It started in the late 1980's, and has been gathering steam ever since! It started quietly; a couple of good Cantonese restaurants, the two young Australians that built a beach house north of Seminyak at the Petitenget Temple, the French boys who looked after the catering at the wonderful Bali Bird Park then moved into their own restaurant.

In Bali today, you can eat extremely well, and choose from many different national cuisines. Furthermore, the cost is a fraction of what you would pay, for the same quality of food, in any of the world's major cities. When you add to this, for no extra charge, some of the most magnificent dining settings that you could ever imagine, then you know that you really are holidaying in the `land of the gods'.

One of the initial things a first-time visitor notices in Bali, is the almost total absence of Balinese restaurants. Most of the local eating-houses are either Chinese, Indonesian Chinese, Indonesian or the Halal [Muslim] Padang food of Sumatra. The Balinese must be one of the few world cultures for whom eating is not a social habit. At their many ceremonies everybody eats, more or less, together. And it is for such ceremonies that all of the great Balinese dishes are prepared. For any special ceremony, Babi Guling [Suckling Pig], and Sate Lilith are almost essential!
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