Bali — Culinaries

Signature dishes

• Babi GulingRp25k–40k

  Bali's signature roast pork: a whole pig turned on a spit, served on rice with crackling, lawar, pork satay and bone broth.

  Try it at: Warung Babi Guling Ibu Oka
• Ayam BetutuRp38k–121k

  Chicken rubbed with base genep spice paste, wrapped in leaves and slow-cooked until tender, eaten with plecing kangkung and rice.

  Try it at: Ayam Betutu Men Tempeh
• LawarRp15k

  Minced meat and vegetables tossed with grated coconut and Balinese spices, the side dish on almost every Balinese plate.

  Try it at: Warung Lawar Sapi Odah Jaran
• Sate LilitRp15k

  Spiced minced fish, chicken or pork wrapped around lemongrass or flat skewers and grilled, so it stays soft and fragrant.

  Try it at: Warung Ari
• Nasi Campur BaliRp25k–28k
  Nasi Ayam Bali

  Rice ringed with small portions of shredded spiced chicken, urap or lawar, sate lilit, egg and fried peanuts: Bali's everyday plate.

  Try it at: Nasi Ayam Kedewatan Ibu Mangku, Nasi Bali Men Weti
• Nasi JinggoRp5k–9k

  A fist-sized parcel of rice in banana leaf with shredded chicken, fried noodles, tempeh and sambal, sold cheaply from street stalls.

• Jaje Bali (Klepon & Laklak)Rp10k

  Bali's traditional sweets, such as palm-sugar klepon rolled in coconut and green laklak pancakes, eaten with morning coffee.

  Try it at: Warung Klepon Gianyar, Pondok Umapadi
• Rujak Kuah PindangRp11k

  Young mango, papaya and pineapple served in a spicy, sour tuna broth instead of the sweet peanut sauce of Javanese rujak.

  Try it at: Warung Kuah Pindang
• Tipat CantokRp5k–9k

  Cubes of ketupat rice cake with boiled greens in a peanut, garlic and chilli sauce ground to order in a stone mortar.

  Try it at: Warung Kuah Pindang, Pondok Umapadi
• Mujair Nyat-nyatRp36k–45k

  Lake Batur tilapia fried, then simmered in coconut milk and chopped Balinese spices until the sauce clings: Kintamani's lakeside dish.

  Try it at: Resto Apung Kedisan

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