Balinese cuisine

In subtlety, variety and creativity, Balinese food holds a high rank among Indonesia's cuisine. And it's becoming much easier to find western-oriented Balinese cuisine . Many hotel restaurants now have token babi guling (roast suckling pig) or a bebek betutu (spiced duck) on their menus but the dishes are modified to suit sensitive Western taste.

Since dining out is not a social custom on Bali, the visitor is not likely to experience real, unadulterated Balinese cooking unless invited into a Balinese home. Even on such monumental ritual occasions as weddings or family ceremony of passage, the Balineses themselves serve a majority of Javenese of Chinese dishes that are not distinctly Balinese. About the only commercial location to consistently experience the real thing, with all the proper spices and side dishes, are the night market foodstalls, warung, or from an old crone who serves up meals in banana leaf under the village Banyan tree during a cockfight.

Balinese ceremony food is difficult to find because it's usually only prepared for hundreds of people on exclusive occasions. Since coconut oil goes bad very quickly and refrigeration in villages limited, preparations for such perishable, difficult feast dishes as mebat and lawar begin early in the morning.

The two or three meals rural Balinese eat each day are almost identical - lots of boiled white rice supplemented by tiny fish, vegetables, peanuts, cucumber, chilies, and minute portion of spiced meat, egg, or tempe. In inland areas, dried and salted fish is more common. In poor areas, rice is even mixed with cord, cassava, or sweet potatoes.

There are no courses. In a sense, there are no mealtimes. Food is prepared in the morning and is left in pots under protective basket on the kitchen table to eat whenever desired. Except throughout ceremonial feasting, the Balinese are very simple eaters. A glass of warm water or tea accompanies the frugal meal, which is often eaten cold.

Balinese food is eaten with one's fingers so that none of the delectably spicy flavors are compromised by the savor of metal eating utensils. Finger are considered cleaner than eating utensils.

Stay with us at Bali Ametis Luxury Villas, and our butler will take you to experience all the sublime Balinese cuisine. We will ensure you will have unforgettable memories during you stay at Bali Ametis Luxury Villas.

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