Bali Advertiser
02 June - 16 June, 2010
The Guide 45
Update
Sasa Ristorante is as Italian as it sounds. A very busy all day restaurant on Jln. Laksmana, in Kerobokan, it has fi nally included what was the front corner shop into its
premises and it has become a real Italian Pizza Bar. All the usual pizza combinations are available, as well as a few modern combos, till 12.00 midnight every night. Whilst the pizzas can be ordered to take away, they can also be eaten within the restaurant. In either the al fresco front or the air-conditioned room at the rear. Sasa offers a wide range of Italian fare with many original pasta dishes. Fresh seafood is very popular at Sasa included their Grilled Prawns [pictured]. Guazetto de Vongole is fresh clams sautéed in white wine, their bread-crumbed Calamari rings are never rubbery and their Tuna Carpaccio is topped with tomatoes, anchovies, olives and capers, very unusual. Seppioline alla Griglia con Patate all’ Insalata, grilled baby squids, is one dish I return for all the time as is their Rock Melon draped with air-dried raw beef. With the Italian languages fl oating from many of the tables you think you are actually there but fortunately the prices are not at the Italian Euro level, just Bali normal!
Lestari Grill & Pasta celebrates ‘slow cooking’ with their Slow Cooked Food Dinner on the 1st Saturday of each month at their garden site behind the Umalas Stables. The
next one is being held this coming Saturday June 5. Upon arrival you enjoy a Flute of “Jepun” white sparkling wine. First course is a cold Papaya Soup which is followed by a Tuna Sashimi, seasoned with a wasabi-soy dressing and sesame oil. Fettuccine al Limone e Menta follows then a break with a Lemon Sorbet Vodka. Mains are Mixed Seafood Pepes, Balinese style wrapped in banana leaves, with yellow rice then Cubes of Australian Tenderloin on a cognac-cream sauce with Swiss Rosti. You fi nish with a Rosemaries Special; mango, kiwi fruit and strawberries with vanilla ice cream. All for Rp. 390.000 [tax and service included].
Warung Mendez has now re-opened on Raya Penestanan, up above Ubud. The winner of our Best New Cheapie of 2007, armed with a new long extended contract for the
building, has been demolished and completely re-built, incorporating a large open kitchen at the rear [the original street-front kitchen making way for welcome car parking], a lounge area at the front and extended table seating to cater for their ever-increasing regulars. This is most evident on Thursday evenings when it becomes a virtual club, of course that also coincides with their Goat Leg Night, specially selected meats that have been marinated all day in Javanese spices [ginger, cloves, cinnamon and a variety of herbs] before a very slow grilling. However every night on the menu there are giant Beef Ribs that have been prepared in the same way. Also many vegetarian dishes [I love the simple Corn and Shallot fritters], and a wonderful Tongseng Kambing, a sweet and spicy ginger-fl avoured Goat Meat Soup.
New York Sports Bar & Diner features an unusual menu page, titled BYOB, normally a cryptic note at the bottom of a party invitation down-under meaning either
bring your own bird or booze depending on the age group and/or culture of the party host. Emanating from a country where for some strange reason it appears to be hip to abbreviate everything BYOB in this case means Build Your Own Burger! Evidently there are 4 stages. Select your base [beef, chicken or veggie], your cheese [blue, cheddar, gruyere or ‘Jack’ - whatever that is?], then add black olives, jalapenos, pineapple, onions, beetroot or guacamole and chilli, 4th stage a fried egg, bacon, avocado, mushrooms or onion rings. They also offer Toasted Wraps, Chilli con Carne, Cajun Chicken or BBQ Ribs served with corn on the cob. A mystery item on the menu was a ‘Hoagie’? That turned out to be just a sesame seed bun stuffed with Hot Roast Beef, Cajun Chicken or Spicy Tuna. At the Discovery Mall in Jln. Kartika Plaza, this one seems to have come up with something interesting for the masses as it is constantly busy, a different fate from many of the other outlets in this building.
Hu’u, in Raya Petitenget, Kerobokan, offers Bali’s football World Cup fans a quality alternative! They will be open, till the fi nal match fi nishes, every night of the upcoming World
Cup. A special air-conditioned area of seating will be set up between the newly positioned bar and the normal DJ stage from behind which will hang a massive wall screen to show the televised matches, with English commentary. Entry is free and the kitchen will remain open with their standard Small Bites Menu, plus a host of specials. Hot options include Portobello tempura fries with a truffl ed horseradish dip, Duck noodle spring rolls with a chili sauce, Seafood wonton parcels stuffed with “otak” spiced fi lling and Bintang battered Tiger Prawns with saffron aioli. Sweet options include double fudge poppy seed fried Brownies with vanilla ice cream or something very different, Lycheetini jelly! Buckets of Heineken and many other options from the bar to toast your team’s success!
Barb’s Sport Bar is not new, in fact it is quite old! It is sandwiched between the Aussie Porch Café and the Balinese Pregina on Jln. Danau Tamblingan, Sanur, and also has
a few Aussie ties. Not only do all the various football codes [Australia confusingly has 4 totally different codes] feature prominently on their TV screens every weekend, but they also serve that wonderful Aussie creation, rissoles! Of course that is just another name for balls of minced beef of which there is a version amongst the homemade section of just about every cuisine in the world. However they all seem to have minor/major differences in how they are prepared. Aussie Rissoles are coarsely minced beef normally with fi nely diced onion and seasoning, sometimes with egg yolk added for binding and taste, hand formed, dusted with fl our and pan-fried. Being a Sport Bar they also sell meat pies which must be topped with tomato sauce and eaten with the hand! That is another Aussie tradition, eating a Meat Pie at the Footie! Barb’s Sport Bar could never be called modern or trendy, like most of the others of its ilk, in fact the best word to describe it would be comfortable, very comfortable. No Aussie would feel out of place!
The Junction was a salad bar. Something new for Eat Street [Jln. Laksmana, Kerobokan], and it really seemed to work. Main features were their fresh salads and wide
range of European style Sandwiches [served on a split baguette rather than between slices of bread]. The big surprise is that it has now already closed down and is undergoing a massive renovation. Even though it had attracted many regulars for lunches and snacks it has been suggested that it is now being upgraded to attract more mainstream diners.
Gerry Williams For more information see our website:
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