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drinks and, in addition, most places add anything up to 21 percent to the bill for tax and ser-
vice.
In the Language section of the Guide there is a menu reader of dishes and a list of common
terms .
BALI AND LOMBOK'S TOP 5 RESTAURANTS
Mozaic Ubud.
Seasalt Candidasa.
Lumbung (The Oberoi) Pantai Medana.
Sardine Kerobokan.
Maria's Boemboe Bali Nusa Lembongan.
Styles of cooking
Throughout Bali and Lombok Indonesian rice- and noodle-based meals are most widely
available, followed closely by Chinese (essentially Cantonese) food, as well as a vast array of
other Asian (Thai and Japanese especially) and Western food in the resorts. Native Balinese
food on Bali, and Sasak food on Lombok, is something you'll need to search out. Should you
wish to learn more about local food, check out the cookery schools for visitors.
Indonesian food
Based on rice ( nasi ) or noodles ( mie or bakmi ), with vegetables, fish or meat, Indonesian
food is flavoured with chillies, soy sauce ( kecap ), garlic, ginger, cinnamon, turmeric and lem-
ongrass. You'll also find chilli sauce ( sambal ) everywhere.
One dish available in even the simplest warung is nasi campur , which is boiled rice with
small amounts of vegetables, meat and fish, often served with krupuk (huge prawn crack-
ers). The accompanying dishes vary from day to day, depending on what's available. Other
staples are nasi goreng and mie goreng , fried rice or noodles with vegetables, meat or fish,
often with fried egg and krupuk . The other mainstays of the Indonesian menu are gado-gado ,
steamed vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce, and sate , small kebabs of beef, pork,
chicken, goat or fish, barbecued on a bamboo stick and served with spicy peanut sauce.
Fish is widely available: grilled, kebabed, baked in banana leaves or in curries. However,
although tasty, by Western standards a lot of it is overcooked.
Inexpensive, authentic and traditionally fiery Padang dishes are sold in rumah makan Pa-
dang in every sizeable town. Padang food is cold and displayed on platters. There are no
menus; when you enter you either select your composite meal by pointing to the dishes on
display, or just sit down and let the staff bring you a selection - you pay by the number of
plates you have eaten from at the end. Dishes include kangkung (water spinach), tempeh ,
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