culinary
Night Warung Trail in Denpasar
Denpasar, Bali 3 hours All ages
Four family kitchens in one evening with Sari — babi guling done properly, nasi jinggo, tipat cantok, and a sate stall that opens at nine.
Denpasar is where Balinese people actually eat, and almost no visitor stays for dinner. Sari walks you between four kitchens she has eaten at for years, orders the way a local orders, and explains the difference between the food made for ceremonies and the food made for hunger.
How this scores
Cultural respect
Public
What to bring
- · Appetite
- · Cash in small notes
What not to do
- · Ask for pork at a Muslim-owned stall
Your host
Meet Sari
Cacao cooperative organiser and food guide · Pupuan, Tabanan and Denpasar
Sari organised eleven cacao farming families into a cooperative so the fermentation and grinding stay on the island. On her nights off she eats her way across Denpasar, which is how the warung trail started.