::. THE BALI RESTAURANT GUIDE TO SANUR
CAFE BATU JIMBAR , Jalan Danau Tamblingan No. 152, is a casual sidewalk cafe and popular with regular visitors to Sanur and expatriates who meet here for breakfast, lunch or dinner under large trees. 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 which carries also international newspapers.
The air-conditioned KAFE WAYANG , Komplek Sanur Raya No. 12 - 14 at the By-Pass opposite the Radisson Hotel, has become quite popular during lunch time. Local business people enjoy the relaxing (indoor) tropical garden setting, the creative Asian and Mediterranean cuisine, and the excellent desserts. From 4 p.m. until late you can also choose from a variety of tasty "Tapas". Friday night is Jam Session from 9:00 p.m. – see Bali after Dark .
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 usually well prepared Chinese food. Try the "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$50 to US$60 with some beer but without wine. ::.
THE BALI RESTAURANT GUIDE TO KUTA
(incl. Tuban, Legian, Seminyak, Kerobokan, etc)
KETUPAT, Jalan Legian Raya 109 in Kuta, serves a great variety of specialties in very pleasant surroundings. The menu includes traditional Balinese food and dishes from all parts of the archipelago. You find different soups, chicken, beef, duck, lamb, seafood and vegetarian delicacies from Bali, Sumatra, Jawa, Sulawesi, Maluku, 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 80,000 to 120,000 Rupiah 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.
TJ'S Mexican Restaurant , also on Poppies Gang, has become an institution over the years and is well-known for tasty food, good music, excellent margaritas and strawberry daiquiris, and to meet regulars around the far corner of the long bar. Pleasant garden setting, good service, great salads.
KORI Restaurant & Bar , hidden away in nearby Poppies II Lane, offers comfortable open-air seating in pleasant surroundings (tropical garden with several ponds, nice decoration and atmosphere). Service is attentive, and the menu lists specialties from many countries such as Indonesian Satays, Thai beef salad, Thom Yam, and Green Chicken Curry, Singapore Chilli Crab, Australian beef steaks, tuna steaks, beef burgers, pork chops, Caesar salad, and Italian pasta. There is a good choice of desserts (from Balinese Black Rice Pudding to Bavarian Vanilla Cheese Cake), and they have several kinds of delicious home-baked breads with a crunchy crust. Good food, nice presentation, large portions and a good, reasonably priced wine list. (KORI is also home of the Bali Wine Club, a group of 24 expat businessmen who meet here on the last Friday of each month for lunch and to enjoy selected wines.) They offer to park your car a few hundred meters away as you cannot leave it in the narrow, often congested lane.
POCO LOCO, Jalan Padma Utara in Legian, 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 BALI RESTAURANT GUIDE TO JIMBARAN BEACH
The best place for fresh seafood is still Jimbaran Beach with its rows of open restaurants right on the sandy beach near the Bali Inter-Continental Resort and between the Keraton Hotel and the airport. The number of eateries is fast increasing, but the original six restaurants on the airport side of the Keraton Hotel ( LIA is our favorite) are still the most reasonably priced, and they serve the same delicious food. 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. |
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