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One of the favorite foods of both children and adults is sate. Indonesia is the home for many kinds of sate. The variation of taste depends on the meat and its sauce. The meat is usually from chicken, goat, beef or pork.

But some people also make sate from rabbit, horse, snake and so on. From 3 to 5 slices of meat are skewered onto a small bamboo stick, then grilled over charcoal.

Sate is name according to the meat they use, for instance: sate ayam is sate made of chicken fillet ( chicken is ayam in Indonesia ); sate kambing is make from goat meat ( goat is kambing in Indonesia ) etc.

You must try Sate; it’s one of Indonesia’s tastiest foods !!

Editor’s Note: Copy from Ubud Community

In 1968 the first restaurant in Ubud area opened in Goa Gajah, called Puri Suling restaurant. The chef from Bali Beach, Sanur was from America. The restaurant served as a school for all cooks in Ubud. They served Indonesian, Balinese, American and other western food. The restaurant basically served only guest from Bali Beach Hotel. There were no tourist from other places coming to Ubud at the time.

This started to change in 1973. At that time an Australian couple leased Hotel Campuhan and they arranged for tourist to come to Ubud. Puri Selera restaurant opened then, all the tourist came by travel agent. But soon independent tourist started arriving. In the beginning there was not enough accommodation for all the arriving foreigners.

The was no electricity at the time. Also the weather was much cooler than it is now. In 1974 electricity arrival in Ubud, cars and motorcycles started driving around. Han Snel’s warung was about the first restaurant to open and provide accommodation and the followed by others. Today, Ubud has many good restaurant/warungs. Here are some of then:

Monkey Forest Street: Cinta Grill and Inn, DeliCat, Bumi Bali, Cafe Bianglalah, Lamak Restaurant & Bar, Baby Face, Coffee & Silver.

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Bali has an abundance of fruit with many varieties that are a lot more interesting than just your average apple or orange. Tropical fruits come in strange colours, shapes and textures, yet each is quite exotic in its own way.

Just about everyone seems to enjoy the mangosteen which has been referred to as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. Slightly smaller than a tennis ball with a deep purple skin, the inside reveals 4-8 pinky-white edible segments that are delicately sweet.

One of the oddest looking tropical fruit in Bali is the rambutan, also known as hairy fruit. This reflects the fruits most unusual skin of soft rubbery spines that are crimson in colour. Inside is a single piece of sweet translucent flesh that surrounds a woody seed. The whole segment is pooped into the mouth and the tangy flesh nibbled off leaving only the inedible seed.

Another unusual fruit is the salak, which is recognized by its teardrop shape and brown scaly snake-like peel. The fruit inside consists of a large segment and one or two smaller lobes that tastes pleasantly crisp with the consistency of a carrot. Salak is not a remarkable tasting fruit, yet it grows abundantly in Bali’s drier regions and is readily available at the local marketplace.

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Babi Guling (Suckling Pig) may be the most famous Balinese cuisine. Babi Guling is a whole baby pig prepared over an open, corn husk fire. A long stick is inserted through the pig’s body from one end to the other after it is flavored, inside and out, with chopped spices that include shallots, garlic, ginger, turmeric, galangal, pepper coriander, candlenuts, chilies, lemon grass and lots of whole cassava leaves.

The cassava leaves spread the spices evenly while the pig is being slowly grilled. When this delicious treat is fully cooked, the meat is cut into small portions for serving. Babi Guling is served in many food stalls restaurants throughout Bali and is a huge favorite.

When you order Babi Guling it usually comes served with a couple of side dishes…always a pleasant surprise

Editor’s Note: Copy from Blog Baliwww.com

Banana (”biu” in Balinese) in Balinese life is a non-substitutable part, that have merged into the Balinese daily life and become a necessity whether for ceremonial purpose or secular one. Banana in Bali is usually grown on the backyard of the house or crowded the backyard, as a matter of fact.

English maybe satisfied with a general word “banana” for all species banana but Balinese prefer to do something in complicated way, and with Banana, Balinese language coins a word for each species of Banana. There is red one, called biu udang, meaning ”shrimp banana.” There are delicious tiny ones, no longer than the length of your finger, called milk bananas, biu susu. Biu kate plants are dwarfs but the fruit is normal size. Biu gadang is still quite green when ripe and ready to eat. Biu mas is of a deep golden color. Biu kayu is long and skinny. Biu dak sangket resembles a hook. Biu raja, king banana is as big as banana that are sell in supermarket or maybe it is.

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