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Balinese food is spicy, simple and delicious.  Not 'spicy' as in chilli, just flavoursome, but they will ask you if you want 'sambal' now that is really hot chilli!  Most of the dishes are vegetarian and yes you can get salads, I ask if the salad has been washed in 'local' water?....'No madam we use bottled aqua'.  Good as I cant live without salad.  There are some reservations as to eating the meat.  Ive seen where it comes from at the market, be a bit aware of it thos I wont recommend sitting down to a big plate of meat.  The chicken is the tastiest and can either be in a curry (my favourite) Ayun (spicy) or some that even tastes like Kentucky fried!

The dish above is like a pork mince satay on the stick, rolled omelette, pork rib (not recommended) some chicken, a slice of pork (not recommended) and veggie noodles.  Oh and I am totally addicted to the spicy tofu!  I always ask for extra!  Keep it simple, its very easy to get a bit of everything and it ends up a mess.

Take way comes wrapped in brown paper not our usual plastic tubs and your 'selected' comes with either white, black or even red rice. (try the red)

Warung is Balinese for cafe or restaurant or even take away.  

Do not let this girls innocent pretty looks fool you!  She runs this highly successful business with an Iron rod, Ive seen her in action she is a mega force at getting orders promptly to your table.  The food at Ocha Warung (cafe) Seminyak, just up from the Bitang supermarket is always fresh, they turn over so much of it the bay maries (trays)  are always being being replenished.   The kitchen is spotless (I peeked), the service is fast and efficient as 'Westerners' like (demand).  You can eat a good old fashioned hamburger here with a fresh wheat grass healthy fruit juice, or you can eat as I did and try the local  fare.  (experiment and dare to try the local delicacies).  You pay a bit extra here ($5) but if your a little bit wary of the 'Bali belly' then rest assured you wont get it from here.

 This dish is my favourite chicken and tofu curry, you buy it by the piece, so you just hold up 2 or 3 fingers for how many pieces you would like.  I was was wanting to show you what the red rice looks like, she had none on today (so will post on this later) To make up for it she gave me white and asked if Id like 'pickles' 'Ohhhhhh no's' I said thinking this would burn my 'other end' the next day. She enforced in on me as she knows Im always willing to try something different ( the pickled eggs, now I didn't like them!)  But to my surprise it was super tangy, of onion, capsicum, spice ect. and WOW it was just amazing that little bit soaking into the rice.  So simple but so delicious!