Berbagai Makanan Korea yang Enak

Mencicipi makanan khas Korea membuat saya tergoda untuk kembali menikmatinya terus menerus. Sebelumnya saya sudah pernah membuat postingan mengenai makanan Korea.

Di dalam postingan saya sebelumnya itu, hanya terdapat 3 jenis makanan Korea yang enak. Karena postingan itu saya bikin untuk mengikuti kontes PEMILIHAN TOUCH KOREA TOUR PENGALAMAN TIM EVENT yang diselenggarakan oleh facebook Korea Tourism Organization (Indonesia) dan twitter @KTOJakarta, walaupun akhirnya gak kepilih jadi pemenang, tapi tetap semangat kok.

Ketiga jenis makanan Korea tersebut antara lain adalah Kimchi, Samgyetang dan Kue Tradisional Tteok. Padahal selain ketiga makanan tersebut, ada banyak lagi makanan Korea yang enak menurut saya. Kebanyakan makanan Korea yang enak itu saya liat gambar atau videonya di internet. Saya ingin sekali dapat mencoba bagaimana rasanya.

Misalnya untuk makanan berkuah atau sup, saya ingin mencoba Seolleongtang, Jeongol dan Jjampong. Seolleongtang dan Jeongol merupakan sup berkuah khas Korea, sedangkan Jjampong adalah mie kuah Korea Selatan dan Naengmyeon adalah mie kuah Korea Utara.

Sup Seolleongtang

Sup Seolleongtang

Seolleongtang adalah sup yang sangat populer di Korea. Kadang, masakan ini menjadi satu-satunya menu yang sengaja disediakan oleh banyak restoran korea. Bahan masakan yang satu ini terbuat dari sup kaldu tulang sapi yang direbus dalam waktu lama. Biasanya masak sup ini membutuhkan waktu berjam-jam lamanya agar kalsium yang ada terlepas sampai tulangnya berwarna putih khas. Untuk itu Seolleongtang adalah masakan korea yang paling lama waktu memasaknya.

Biasanya dalam menu sup Seolleongtang juga ada juga potongan daging sapi dan lobak. Bayangkan bagaimana enaknya sup kaldu tulang sapi dengan potongan daging sapi dan lobak di dalamnya, pasti rasanya nikmat, apalagi disajikan dalam keadaan hangat dan pedas sesuai dengan selera saya, hmm, nyummyyyy..

Sup Jeongol

Sup Jeongol

Selanjutnya adalah Jeongol, sup yang dahulu kala hanya dibuat untuk kalangan bangsawan atau keluarga kerajaan di Korea. Sup Jeongol memiliki rasa yang enak dan beragam, karena biasanya di dalam menu terdapat irisan daging sapi, berbagai jenis makanan laut (seafood), berbagai jenis sayuran serta bumbu penyedap lainnya yang direbus secara bersamaan dalam sebuah panci besar.

Sup Jeongol ini sangat cocok untuk saya, karena saat direbus ditambahkan bumbu gochujang dan bubuk cabai lainnya agar menambah rasa pedas. Gochujang adalah pasta cabai yang sering digunakan dalam berbagai masakan Korea. Oh betapa cocoknya untuk saya yang merupakan seorang penggemar makanan pedas ya.

Jjampong

Jjampong

Kemudian masakan Korea yang enak lainnya adalah Jjampong, mie kuah Korea yang menggunakan campuran seafood, daging sapi dan sayuran. Mie nya sendiri terbuat dari tepung gandum. Biasanya dalam memasak Jjampong, sering ditambahkan bawang dan minyak cabai. Karena Jjampong terkenal sebagai mie kuah yang pedas.

Pendapat saya mengenai mie yang satu ini perfect banget, sebagai seorang pecinta makanan pedas, apalagi mie ya, maka Jjampong ini sangat sempurna. Ditambah paduan rasa seafood dan daging sapi dengan kuah pedasnya, pas dimakan, ohh rasanya gimana gitu, nggak kebayang. Jjampong ini pengen banget saya cari dan saya coba. Ada nggak ya di Indonesia? Khususnya di Jakarta, hehehe…

Bingsu

Bingsu

Untuk dessertnya, saya ingin mencoba mencicipi bingsu dan omija cha. Bingsu adalah dessert khas Korea yang sangat digemari, terutama pada hari-hari musim panas yang terik. Makanan ringan ini pertama kali dikenal sebagai es serut kacang merah manis yang dijual di pedagang kaki lima.

