Wayan, Balinese home cook
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Locality Score™

Deeply local

ImpactGuest fees pay three neighbouring households who supply produce, and fund the banjar's ceremonial kitchen equipment.

Penestanan, Ubud

Meet Wayan

Balinese home cook

Story

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

Experiences offered