Monday
The Dish:
Nasi Campur: Rice + several small side dishes
- Nasi kuning [yellow rice]: rice made with coconut milk and turmeric
- Spicy, crispy tempeh with peanuts [kering tempe kacang]
- egg [telor]
- thai eggplant (typically round and green) in curry sauce
- “eggrolls”: soft, fluffy strips of egg rolled up with veggies [telor dadar]
The Price:
20,000 IDR = $1.40 USD
The Verdict:
This is one of my FAVORITE dishes, especially at THIS specific warung, because there’s so many veggie options (I don’t usually eat meat – I don’t really like it). Plus, it’s the only warung I’ve found in the area that serves the telor dadar (indonesian “egg rolls/wraps” that are literally heavenly egg pillows of deliciousness) and that serves the fried tempeh with spicy peanuts (trust me, it’s a game-changer). So yeah, I would 300% recommend this meal and this restaurant to anyone in the Canggu area!
Where:
Rumah Makan Campur Campur: A local warung in Berawa located on Jalan Tegal Sari
Tuesday
The Dish:
Gado Gado: Indonesian-style salad
- lettuce
- tofu
- tempeh
- hard-boiled egg
- pre-made rice cake (cut up)
- green beans
- spicy peanut sauce
- *side of chips
The Price:
10,000 IDR = $0.72 USD
The Verdict:
LOOOVEEE the dish, but this would not be my first choice for where to eat it at. If you need a gado gado fix and you’re close to this street cart, definitely go (It tasted good and I didn’t have any stomach issues), but for the BEST gado gado around Canggu, see the dish below!
Where:
Gado gado street cart on Jalan Karang Suwung
Wednesday
The Dish:
Tipat Cantok: Indonesian-style salad
(I didn’t realize when I ordered it that this is just another name for Gado Gado. But I’m including this here because this one was EVEN BETTER than the one I got yesterday!)
The Price:
10,000 IDR = $0.72 USD
The Verdict:
So, I had no idea this was gado gado when I ordered it; I really thought I was trying a new dish. But man am I GLAD I made that mistake. This is seriously the MOST DELICIOUS gado gado in/near Canggu. I have already gone back to eat this three more times. The food is delicious. They make everything fresh and the rice terrace view from the warung is unbeatable. I 300% recommend this dish and this warung!
Where:
Warung MJ on Jalan Raya Canggu (over in Pererenan)
The Other Dishes:
Martabak Telor (top): fried omelette
(I got it with no meat, just veggies!)
Terang Bulan (bottom): griddle cake with several filling options.
I got it with banana (pisang) and sweetened condensed milk (susu).
The Price:
Martabak telor (small): 14,000 IDR = $1 USD
Terang Bulan: 13,000 IDR = $0.92 USD
The Verdict:
Personally, I thought the omelette was too oily (no surprise there, it’s literally cooking for 10 minutes in a small pool of oil). But if you’re looking for some street food and want to try a new, Indonesian-spin on an omelette, I would def recommend giving it a try. The cake, on the other hand, I though was really delicious…. that is, until I had roti bakar a few nights later (keep reading to find out more about that). I would 100% recommend that you try the Terang bulan, unless there’s a roti bakar cart right next to it, in which case get the roti instead!
Where:
Martabak street food cart on Jalan Pantai Berawa
Thursday
The Dish:
Pisang Goreng: deep-fried banana
(the locals eat it topped with cheese [keju] and chocolate [cokolat])
The Price:
15,000 IDR = $1.06 USD
The Verdict:
I love all the ways banana is cooked in Central America and throughout Asia, so I went into this kind of already knowing I would like it. That being said, I really wasn’t a big fan of the cheese on top. It was weird – and not in a good way. I would have preferred it more with just the chocolate, so next time I’m going to eat it how I like it instead of trying to eat it how the locals like it. But I definitely recommend eating Pisang goreng when you come to Bali!
