
Morning Market With a Balinese Cook
Ubud, Bali
Walk Pasar Bebek before sunrise with Wayan, who has bought her spices from the same three women for twenty years.

Locality Score™
Deeply local
ImpactGuest fees pay three neighbouring households who supply produce, and fund the banjar's ceremonial kitchen equipment.
Penestanan, Ubud
Balinese home cook
Wayan cooked for ceremonies in her banjar for fifteen years before she ever cooked for a visitor. She still buys from the same three women at the morning market and refuses to shorten the spice grinding, which is why her kitchen smells the way it does.
Community
Banjar Penestanan Kaja
Languages
Balinese, Indonesian, English (conversational)
Skills
Base gede, Ceremonial cooking, Market sourcing, Coconut work

Ubud, Bali
Walk Pasar Bebek before sunrise with Wayan, who has bought her spices from the same three women for twenty years.

Penestanan, Ubud
Grind base gede on a stone mortar over a wood fire, then eat with three generations of the family who taught you.