Kini bingsu tersedia dalam banyak rasa dengan variasi tambahan es krim, yogurt dingin, susu kental manis, sirup dan buah-buahan seperti strawberry, pisang, kue beras tteok, agar-agar dan sereal. Beberapa rasa yang menjadi unggulan dari bingsu adalah kopi, teh hijau, pinkberry dan mangga.

Omija Cha

Omija Cha

Setelah bingsu, minuman pencuci mulut yang segar adalah omija cha atau teh buah omija. Yang unik dari teh ini adalah memiliki 5 rasa buah omija, yaitu manis, asam, asin, pahit dan pedas dalam berry.

Di Korea, berry ini biasanya dijadikan teh yang dapat dikonsumsi secara langsung atau dicampur dengan madu, kelopak bunga, bubuk kacang hijau, dan lainnya. Omija juga digunakan sebagai penyedap untuk makgeolli. Untuk penggunaan sehari-hari, teh ini bagus untuk saluran pernapasan, tetapi dalam hal obat tradisional, omija sering digunakan untuk menyembuhkan hati atau liver.

Itulah berbagai makanan lainnya yang enak dan ingin sekali saya cicipi. Sebenarnya sih pasti masih ada banyak lagi makanan Korea yang menarik, tapi yang saya temukan paling oke ya baru beberapa di atas, terutama jjampong ya. Kalo ada saran atau masukan lagi mengenai makanan Korea, kasihtau ke saya ya, hehehe… Terima kasih banyak.

 

Source : wisata.kompasiana.com

Top 10 Korean Foods You Have To Try

Looking for an amazing and new taste experience? You need to try Korean food!

When I first discovered Korean food I didn’t know many of the dishes. This list should help anyone new to Korean food to discover some of the best and most delicious.

The Korean culture is quite unique in its approach to food. Food seems to permeate every aspect of life. If you have watched a Korean drama or movie you will undoubtedly have noticed that in at least one scene someone is eating. There are even entire films and dramas based around Korean cuisine. For Koreans food is much more than something to fill the belly – it provides taste, medicine, and a connection to the country. Below I have listed ten dishes that, in my opinion, are truly the most delicious; these are foods that every Westerner will love as much as Koreans.

10. Soondubu Jiggae – Soft Tofu Stew – 순두부 찌개 [Recipe | Wikipedia]

Soondubu jiggae is a Korean stew (jiggae) – thicker than a soup but thinner than a porridge. When cooked in the traditional way (in an earthenware pot – pictured above) all of the cooking is done in just the one dish. This makes it very easy to clean up afterwards – a job we all hate. It starts with a delicious fish stock and a little beef to deepen the flavor then finished off with fresh shell fish, hot pepper flakes, silken tofu, and eggs which are optional. The best thing about this stew is that you – the cook – can control how hot you want it but limiting the quantity of hot pepper flakes. You can have it blisteringly hot or very mild which is particularly handy if you are cooking for children who can’t stomach their food too spicy. The small amount of beef is typical of Korean food and illustrates how healthy it is – the meat is used for flavor rather than stomach filling. This is a dish everyone should try – it is really one of the nicest ways to introduce someone to tofu which picks up all of the flavors of the stew while adding a soft comforting texture. Eat it with rice and side dishes for a complete meal.

9. Seolleongtang – Ox Bone Soup – 설렁탕 [Recipe | Wikipedia]

Seolleongtang is an incredibly popular soup in Korea – there are even restaurants who specialize in making just it. Of all the items on this list, seolleongtang is the most time consuming as you must boil the beef bones (typically ox leg bones but you can make do with ox tail) for hours and hours to release all of the calcium which gives it the very distinctive white look. But don’t be fooled by the color – this is the beefiest tasting soup you can imagine! When you boil the bones you can also add a large piece of beef and radish which you slice and add to the soup at the last minute. While this is a great winter soup it is also delicious in summer. It also makes a huge quantity so you can make it on the weekend and consume it during the week. In Korea this might be eaten for breakfast – not just dinner – as Korean’s typically have soup, rice, and side dishes for breakfast.

Top 5 Foods to eat in Indonesia

Oh.. tis Friday.. I feel like a bit, of BITS! Blogger in the Spotlight today is none other than the lovely Gaby, from Indonesia.

Indonesia cuisine is known as ‘spice and seasoning daredevil’ and is very tasteful! Many of them are influenced from asiatique/european cuisine, but there are so many dishes that are originally Indonesian, and western food is now actually starting to adapt Indonesian cuisine in their menus. Yes, Indonesian cuisine is truly versatile.

