Eating Cool in Bali

There are many many nice cafes and restaurants in Bali. Perhaps more than any city in Indonesia, including Jakarta. And in Bali, you can always count on a fabulous view.

Three Monkeys in Monkey Forest Road, Ubud, serves kickass sticky banana pudding with a paddy field view if you sit in the loft. For 5000rp, they'll also serve you free-flow 'oxygenated water', whatever that is.


For good Thai food in Bali, I highly recommend the restaurant at Kayumanis Villas in Sayan. There's a staff member peeling bark off the kayumanis tree. I think kayumanis is either cassia or cinnamon. Either way, it smells great. Kayumanis Villas is a great place to stay if you wanna do nothing but enjoy the villa with the new love of your life. But for families and people who wanna do more than sunbathe and think of how fortunate they are to be able to afford a private pool villa, Kayumanis is a bit too darn far.


Ku de Ta will make even jaded jetsetters sit up and smell the tobacco better. It is uber cool and has a fabulous seaview. But I didn't like paying so much money for my Earl Grey tea! There are many leather deck chairs for beautiful people who want to be beautifully stretched out - wearing as little as possible - while sipping their drink.


It rained and an army of attendants came out from somewhere to cover up the chairs. The beautiful people pouted, shoved their sunglasses up their hair and went inside to the bar.


Don't get too caught up with eating at the cool places in Bali. Do dine at Mozaic - I am sure you'll have a wonderful meal, but don't miss out the great and ghetto babi guling stalls too.