasted Mushrooms. You can
continue with a Mediterranean Fish Soup, followed by one of the pasta
dishes or Roast Duck Breast, Roast Rack of Lamb,
Chicken Tarragon, or Australian steaks. For seafood lovers there are
grilled Swordfish or Tasmanian Salmon, pan-fried Tuna
steaks, and poached Bawal fillet. Instead of serving the standard string
beans and French Fries, each dish is accompanied by
different vegetables such as baked eggplant, Ratatouille, tomato compote,
potato gratin or hash brown potatoes, garlic
croutons, or Curry Linguini. To finish your meal you can choose either
Creme Brulee, Apple Crumble, or Ice Cinamon Soufflé.
On the drink
list you find a number of drinkable French wines starting around 250,000
Rupiah, a good choice of cocktails, five different
kinds of tea, Espresso, Cappuchino, and Bali Coffee. Service is attentive,
and prices are reasonable (a three-course dinner for
two will cost you about 250,000 to 350,000 Rupiah – and 500,000 to
600,000 Rupiah if you add a bottle of wine).
WARISAN Kafe is definitely a very welcome addition to Bali's restaurant
scene and seems to become better and more
popular every day! Don't go without a reservation.
Jalan Raya Kerobokan
PURNAMA (Full Moon) Steak House &
Restaurant
When you continue on the road to Kerobokan, turn at the next intersection
to the left to Pantai Petitenget, and follow the signs
to the "Bali Intan Beach Village" hotel, you'll see right before the
hotel's access road the Purnama Steak House & Restaurant
which we'd seen for some time but only visited after it was was highly
recommended on our BALI travel Forum. The
experience was not bad: many guests, some of them obviously staying
at the neighbourhood hotels and eating here not the first
time, appetizers (tasty chilli prawns with a sauce similar to that
served in Szechuan restaurants, breaded garlic prawns, honey
prawns, spicy chicken wings, etc) priced around 30,000 Rupiah each
and served with rice and/or French fries and nearly
sufficient as a main course. Australian steaks for around 60,000 to
70,000 Rupiah, and a good choice of different sauces to
choose from for all grilled items. A large carafe of drinkable house
wine is 130,000 Rupiah, all prices plus 10% tax. There is
generous space between tables (but there aren't too many of them, therefore,
expect to wait at the bar), and the service is
friendly but slow. Tasty, solid food at reasonable prices in simple
surroundings, recommendable if you stay nearby, but not
worth to go out of your way for.
TAJ MAHAL
A good choice of rather well-prepared Indian specialties is offered
at the (in December 1996) re-opened Taj Mahal, a large,
open-air restaurant on Jalan Oberoi. Vegetable Samosa, Butter Chicken,
Mutton Shahi Korma, a range of Tandoori dishes,
Aloo Gobi, Dhal, Raita, Papadum and Indian breads baked in a
Tandoor oven such as Nan etc. present a welcome change
from other in Bali more usual cuisines.
WARUNG KOPI
Rather boring but very cheap Indian food can be found at Jalan Legian
427, which also serves a choice of vegetarian plates
either street-side or in the garden patio.
AROMAS
A choice of rather interesting vegetarian dishes from India, Thailand,
the Middle East, Mexico and Europe is offered for
breakfast, lunch and dinner at AROMAS on the main road in the center
of Legian.
MAMA’s
For basic German dishes and sausages you can try your luck in the open-air
MAMA'S restaurant in Kuta which is open around
the clock and is after midnight popular with "Kupu Kupu Malams", their
"managers" and "Kuta Cowboys", as well as a
sometimes quite strange late-night drinking crowd. Owner is the German
Honorary Consul Reinhold Jantzen.
SWISS RESTAURANT
You like dining with Consuls? You can also visit the Swiss Consular
Representative Jon Zurcher who entertains his guests.
Jalan Kuta Palace in Legian
LENNY'S RESTAURANT
If you like seafood, the long established LENNY'S RESTAURANT on Kuta's
Jalan Pantai and the SEAFOOD MARKET
adjacent to GOA 2001 in Seminyak are good choices.
