Bali Food

The food in Bali was was great. Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. Being an island there was always fresh fish, even in the central mountains where we stayed. Being a Hindu island I would say that beef is not their specialty but chicken and pork was perfect.

Most of our time by ourselves was spent walking the street of Ubud in the central mountains. The intermittent rains would give us a reason to go into the nearest restaurant and see what was on the menu. My accident we found this place in Ubud. It was not listed in the guidebook but should have been.

The avocado chicken was super. Even simple dishes are plated with artistic flair and colors.

The Balinese language is a spoken language with it's own script, but because the written language isn't taught in school, there are few readers of Balinese. Here is a sign that shows Indonesian(the Latin script) and Balinese(the sanskirt like script).

In Ubud there is a famous restaurant for "Dirty Duck" which I think is deep fried duck, I think the word "dirty" in this case just means wild.

The sauces served with the dishes were always made fresh with onions, shallots, peppers and spices. Of course, all this food tastes better with beer. There is an excellent Balinese beer than I drank the whole time, BinTang. It looks like a Heinken knockoff but it was better than Heinken. I think Heinken is a Dutch beer and in this area the Balinese have exceeded their colonial masters.