Here are my 5 top choices of Indonesia Food and where you can find while you visit this beautiful archipelago on your next gastronomy expedition:

Lotek

1. LOTEK & KAREDOK (Indonesia Green salad with grinded peanut sauce & turmeric)

Gado-gado is known as a very famous Indonesian side dish. Everybody loves it.

But Lotek and Karedok, specialty of West Java are a bit different, and very tasteful too! They both use lots of green vegetables (spinach, cabbage, water spinach, bean sprout, egg plant, basil leaf – oh yum the crunchiness makes me drool as I’m typing this). However, in Lotek, all vegetables are boiled first, while Karedok is all raw and fresh and a strong grinded turmeric flavor is very prevalent.

Karedok

Best LOTEK in Bandung & Jakarta:
LOTEK KALIPAH APO
Jl. Kalipah Apo no.42
Bandung, West Java
Tel : +62 22 420 5983

Branch:
Jl. Batanghari no.21
Jakarta pusat
Tel : +62 21 3866139

2. NASI BAKAR (Grilled spicy rice)

We Indonesians, cannot be separated from NASI or rice.

We even say : It’s not eating without ‘Nasi’.

My father and the whole family went to a nice steakhouse one day in Bandung, West Java. With the meat, French fries, dessert, and all the side dishes, once we got home, he asked our kitchen help to cook him some ‘Nasi Goreng‘ ! That’s Indonesia’s most famous dish everyone can make with the left over ‘Nasi’, egg (omelet or poached), chili, and add some vegetable garnish, etc. etc.

Steel Shark in Neukölln: South Berlin’s Best Sushi

I know I may call a lot of sushi places or restaurant ‘the best’ or ‘the most fabulous’, but there simply is a lot of great sushi going around in Berlin. And today, I would like to point out another fantastic producer of sushi in Germany’s capital. Steel Shark is a small mini-chain of sushi shops with two locations in Berlin. One of them you find in the popular tourist hot spot the Nicolai Viertel – a couple of small streets with nice historical atmosphere and shops – on walking distance from the Alexanderplatz with its Fernsehturm. The second location is on the busy Karl Marx Straße in Neukölln. Both restaurants are tiny, small shops where you can sit yourself down or order take-away sushi from.

Mango, rucola and salmon inside-outs @ Steel Shark

10 best Korean restaurants in Seoul

We all know Korean food is good. Here are 10 Korean restaurants -- with the visuals, ambience and incomparable tastes -- where it's even better 

Because with Korean food, dishes this simple (essentially pork and cabbage) can compete with the fanciest of spreads.

'Best of' lists are controversial, unscientific, inherently subjective and are guaranteed to result in bellyaching. But they are good for precisely this reason: they get us talking about food.  

In order to compile our own list, we spoke with a number of certified “foodies” – people who obsess about food about as much as we do. One of those people is Jun Kyung-woo, the co-author of best-selling book Dining in Seoul. 
“The first question is: how do you define Korean food?” says Jun. “Is it the ingredients? Is it Korean because it exists in Korea? Is it what Korean people actually eat?”

Indeed, the constantly shifting topography of Korean cuisine now includes dishes like pizza topped with fried shrimp and sweet potatoes and Chinese food like jjajjangmyun (black bean noodles). Respectively, they are branded “Italian” and “Chinese” food, but are so heavily Koreanized that they would be unfamiliar to native inhabitants of those countries.
“Korean food has deep roots,” says Jun. There is a long, dynamic history that includes a certain ingredients and flavors like soy, garlic, red pepper and techniques like salting, pickling, and braising. So while an outlandish pizza might be an entirely Korean product, for this list, we are looking at food that has a long genealogy on the Korean peninsula.

That being said, our conception of Korean food isn’t narrow. We value the bowl of naengmyun from the restaurant that has operated for over three decades as much as the artfully constructed plates that filters Korean flavors through molecular gastronomy.

There is an astounding breadth to Korean cuisine. We’d like to think that this is a start. 

Song Jook Heon (송죽헌) 

The space and the meal may seem humble compared to more extravagant hanjeongsik restaurants, but the food at Song Jook Heon is like a Korean grandmother’s -- simple and absolutely delicious.

True hanjeongsik, or traditional Korean food, is all about space –- literal, physical space. 

“With real hanjeongsik, you would wait in an empty room,” says Gang Heon, a noted music and food critic and owner of Wagit, a membership-only restaurant in Itaewon.