INDAH SARI, MINI, SC
There are also several restaurants (INDAH SARI, MINI, SC, etc) along
Jalan Legian in Kuta which display on the roadside
fresh fish, lobster, crabs and prawns on ice. You select your favorites
from the display and tell the staff how to prepare your
dish (grilled, steamed, boiled etc). The BALI SEAFOOD MARKET and KUTA
SEAFOOD on Jalan Kartika Plaza between
Kuta and the airport offer a wide choice of fresh seafood and live
entertainment including Balinese dances.
Jalan Kartika Plaza
SEAFOOD AT JIMBARAN BEACH
The best place for fresh seafood is Jimbaran Beach with its two rows
of open restaurants right on the sandy beach on both
sides of the Bali Inter-Continental Resort.
Warung ROMA
(on the airport side) used to be the most popular, but its neighbors
serve the same delicious food, are less crowded, and offer
much better service. All kinds of fresh fish, squid, crabs, prawns,
and lobsters are prepared on the open grill (burning coconut
husks instead of charcoal) with exotic herbs and spices, and the prices
are very reasonable. A large grilled snapper with
vegetable, salad, rice, potatoes, several sauces, and different sambals,
costs around Rupiah 35,000 per kilo; one kilo of grilled prawns about
Rupiah 90,000, lobster130,000 per kilo, and a large
bottle of beer only Rupiah 10,000. A great place to watch Bali's famous
sunsets, too!
KO Japanese Restaurant
For fine dining the Bali Inter-Continental Resort is hard to beat --
the KO Japanese Restaurant is one of the best in Bali
SINGARAJA Restaurant
is well-known for delicious seafood and other Asian specialties.
COZY LA INDONESIA
is located nearby on Jalan Uluwatu and offers a variety of Indonesian
dishes in pleasant surroundings. It attracts many couples
with its romantic garden setting.
EATING OUT IN NUSA DUA
All 5-star hotels in Nusa Dua have a number of restaurants offering
various cuisines in comfortable and sometimes luxurious
surroundings at rather steep prices.
PICA PICA
has moved to new premises inside the Galleria Nusa Dua Shopping Complex.
The restaurant is now much larger and offers
pleasant open-air seating. Their specialty is Churrasqueria-style charcoal
grilled meat. The price of 90,000 Rupiah (plus 21%
service & tax) includes unlimited quantities of grilled beef, lamb,
chicken, pork, and various sausages as well as salads and
desserts. This is a great bargain, and they can only make some money
on drinks: they charge 16,500 Rupiah ++ i.e. nearly
20,000 Rupiah for a small glass of draft Carlsberg.
OLE OLE
Right opposite and under the same management is Ole Ole, a pleasant
mediterranean restaurant and Tapas Bar.
ON THE ROCKS
more or less next door which features hot-stone cooked steaks. Other
restaurants in the same area offer Italian, German, Thai,
Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and other Asian dishes for lunch and dinner.
Walk around and have a look! The nearby BUMBU
BALI Restaurant (& Cooking School) in Tanjung Benoa, operated by
Heinz von Holzen, the author of the book "The Food Of
Bali" and former food guru of the Grand Hyatt and Ritz Carlton hotels
in Bali, is a must if you are interested in authentic local
cuisine. In beautiful surroundings you can enjoy appetizers such as
"Ayam Pelalah" (chicken with chillies and lime), beef,
chicken and prawn Satay, or "Jokut Kakul", a delicious snail soup with
lemon grass and black pepper. Main dishes include
"Ayam Betutu" (roasted chicken in banana leaf), "Siap Mapanggang" (ox
tongue in sweet nutmeg sauce), "Satay Lilit" made
from minced seafood, and "Ikan Pepes", grilled fish in banana leaf,
and you can choose from a range of exotic desserts such as
Black Rice Pudding, Coconut Pancakes, etc. Or indulge yourself
by ordering the "Balinese Rijstaffel" which consists of 14
different dishes served together with various kinds of rice. For the
less adventurous there are grilled sirloin, tenderloin and lamb
chops, imported by air from Australia and then marinated in Balinese
herbs and spices. Seafood is bought daily fresh on the
local market, and you are actually invited to accompany the chef on
his daily shopping trip (or even join one of his cooking
classes). There is also a choice of exotic cocktails, imported beers
and wines, and you can end your meal with various gourmet
flavoured coffee preparations or special flavoured Indonesian teas
(apple, apricot, black currant, cinnamon, orange, peach,
raspberry, strawberry, vanilla, etc). Service is friendly and attentive,
and prices (about 80,000 to 120,000 Rupiah per person)
are reasonable.
