Apart from exotic sights and sounds, Bali offers the pleasure of taste with a mixture of cuisine that is simply astonishing in variety. The influence of different cultures results in different cooking techniques, ingredients and spices. Characterised by strong flavour, the food is usually very spicy with creative preparations and multifarious cooking style.

The staple food in Bali is white, polished steam rice. Meat used in Balinese cooking are pork, chicken, duck, fish and beef although some Balinese do not eat it. We have outline a fews of Balinese food :

• Bali Guling, or pig roasted on a spit, stuffed with herbs, spices and chilliesis a favourite and you will often find roadside restaurants that specialize in this dish
• Nasi Goreng, fried rice with an assortment of ingredients such as; chicken, vegetables, fork, beef. Usually served with prawn crackers and a fried egg.
• Sate Lilit, minced seafood of pork (small kebabs). Usually order half a dozen or more, served with peanut or hot pepper sauce.
• Ayam Goreng / Bakar, fried/roasted chicken.
• Betutu Bebek (literally means ’steamed meat of chicken’) is particularly popular, a dish made from stuffed duck cooked in hot ashes or steamed in banan leaves.
• Lawar made of thinly chopped papaya, jackfruit, green beans, grated coconut, starfruit leaves and various indigenous spices. This dish is served with

Explore the many flavours of Bali by sampling the food the Balinese enjoy. There is every opportunity to indulge as many of the more up market restaurants and cafes now offer Balinese foods, even food that was once only available from street-carts and local warung or traditional Balinese family. Make the most of your stay in Bali and discover the secrets to an exotic and exciting cuisine.

Suprisingly, there is not only a wide array of excotic local food offered, there is also international cuisine from all parts of the world, specially in the tourist belts.

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