Armed 12 employees, 28 wood chairs, 6 tables, and modest building Mak Beng will serve your lunch. This restaurant is never visited by only few customers. Approximately 12.00 pm it will be flocked by the people who want to have lunch. No chair is left!

“Mak Beng” is a well-known restaurant that serves you just one set menu. A plate of rice, a hunk of fish completed with hot spicy sauce, and a bowl of fish soup are enough to satisfy the hungery people. With only Rp 22.000 to spend you can taste this Balinese cuisine that sometimes oblige people to stand, waiting for their turn to sit and enjoy their long-waited meals.

Even when you have got your seat, it sometimes takes 30 minutes even more than it. “I have been waiting here for 1 hour, where is my order?” complained a customer. And the waitress answered that the soup was been cooking and asked the customer to wait. Another customer asked her to serve himself only by a hunk of fried fish and rice. Well, restaurant that has many customers should keep the customers comfortable, is not it? (more…)

The traditional Balinese cuisine is a rare art that cannot be learn perfectly at cooking course, it has to be learn in the preparation of a ceremony since the traditional Balinese cuisine is dedicated mainly for the ceremonial purpose and the authenticity of the flavor cannot be achieved in the cooking course.

The basic obstacle in learning traditional Balinese cuisine is the spices. There are many kind of spices used in the traditional Balinese cuisine and there is no exact measurement on the quantity of spices used in a cooking process, all depends on the chef preference. Moreover, there is no standard for the traditional Balinese cuisine every village has its own way of cooking and the use of spices.

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Treat your senses to the authentic taste of Italian cuisine at Pizza Ria at Bali Hyatt Sanur from April 19 - 23, 2006 as Chef Rolando Manesco from Grand Hyatt Jakarta spoils you with his creation of dishes. For lunch, enjoy the Mediterranean and antipasto bar at Rp. 85.000* and for dinner a delicious four course set menu at Rp. 180.000*. On Sunday 23rd, feast on our brunch at Rp. 110.000* per person accompanied by a glass of Jepun sparkling rose, a live Jazz Trio and a view of the ocean.

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