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March, 2009:

Bali Restaurant Guide, Kuta Area

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Bali Restaurant Guide Kuta and Nearby Area, The largest number and variety of restaurants is located in this area stretching over about 4 to 6 miles from the airport to Basangkasa further North, and the following list covers just a few of my personal favorites:-

KETUPAT, Jalan Legian Raya 109 (hidden behind Jonathan Gallery) in Kuta, serves a great variety of Indonesian specialties in very pleasant surroundings. You can sit either in the open-air restaurant or in several cozy alcoves scattered around the swimming pool. The extensive menu includes traditional Balinese food and dishes from all parts of the archipelago – with photographs to make your choice easier. You find different soups, chicken, beef, duck, lamb, seafood and vegetarian delicacies from Bali, Sumatra, Jawa, Sulawesi, Maluku, and other parts of Indonesia. In addition to the usual pork, beef, and chicken ‘Sate’ you find here barbecued skewers with goat meat, prawns, tuna, squid, and even ‘Sate Lilit’ with minced crab or duck meat. Seafood lovers can choose from different preparations of lobster, crabs, prawns, calamari and all kinds of fresh fish. Vegetarians will enjoy salads and tasty main courses with beans, potatoes, spinach, bean sprouts, young fern leaves, etc. The menu features photographs and explanations of each dish. Expect to pay about 140,000 to 200,000 Rupiah per person which is not cheap for Bali. But don’t forget, this is real Indonesian ‘haute cuisine’ (which you normally only can find in some private homes but never in restaurants), well presented and served in surroundings which will please most visitors.

MADE’S WARUNG on Jalan Pantai in central Kuta near the Bemo Corner has been an institution in Kuta since the early 70′s. This has been THE place to see and be seen for nearly 30 years. In the early days, MADE’S was the only ‘after-hours’ place in Kuta: they kept selling toilet paper, mosquito curls, snack food and drinks until 8:00 p.m. when everybody else closed around 7:00 p.m. Today you con choose from many local dishes including Sate and Nasi Campur as well as many international specialties such as Sashimi, steaks, noodle dishes etc. The owners Peter and Made opened in August 1996 a new, quite similar but larger and more comfortable MADE’S WARUNG in Seminyak/Basangkasa on the way to the Oberoi Hotel (see below).

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Balinese Gamelan or Instrumen

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Balinese Insrument or gamelan is very popular, a wide variety of traditional and contemporary musical instruments are available in Bali.

These include gamelan, bamboo, xylophones ( angklung), flute, stringed instruments and drums. A drum manufacturer with international reputation can be found opposite the gas station on jalan Andong, Peliatan, near Ubud.

The village of Sangeh is also known as the home of the one of the world’s most famous flute makers Nyoman Lentong.

Gong and Gamelan instruments are made at Tihingan Village, near Semarapura on Jalan Diponogoro. Most are produced on order from Balinese musical group but some are available for sale. The small village of sawan in the hill to the east of Singaraja also producers gamelan instruments, as does Blahbatuh Village near Ubud.

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