NASI BABI GULING DAN NASI AYAM BALI

I can finally make a list about Balinese local food that I love! This time, I'm focusing on chicken and pork mixed rice. Are you curious on to why I chose those two? Because it's the most sought out culinary whenever people from Jakarta go to Bali! In my opinion though, the local favorites are still so underexposed since most people only come to the well known tourist spots, which are ok, but trust me, there are other good places!!! SOOO, here's my list of recommendations! It might be incomplete but this is what I know for now.. and I'm putting the list in order from my PERSONAL OPINION of favorites. Discretion is advised so I ain't accepting complaints since we all have different taste! Anyway, let's start from CHICKEN RICE!

DONCASTER EATERY BALI

There's a new one in Bali!! Hahaha ain't it rare for us to be updated with the cafes in Bali? Lol!  Got an invitation from their PR in Jakarta to visit this one, Doncaster, in Bali and since we got that collaboration with Mamak as well, we decided to try this out as it's even in a walking distance from Mamak!

MAMAK RESTAURANT BALI

Hello guys! This is the 3rd Bali restaurant we've reviewed, though actually we went to Bali pretty often..lol! You can check out all our updates in Bali on Istagram with #lulabyspoonbali and did you know that you can follow a hashtag now? No, I'm not implying anything..lol! :p

We're gonna talk about the restaurant that is a big hit in Australia called Mamak Restaurant! It's said that in Australia, the queue is super long here, there's even a black and white photo of the queue in the Bali's Mamak! The cuisine is Malaysian, so expect Mee Goreng, Curry, Roti Canai, and Nasi Lemak. What surprised me is the price! Everything is below IDR 100K, how affordable for a famous restaurant!

LA JOYA BIU BIU BALI

Welcome to paradise! Bali is definitely a paradise island that people will keep visiting! It's not only a tourist spot but also a place to just sit back and relax, from nature to cuisines, they have it best! Personally, though Bali is a quite small island in map, it definitely won't be enough to explore all with just a month because it is just so rich of everything! Probably the reason why so many decided to live in this paradise island!

Though we often went to Bali, we never reviewed anything about Bali in Lulabyspoon, so this time we decided to share something, this is called La Joya, Biu Biu! Why? Cause this place is super amazing! This is gonna be picture-y post cause we just want you to see how beautiful this place and picture speaks louder than words, so enjoy the view!

It's located a bit far from the city, in Balangan area and it'll take an hour to get here from Kuta. The road is very deserted with no signal what-so-ever. I went here using an online driver (but it's actually not allowed, so keep quite, kay?) and got a local as my driver, so we didn't get lost at all. Some of my friends came here using Waze and they totally got lost, so be sure to always ask around whenever you can if you're going here by yourself!

GAYA GELATO: FROM BALI TO JAKARTA

Yeah! Gelato!! Who doesn't love good gelato? From kids to adults, everyone just loves their gelato, right? Eating gelato always gives me this happy feeling and hearing that the famous Gaya Gelato from Bali coming to Jakarta, I think I'm in heaven! Gaya Gelato in Bali is located at Ubud and Uluwatu and last month they've opened their first Jakarta branch at Pantai Indah Kapuk (again)!!

PORK STAR BALI

Usually when I went to Bali, there's already a default list of places that I'd visit, like Babi Guling, Warung Cahaya, Gusto, etc (you can check them out on Instagram by searching #lulabyspoonbali). After a certain times of going to the same routines, you'd get sick of it, so you can't imagine how psyched I am when I found this new favorite spot! It's called Pork Star and yes, when in Bali, of course the jewels would be pork..lol!

Pork Star here is pretty close to Warung Cahaya, only in different alley. From the front you'd immediately see a hot pink container truck with a picture of a pig on it, that's how you know it's Pork Star! Don't worry, even though only the truck is visible, they actually have a proper table to dine in, the container is just their kitchen, the restaurant itself even have 2 floors!