Nasi Babi Guling Pak Dobiel (Suckling Pig by Mr. Dobiel)
When we were at Nusa Dua, we were looking at a good place to eat, where we can have a quick meal (I couldn't remember why, I just remembered that we were a bit short on time). My cousin recommended this place.
Note: the location is slightly hidden, away from the main road. Google maps found it with no problem, although we had to make a few turn-arounds because some of the roads turn out to be a one-way-street.
It was delicious! (and spicy...for those of you who aren't a big fan of spicy food, don't eat the chili, please!! They put the green chilies on top of the rice, so make sure you scoop that off if you don't like spicy food). It comes with the pork meat, cracklings, veggies, and chili.
I love the cracklings; it was crispy, yet once you start chewing, it just melts. The food has a lot of flavour, and the portion was generous! I believe our meals cost us RP35,000, which is about CAD $3.50. Woot woot!
When we came in, we basically just found ourselves some empty seats. Once you're seated down, one of the servers will ask you what you want to drink, and "how many plates" (ie. how many portions of suckling pig) you want. Order size is usually one plate per person, but you could as for more cracklings, more pork, more veggies, more chilies, as you'd like. It would be reflected on the price though. And I've also heard that if you're a foreigner, you may be charged the "tourist price", which I heard is about RP50,000 to RP75,000 (about CAD $5 to $7).
Things to keep in mind:
Note: the location is slightly hidden, away from the main road. Google maps found it with no problem, although we had to make a few turn-arounds because some of the roads turn out to be a one-way-street.
It was delicious! (and spicy...for those of you who aren't a big fan of spicy food, don't eat the chili, please!! They put the green chilies on top of the rice, so make sure you scoop that off if you don't like spicy food). It comes with the pork meat, cracklings, veggies, and chili.
I love the cracklings; it was crispy, yet once you start chewing, it just melts. The food has a lot of flavour, and the portion was generous! I believe our meals cost us RP35,000, which is about CAD $3.50. Woot woot!
When we came in, we basically just found ourselves some empty seats. Once you're seated down, one of the servers will ask you what you want to drink, and "how many plates" (ie. how many portions of suckling pig) you want. Order size is usually one plate per person, but you could as for more cracklings, more pork, more veggies, more chilies, as you'd like. It would be reflected on the price though. And I've also heard that if you're a foreigner, you may be charged the "tourist price", which I heard is about RP50,000 to RP75,000 (about CAD $5 to $7).
Things to keep in mind:
- This is what I would call a "hawker's style" restaurant. We probably won't even call it a restaurant. We call it "warung" in Indonesian, which translates to a modest small restaurant, according to Google. LOL. A lot of things that I saw at this place was a nightmare for me a food scientist. What did I do? I took off my food-scientist hat and put on my "I was born and grew up in Indonesia" hat. Oh, and I took a few Norit pills before and after eating here. HAHAHAHAHA.
- Don't expect a sanitary practice. I had to close my eyes as they were preparing the food, as they use their bare hands, while handling money at the same time. Sigh.
- The food, of course, are displayed out in the open, at 25 to 30 degree Celsius.
- The eating area is open (no doors, no windows, no enclosement. So you should expect to see flies flying around, and the occasional wild cats begging for food. Don't worry, the more time you spend in Indo, you will figure out a way to sharpen your ninja-swatting skills to get rid of flies or mosquitoes. As for the cats...well, some of them are cute, and some of them has the really melancholic look on their faces; my trick? look away.
- There's no air conditioning (I was sweating bullets while eating, because the food was spicy)
HAPPY EATING!!!!
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