Cafe Bali

Welcome to my blog! I decided to start this blog because of a simple reason: I love to eat and I love to travel. So, why not combining both of my interest and reviewing the food as I travel around the world. You may disagree with me, but in my opinion, food is a good representation of a country's culture.

For my very first blog, I decided to dedicate it to review the food from my hometown, Bandung (Indonesia). If you're from Bandung or you've been to Bandung before, you know that it's a city with lots of good food. Therefore, I'm going to take you to a little journey to find some of the best food around Bandung.

Our first stop is Cafe Bali. I'm pretty sure most of you will think that it's a cafe that serves Balinese food. No, they don't serve Balinese food, instead they serves "Nasi Rames." Nasi rames is an Indonesian mixed rice, which refers to a dish of rice topped with meats and vegetables. What kind of meats and vegetables? It's vary depends on the restaurant; and in Cafe Bali, they serve more than 20 different kinds of dishes. Besides nasi rames, they also serve "Lotek" and "Kolek." Lotek is a traditional Sundanese vegetable dish. It's made by mixing vegetable with peanut sauce. I like to call it "Sundanese salad." I know it sounds yucky, but it's actually really good. If you have a chance to go to Bandung, I highly recommend you to try this dish. And kolek is an Indonesian dessert made with palm sugar, coconut milk, banana, and sometimes pearl tapioca (it's different from a pearl tapioca in pearl milk tea or boba). The palm sugar gives the sweetness to the dish, while the coconut milk gives the saltiness to the dish. So, here are some pictures that I took at Cafe Bali.

 Nasi Rames

 Ikan Bakar (Grill Fish)

Lotek

Kolek

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the food. It might not be the best nasi rames that I've ever eaten, but I will definitely come back again. However, if you can't tolerate spicy food, be careful when you're choosing the dishes. Some of them are spicy. Also, with the lotek, you can request how spicy you want it to be. Since they use Thai chili (cabe rawit) to make the peanut sauce, it tends to be very spicy. If you have low tolerance of spicy food, stay away from the Thai chili. Instead, you can request no spicy lotek.

Location: Cafe Bali - Jalan Riau, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia