This is probably the coolest restaurant in Ubud right now and wow what an experience! Not so much going out for dinner but taking part in a wonderful tasting journey based on local Indonesian ingredients. I was extremely lucky to get a reservation it seems – it’s booked up months in advance. Maybe the IMF and World Bank folks had booked out the restaurant on 11th October and changed their minds?
Anyway, I went for the 5 course tasting menu with beverage pairing but in reality I had 16 different dishes – yes 16! There were 5 pre-courses before the amuse bouche followed by the 5 course tasting menu and of course a couple of palate cleansers and 2 extra desserts. Peggy requested that I take photos of everything so I asked if I could and also asked if I could take photos of the chefs as I was actually sitting in the kitchen. Chef patron Ray greeted me and explained most of the main courses to me – what a great guy. I’m not sure whether this was the usual service or if he really thought I was reviewing the restaurant? The 5 courses were served with tiny little cocktails to match the food and they were all delicious. My favourite tasting experiences were Bonito, Burung Puyuh (quail) and “Nuts about orange” dessert. The photos are all in the order that they were served apart from 2 which I scoffed before I remembered to take photos…
I can highly recommend this experience. At 20 times the cost of the dinner I had the previous evening (which was particularly cheap) it was still very reasonable compared to Noma.
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