“Then they would bring in a table filled with 30 different dishes. Where there was nothing, suddenly, there would be an abundance.”

It is difficult to find restaurants that still operate this way.

“As a result of Western influence, there has been a shift,” says Gang.

In a concession to Westernization, most hanjeongsik restaurants in Seoul offer food in time-based courses rather than the cornucopia of plates overflowing the table. According to Gang, if you are going to stay in Seoul, you would do well by going to Song Jook Heon, the Seoul location of a restaurant across the street from the secret garden of Changdeok Palace.

The original location is in Gwangju in Jeollanamdo, and offers a delicious spread of dishes that include grilled abalone with pan-fried ginkgo berries, duck patties with a hint of ginger, and codfish dumplings with an egg white foam. 

They will also grant particular requests, so they will serve you samgyetang or spicy chicken stew if you call ahead.

Reservations are absolutely necessary. 

The meal ends, in true Jeollado style, with rice and a variety of jeotgal and jangahjji or salted fish eggs and anchovies. The flavors are pungent, unapologetic and not for first-timers. 

“It’s hardcore,” says Gang.

The lunch menu starts at ₩25,000 per person; the dinner menu starts at ₩70,000.

37-1 Unni-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 운니동37-1); +82 2 763 4234; Open Monday-Friday, noon-2 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. 

Yong Su San (용수산)

“It’s a restaurant that appeals to a lot of people,” says Gang. And we can see why. It's easy for bossam to taste good, but not so easy to look this pretty.

If the Jeollado style of royal cuisine is, as Gang says, the “boss” of Korean food, then the food from Gaesung, the former capital during the Koryo dynasty, is its main rival. Where Jeolla food is boldly, almost aggressively, flavored, the food of Gaesong is clean and more subtle. 

Gaesong style lends itself more easily to Western palates. The restaurant Yong Su San has opened a number of branches over the past three decades, including one in Los Angeles.

Gaesong food also has the advantage of being visually stunning, whether it is the gujeolpan -- crepes with finely julienned vegetables and proteins separated according to color -- or sinseollo, a soup with a bounty of meats, seafood and vegetables served in a heated silver brazier. 

Yong Su San has multiple locations. 

Lunch starts at ₩38,000. Dinner starts at ₩56,000.

Yong Su San main branch, 118-3 Samcheong-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 삼청동 118-3); +82 2 771 5553; www.yongsusan.co.kr; Open daily, noon-3 p.m., 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 

Seoul's 5 best Korean barbecue restaurants

aily "1++" quality hanwoo brought in from Gwangju at Parkdaegamne. Stop drooling and start grilling.

In Seoul, it can be a daunting task to choose from the staggering number of gogi-jip (literally, "meat houses"), or Korean barbecue restaurants, that sit on almost every corner.

Undeniably a quintessential part of the Korean dining experience, Koreans will take any excuse to head to a barbecue restaurant.

Foodies search for the freshest quality beef --preferably hanwoo (Korean beef)--and are equally critical in terms of the "siksa" (the "meal" following the barbecue, usually comprised of noodles, stew or fried rice). 

Whether it’s a casual after-work dinner with colleagues, an unusual blind date or after-clubbing munchies at 3 a.m., these five best barbecue restaurants in Seoul are where those with sophisticated palates go to grill some quality beef, Korean-style. 

1. Daedo Sikdang (대도식당) 

For anyone who hates decision-making. Daedo Sikdang only has three items on the menu.

This is the stern "stick-to-the-basics" granddaddy of barbecue beef houses in Seoul; the menu features only three items, sirloin beef (₩38,500 for 250 grams), fried rice(₩3,000), and porridge (₩3,000). Despite the spartan no-frills interiors, you'd be hard pressed to find a seat in the flagship locations in Wangship-ri and the Samsung-dong on any given night. 

You do get the choice of ordering your meat with or without the chewy tendons; and a seemingly innocuous off-menu item, a little bowl of cold kimchi soup as an accompaniment, is nothing short of the apex of Korean culinary achievement. 

Success has spawned a franchise, with a Daedo Sikdang seemingly in every district, but few seem to get it quite like the original.

Seungdong-gu Hongik-dong 431 (Wangshipri flagship); +82 2 2292 9772; 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; www.대도식당.kr

2. Saebyukjib (새벽집)

Only a select few beef houses that are supremely confident about the freshness of their supply serve up this true carnivore's delight -- sashimi-style slices of raw beef, to be eaten with doses of hot pepper paste.