Where:
Pisang goreng cart on Jalan Pantai Berawa
Friday
The Dish:
Cokolat Roti Bakar: thick bread sliced in half, covered in butter, and filled with chocolate and sweetened condensed milk and then grilled on the stove … hands down one of my favorite desserts!
The Price:
12,000 IDR = $0.80 USD
The Verdict:
I liked this WAAAAYYY more than I thought I would, and WAAAAYYY more than I should have. Every thing inside me wanted to hate this dish on principle. It’s literally a chocolate-sprinkle version of a grilled cheese sandwich. The bread is super unhealthy white bread. The butter they used looked like a mix between crisco and “I can’t believe it’s not butter” and he filled it generously with chocolate sprinkles and sweetened condensed milk. I’m a super health nut and I REALLY wanted to hate this, but I just couldn’t. I loved it; seriously, just loved it. I was sad when it was gone…. and yes, I ate literally the whole thing in one sitting. I’ll also probably get it again; sorry, not sorry haha. Pretty much, if you like sweets and you like grilled cheese sandwiches, if you DON’T get this when you’re in Bali then you’re making a huge mistake.
Where:
Roti bakar street cart on Jalan Pantai Berawa
Saturday
The “Dish”:
Es (ice) Cendol: cold dessert beverage
- coconut milk
- liquid brown sugar
- green rice flour gummies
The Price:
5,000 IDR = $0.35 USD
The Verdict:
This was gross. It tasted like drinking straight sugar and the addition of the dummies just gave it a weird texture. I didn’t like anything about this and would never get it again.
Where:
Es cendol street cart at the Semat Sari Market on Jalan Karang Suwung
The Other Dish:
Tipat Tahu: tofu + rice dish served with the same spicy peanut sauce used in Gado Gado
- Tipat [rice, but specifically a rice cake that is tightly packed in a diamond-shaped leaf] cut up into pieces
- Tahu [tofu] lightly fried
- Mixed veggies
- Peanut sauce
- *crackers on the side
The Price:
25,000 IDR = $1.78 USD
The Verdict:
Although it’s really similar to gado gado, I would MUCH rather eat gado gado than this. It wasn’t bad, but it also just wasn’t my favorite. I think it’s a ratio thing. It was too much tofu for my liking (I’m not really a tofu person). But i’d probably get it again, especially if it was served at a warung and I got the chance to see if maybe it tastes better at a warung vs. a street cart (just like the gado gado). I recommend it, especially if you’re looking for vegetarian- and vegan-friendly local dishes in Bali.
Where:
Tipat tahu street cart on Jalan Tegal Sari
Sunday
The Dish:
Babi Guling: suckling pig (typically, an entire pig is slow roasted and the restaurant cuts it up and serves a portion to each customer throughout the day)
- rice (nasi)
- pork satay (pork meat on a stick)
- crispy pork flesh
- shredded pork meat
- bean + veggie salad
- pork cracklings (pictured in plastic bag in the top right corner of the photo)
The Price:
40,000 IDR = $2.85 USD (including the bag of cracklings)
The Verdict:
I want to preface this by saying I’m really not much of a meat eater. I was vegan for a while (super hard to do when you’re also gluten-free and trying to completely cut out sugar…. which as you can tell from this week, ALL of that was thrown out the window haha — I regret nothing) and I’m pretty much pescatarian now for the most part, but I knew I couldn’t leave Bali this time without trying babi guling because it’s one of the most popular local dishes on the island. And I am REALLY glad I tried it. It is REALLY freaking good. I love that you get pork cooked in a variety of ways, and I love that it’s spicy (you can ask for not spicy) and greasy, and just everything you want out of a fatty pork-filled meal. I 200% recommend this, and if you’re in Canggu, DEFINITELY go to this babi guling restaurant. I went for dinner at about 8pm and there were NO other westerners there, it was all locals… so that definitely tells you something!
Where:
Babi Guling Men Lari on the corner of Jalan Raya Canggu and Jalan Padang Linjong
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