Bumbu Bali.

Balinese Indonesian cuisine. Nusa Dua, Bali.

This was my second visit to this cooking school/restaurant.. after both visits, i noticed that mostly tourists and visitors were enjoying the food.. i’m guessing it has to do with the prices.. moderate, but not low for bali. it was a weekend night so there were performances during dinner of balinese dance + music.

the indoor outdoor setup of the restaurant. open air, including the kitchen. the food here is unique to bali in its flavoring. sour and filled with spices, but not too spicy. my FAVE here is the satay. the little bits of skewered meat somehow are full of flavor, and soft + quality- no gummy or tendon filled pieces. sO good, with the spicy peanut based satay dipping sauce + sour marinated cucumbers.

we did the Sate Campur: beef, chicken, pork + duck satay.. (opted to skip seafood.) amazing. i could eat 2 orders of these as a meal.

our food brought to the table. Satay, Duck curry, and Ayam Betutu: whole roast baby chicken in banana leaf.. i enjoyed the curry more so than the chicken.. i’m not usually impressed with chicken at restaurants unless its.. fried chicken.

two types of basket steamed rice for the curry, yellow and white.

closeup of my entree, the Bebek Menyatnyat: creamy duck curry. the yellow curry sauce is really flavorful and slightly sweet from the coconut milk.. balinese spices accented the potato and mushrooms in the curry. i ate it all.

check out the mask swizzle stick! this was a Orange Honey Mojito. a little on the sweet side but really minty. ( yes, it was non alcoholic.. )

i was stuffed, but had to try a dessert..  lucky for me, there’s somehow always room for ice cream! i ordered a scoop of the lemongrass and mint ice cream. mostly tasted the lemongrass. it took a little getting used to, but was very refreshing.

delisH.

xxx