How to survive in Bali?

Breakfast of Divers

How to survive in Bali, in a very unlikely event you forget to bring your DSR (Dehydrated Survival Rations)?

a)      you calmly evaluate situation and upon reaching conclusion that without any food you will die anyhow, go for local cuisine – »Che sera sera« decision

b)      you walk into one of many small restaurants, stare at the display of dishes, smell them, point with your finger at what you would want to eat and indulge in the new tastes – »no fear no mercy« decision

c)      you ask for the menu and try a holistic approach for what you would prefer: nasi campur, bakmie goreng, ayam goreng... As nobody understands your pronunciation, you order: »Please get me number 6, will you?«  - »numerological« decision

d)     from street vendor you buy two packets of »prana« (Warning: never take it on an empty stomach!)

Whatever your answers might be, you wonderful person, as always, you are absolutely correct!

Wherever we travel, part of the experience is local cuisine.

Upscale hotels and tourist restaurants will provide you a kind of “global fusion cuisine” with a touch of Bali.
Chefs in Bali can be sometimes even too capable of thinking “out of the box”. For instance “Wiener Schnitzel in sweet and sour onion sauce” can be a touch too open minded gastronomical side kick to meet our expectations.

Smell and taste: just a hint of a faint aroma of Bali

More simple places will serve you Balinese dishes tailored for tourists.

Quantity of the more expensive ingredients included in the meal is multiplied by five. Hot spices are adequately reduced. For breakfasts they will offer you banana pancakes. 

Smell and taste: very much like Bali

Small places where Balinese eat will serve you authentic Balinese meals.

Rice, which can be served on a plate, banana leaf or waxed paper, topped with tiny amounts of fried vegetables, tempe, tofu, shreds of chicken, sambal (hot sauce), fried noodles – combinations vary from day to day and from one cook to another.

Smell and taste: pure Bali

Part of our traveling and sightseeing in Bali is also indulging in the lakes of noodle soups, vegetable or fish soups, attacking mountains of rice, seasoned with mysterious herbs, shrimps, red hot chili peppers, we want to visit valleys full of fried bananas half submerged in golden honey streams…