Travel Bali Top 10 places to eat in Ubud, Bali

Ubud has rapidly become one of the best places in Bali for food. Here's our pick, from gastro restaurants set in tropical gardens to roadside cafes and food stalls selling local specialities

• John Brunton
• The Guardian, Wednesday 13 April 2011

The whole hog ... Ibu Oka is an Ubud institution where everyone comes for babi guling, roast suckling pig. All photographs: John Brunton/guardian.co.uk

Ubud offers a wide choice of restaurants, from cheap places serving local cuisine to trendy fusion joints. New places open every month, but not all of them stay open that long, and often it is the places that have been around for years that are the most reliable for quality of food, innovative cooking and price. Balinese cuisine can be refined, surprising and utterly delicious, but Ubud also has its fair share of bland western fast food – pizza, pasta, tex-mex, even fish and chips. Avoid them and discover the delights of authentic satay, suckling pig, grilled fish and local vegetables served at these places.

Ibu Oka Warung

Tucked away in a spot opposite the former Royal Palace, Ibu Oka's shanty cafe is an Ubud institution that draws both locals and food lovers from around the world. Babi guling is Balinese roast suckling pig and that, and only that, is what everyone is here to feast on. The restaurant opens at around 10.30am and the tables fill up quickly. The roast pigs themselves – they get through around 30 each day – aren't cooked on the premises but arrive by motorbike, precariously balanced on a tray. Swiftly sliced up, they are served in big chunks in a rattan bowl with rice, fried intestines, spicy vegetables and Ibu Oka's secret sauce. The pork is unbelievably succulent and the crackling is the best you will ever taste, all for a grand total of £2.
• Jalan Tegal, +62 (0)361 976435

Puteri Minang

Padang food comes from the Muslim island of Sumatra, so it is halal, with no pork on the menu. But it has become immensely popular on Bali, with a couple of stalls in every village, setting out a feast of up to 20 dishes at lunchtime and dinner, to be eaten on the spot or taken home. Puteri Minang has both the best quality and the widest selection of Padang in Bali – to tempt the most adventurous foodie: sambal prawns, curried fish, deep-fried baby eels, spicy rendang (coconut beef), plus a dozen vegetarian dishes such as aubergine, okra, jackfruit and tempeh. It is very easy to get carried away with the self-service system of Padang food, but even if you end up with heaps of food you'll still pay less than a couple of pounds.
• Jalan Raya Ubud 77,+62 (0)361 975577

Bebek Bengil

Bebek Bengil means the Dirty Duck Diner, and the anglicised name is used by locals and tourists alike. It is difficult to imagine a more beautiful, relaxed place to savour Bali's most famous dish, bebek tutu (smoked duck). The whole menu here is almost entirely dedicated to the humble duck – crispy fried duck, duck in chilli sauce, duck fried rice – but the speciality, smoked duck, has to be ordered 24 hours in advance. Smothered in Balinese spices and wrapped in betel leaves, it is slowly smoked for a whole day. Served with rice, satay and vegetables, a whole duck for two people will set you back £13. There is a main restaurant building, but it is fun to reserve one of the traditional bamboo pondoks, raised huts with a long table and cushions, looking out over the rice fields.
• Jalan Hanoman, +62 361 975489

Cafe Lotus

Although Cafe Lotus has opened restaurants all over the island, none can compare with the original location, created in 1982 as a bohemian meeting place for local artists and backpackers. Prices have gone up significantly since then, but so has the standard of the food, and this remains one of the most beautiful places in Ubud to have dinner. The cafe looks out over an immense lotus pond bordered by tall flowering trees, and beyond that is the Pura Saraswati temple, which at night comes to life with performances of Balinese dancing accompanied by a gamelan orchestra. Be aware, though, that if you reserve a front-row table during the dance, the price of the performance is added to the bill. The menu here is eclectic to say the least, with dishes ranging from Balinese be-pasih goa lawah (fish marinated in turmeric, lemon grass and ginger then steamed in a banana leaf) to tuna carpaccio or the vegetarian favourite, lentil and shitake soup. If you have  a glass of wine as well, the bill will come to £10-15.
• Jalan Raya Ubud, +62 (0)361 975660, lotus-restaurants.com