CLUB MED
even if you don't stay there, for about US$25 per
person you can enjoy their lunch buffet and choose from about 60 different
dishes from many Western countries, from China, Korea, Japan, and other
Asian countries, and UNLIMITED free wine and
beer. After the main restaurant closes at 2:00 p.m. you can even move
to another restaurant which serves light lunch (and
drinks) until 3:00 p.m. Also included in the price is the use of CLUB
MED's wide range of sports facilities which include
snorkeling, sea kayakking, wind surfing, tennis, and even a circus
school for adults! Day guests have to leave around 17:30, or
you can buy another ticket for about US$30 to enjoy their dinner buffet,
disco, and daily changing evening entertainment.
UBUD
CAFE LOTUS
has been an institution for many years. Located in the center of Ubud
between
the main street and a large, beautiful lotus pond this pleasant open-air
restaurant serves a variety of Italian pasta dishes, some
Asian and local specialties such as the Balinese duck 'Bebek Betutu',
and a good choice of cakes and fruit juices. Although the
prices here are rather steep for Ubud standards and the service can
be slow, CAFE LOTUS is busy the whole day.
CASA LUNA
Nearly across the road is CASA LUNA offering a number of Balinese and
Mediterranean dishes which look very interesting
on the menu but can be a bit disappointing, and a branch of the well-known
RYOSHI serving good Sushi, Sashimi and
Tempura until midnight at very low prices.
MURNI'S WARUNG
located next to the Campuan bridge, is another of Ubud's institutions.
Built on several levels between the road and the river, this
is an excellent place to try the 'Bebek Betutu' (order one day in advance
to be sure) and other local specialities.
BRIDGE CAFE
cascades also down over several levels -- right opposite on the other
side of the river -- and offers creative 'Pacific Rim' cuisine
i.e. tasty culinary creations with influences from Thailand, India,
China and Japan as well as local specialties, salads and
vegetarian dishes. Try the Szechuan Pancakes filled with deep fried
duck, the Thai Chicken Pizza, or the Chilly Prawns. Very
pleasant atmosphere and good service.
DIRTY DUCK / BEBEK BENGIL
Located in Padang Tegal about one kilometer south of Ubud's main street.
Forget their special "Crispy Duck" which is very dry
and sometimes rather tough. Their range of other Indonesian and Western
dishes, however, is quite tasty, the garden setting
very pleasant, and the live background music in the evenings
creates a nearly magic atmosphere.
ARY'S WARUNG
a stylish side-walk bistro in the center of town with creative oriental/international
cuisine.
Ubud
KOKOKAN CLUB
a choice of interesting vegetarian dishes, and the KOKOKAN CLUB in
Pengosekan serving a range of tasty Thai specialties in
pleasant surroundings.
Pengosekan
The GLOBETROTTER
Jalan Raya Andong 99X, Nagi, Petulu, about two kilometers north of
Ubud nearly opposite the Banyan Tree Kamadalu Hotel,
is for many years well-known for its well-prepared German and European
specialties. If you long for "Reibekuchen mit
Apfelmus" (German potato pancakes with mashed apples), Wiener Schnitzel,
Hungarian Goulash, German beef rolls
(Rindsrouladen) with red cabbage, or snapper fillet, king prawns, various
steaks, and many delicious home-made desserts at
very reasonable prices (main courses between US$2.50 and US$5.00),
don't look any further. Sometimes you can even get a
tasty venison stew or other German delicacies which are not listed
on the menu and hard to find in this part of the world -- just
ask! Herbert, the husband of the Indonesian
owner, is a retired German butcher and hobby chef -- he is an expert
in selecting the best meat (in a place where the local
butchers even don't know what they are selling) and his personal ambition
is to prepare dishes you will enjoy and perhaps
remember. The surroundings are plain but comfortable, service is attentive.
Although not easy to find, the GLOBETROTTER's
regular guests come from all parts of Bali and include many owners
of other restaurants. Before dinner you should watch from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. the daily arrival of thousands of white herons nesting
in nearby Petulu. But remember, the GLOBETROTTER
is closed on Mondays.
Jalan Raya Andong 99X, Nagi, Petulu
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