BALI - TRADITIONAL FOOD (3)

People said - Buleleng region (North Part of Bali) is a place where many traditional delicious food available. I went there yesterday and had a chance taste a traditional food called: SATE PLECING. It is a variety of satay (pork and or fish) with sweet or hot sauce.

The sweet sauce made of fermented bean paste, and the hot sauce made of red chillies. Some people like to combine both sauce sauce which give a nice sweet, salty and hot taste.













It is served with slices of cucumber + sambal.














For the soup you will have 2 options, vegetable soup (a clear soup) and SEMUR.
I won't explore further the vegetable soup, it is just a normal clear soup with carrot, diced potato, and green bean.
I like this SEMUR soup very much.
A very thick stock consisted of slices of pork and potatoes. Taste like tomato soup but it has a different smell due to spices they use to cook. There is cloves, nutmeg, pepper and salt all cooked in a perfect balance.
















The drink is also very unique, they named it ES BEER, es = ice; beer is beer.
But do not expect you will get a normal beer as the western world understanding.
This special beer is made of grated young coconut + coconut water + simple syrup and splash of
lemon. Normally it is served in a big bulky glass which can make your stomach really full if you finish it. In this Sate plecing stall it is served with a normal glass! :-D




















So............, next time if you have a chance wandering around Buleleng region, do not forget to find a SATE PLECING stall. The one that I had yesterday is located near Hardy's Supermarket at Jln. Ngurah Rai.