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Tastes of Indonesia at ‘Bali’
Bali , the very first authentic Indonesian restaurant in Colombo, is getting more and more popular due to close link of the cuisine of the two countries. It is the varied food tastes from the world’s largest archipelago that are being made available to Sri Lanka for the first time at Bali, at Thurstan Road, Colombo 7.

Indonesian cuisine is not limited to any meat or to any food item. It has the largest variety like Indonesian islands. The Bali experience can truly surprise you. It is the complete unlimited experience, ranging from succulent meat dishes, the traditional renderings, satays and the ever-popular nasigoreng and noodles with a host of vegetarian dishes.

The gado gado Jakarta or the freshly picked vegetable salad, Chinese specialties, sweet and sour prawns that is a hot favourite, many types of nasigoreng (fried rice) along with traditional desserts such as pisang goring keju or fried banana served in jasmine syrup and black rice pudding are all firm favourites of the Bali diners. Chicken, beef, lamb and prawn Sate, kebab BBQ items are some of the popular dishes from the menu.

Grilled Chicken Quarters(Ayam Bakar), Boneles chicken breast wrapped and steamed in banana leaf(Pepes Dada Ayam), Boneless chicken breast marinated with Balinese spice(Kari Dada Ayam Padang), Stir fried chicken(Tumis AYam), Chicken Knorma, Lamb Rendang, Bali fillets of lamb. Fillets of lamb marinated with exotic Indonesian spice(Gepuk Jogya), Fillet of beef, Fillet of fish curry( Ikan Kari padang), Grilled Fish, cuttle fish preparations and all varieties of sea food with Indonesian spices are the top attraction of the Bali restaurant.

‘Nasi Goreng’, which is a very popular dish in Sri Lanka is an Indonesian authentic dish.‘Nasi Goreng’ is fried rice and it comes in various forms’ chef said. The Indonesians believe that it is Devi Sri, the Rice Goddess that blessed the 13,000 islands with fields of rice thereby determining the rhythm of the average Indonesian’s life and his food habits.

For over 100 years, with many a country leaving their varied and vast influences on these islands, Indonesia has evolved a unique and diverse culinary art - as diverse as its terrain and its people.

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