Ibu Rai

Although this restaurant has been around for a long time, the cuisine has changed over the years, and today dining at Ibu Rai is full of surprises, with dishes that blend Asian, European and Pacific Rim flavours. On the main menu, try the spicy Thai beef coconut salad or a delicious Balinese chicken avocado salad. Also check the blackboard for specials such as plump honey and ginger glazed prawns sautéed with garlic. Main courses like this cost around £4. Although it is on the busy Monkey Forest Road, the restaurant is set back and the tranquil open dining room is surrounded by plants, flowers, antiques and stone statues.
• Monkey Forest Road, +62 (0)361 973472, iburai.com

Warung Rai Pasti

Try to get one of the tables hidden away at the back of this newly opened warung: they have fabulous views over the rice paddies. Rai Pasti is well-known as Ubud's finest tailor, and she has moved her workshop off the main road and turned the place into a cheap and cheerful cafe. But it is worth noting that if you want clothes made, she is still the person to go to. This is the place to try simple Balinese classics, like soto ayam (chicken noodle broth), ikan pepes (fish with spice paste steamed in banana leaves), and tempeh goreng (bean curd fried with a sweet sambal sauce). You'll see babi guling on the menu too, and this is a great place for suckling pig – which comes direct from Rai Pasti's sister, the famous Ibu Oka – except here you don't have to queue to be served. Main dishes £2-3.
• Monkey Forest Road, +62 (0)361 970908

Naughty Nuri's Warung and Grill

Driving along Jalan Raya you can see the clouds of smoke and smell the irresistible aroma of barbecue long before arriving at Naughty Nuri's. This is a favourite expat hangout; no one can say the food is Balinese, but anyone who doesn't grab one the wooden tables in this rickety shack is missing out both on a slice of local life and some of the best ever barbecued spare ribs, lamb and pork chops, and fresh tuna. The atmosphere is always riotous, because the dirty martinis are as good as the food – celeb chef Anthony Bourdain claims they are the best he has drunk outside of New York. The bill should be reasonable, with a plate of ribs costing £4.50, but who knows how many martinis you might order.
• Jalan Raya Sanggingan, tel: +62 (0)361 977547

Warung Nasi Be Tutu

Tourists visit Ubud's market by the busload, and all they see is store after store on the main street selling Balinese arts and crafts. But down in the basement is a lively food market whose food stalls that will provide an adventure even for the bravest foodie. The place is very dark, with shafts of brilliant sunlight occasionally breaking through, and there is always a crowd of market workers and shoppers hunched on small wooden stools around Wauring Nasi Be Tutu. Kuming serves the food while her mother tends pots and grills on charcoal braziers at the back. The menu is limited but very tasty – simple roast duck, chicken and pork satay smothered in spicy peanut sauce, and soto ayam soup. This Balinese brunch will cost little more than a pound, but come early as everything is finished by around 11am.
• Ubud Market, Jalan Raya

Mozaic

If you are going to splash out on one gourmet meal in Ubud, reserve a table at Mozaic. The stunning cuisine of Franco-American chef Chris Salans would be garlanded with Michelin stars if this were Europe or America. Eat here in the evening, as a meal can take several hours, and tables are laid out in a magical candle-lit tropical garden. Diners are presented with a choice of two tempting six-course tasting menus that change daily. Salans cooks what inspires him in the moment – sometimes he creates recipes during the evening and doesn't even tell the waiters, proposing dishes like beef tenderloin and ripe jackfruit in a vermouth and balsamic reduction or grilled yellow-fin tuna with a kaffir lime leaf dressing, and then a ripe tomme de savoie cheese from France, with black truffle honey and apricot sorbet. You're sure to have a memorable evening, but the tasting menus cost £45-£60 a head, before you've ordered wine.
• Jalan Raya Sanggingan, tel: +62 (0)361 975768, mozaic-bali.com

Lamak

If Mozaic seems a bit steep, there is an alternative for a memorable dinner. E xpensive by Ubud standards, but a bargain compared with back home, Lamak is a funky diner of the kind you'd normally find in Bali's hip Semanyak neighbourhood, just north of Kuta. You can sit outside in the lush tropical garden, looking out at the bustling open kitchen, or at a romantic table upstairs in one of the few air-conditioned dining rooms in Ubud, should the heat and humidity get too much. The menu is filled with enticing dishes like sweetbreads with crusted asparagus and turmeric sauce, seared goose liver on glazed apple with a cranberry sauce, and a wonderful Balinese bouillabaisse of barbecued seafood in a tangy starfruit and lemongrass soup. The five-course tasting menu costs £20.
• Monkey Forest Road, +62 (0)361 973482, lamakbali.com
Source : www.guardian.co.uk