Bali Ho!

Wednesday January 16, 2008

bali_food.jpgBali is idyllic in every way, and that includes the food. Exotic and fresh, there are countless places to eat all over the island. Le Méridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort will feed you well, but there are plenty of reasons to get off-resort for some culinary tourism.

The overwhelming majority of Indonesia is muslim, but Bali is Hindu, so pork is on the menu — and there's no finer place to enjoy it than Ibu Oka's Babi Guling, a food stall specializing in roast suckling pig. Think of it as a pork version of Peking Duck: succulent marinated meat with a crisp, sweet coconut water-basted skin. For more of a Western-style sit-down restaurant experience, try Batan Waru, a Balinese restaurant loved by locals and visitors alike.

You'll find no finer in Bali than Mozaic Restaurant. The only Southeast Asian restaurant selected as a Grande Table du Monde, its menu ranges from classic Balinese and French to the more tried and true reaches of current experimental cuisine. I recommend ordering one of the five- or seven-course tasting menus, along with wine pairings (together they'll set you back around $100), and put yourself in the capable hands of Chef Chris Salans' hands.

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