Jaje Cafe Review, Ubud Bali

The Jaje coffee shop, pastry and bakery is located on the south end of Jl monkey forest. It is a small cute looking cafe with friendly staff in green hats waiting to serve you.

The menu was quite interesting. I was tempted with the garlic bread or bruschetta considering they are a bakery with probably nice bread, but surprise surprise I chose the lumpia (chicken spring rolls). Probably a bad choice as they were over cooked. The sweet chili sauce that came with them was pretty good though I prefer when they come with a Balinese peanut sauce.

For a main I went with Ayam Palelang (sp?), shredded chicken breast with a Balinese sauce (samal matah). Very nicely presented dish, though not enough chicken for me.

They serve Illy coffee, which is always good. I went with an iced coffee, which came with liquid sugar syrup to sweeten it myself.

There are nice desert choices on display of your want something more, or something to go with your coffee.

The prices are pretty standard for this part of town, about 40,000 ($4 for mains), not a bad option if you want to try somewhere new.

Alchemy Restaurant Review

Alchemy is a raw food vegan vegetarian restaurant in Penestanan Ubud. It is a popular place to go, though it has taken us 6 months to visit as the new age vibe of the place doesn’t really appeal.

Salad is the only thing on the lunch menu. There is a lot to choose from. You get to select greens, add four toppings and a dressing. You can pay for more. I went for zucchini posts, taco mix, raw pad Thai, Olives with a pesto dressing. It tasted quite good, which is saying something for a non salad eater like myself. I’ll still need to go elsewhere to buy something else to fill me up.

Bought a chipmonk drink for Casper, banana and chocolate with almond milk. I asked for regular milk for him as I wasn’t sure of the taste. They don’t do anything but almond milk. They have bamboo straws here too, but raw ones like their food.

The Frappachino also came with almond milk but you would not know it. Very nice

The main reason I came here was to check out the kids play area I had heard about. It was pretty good with a basket of Lego, a train set and a kitchen set, as good as you get anywhere else around Ubud.

I’ll come back here with Clare who will appreciate the salad, maybe for breakfast as I hear that is good too. No use bringing the kids, nothing suitable for them.

Bebek Tepi Sawah Review

Bebek Tepi Sawah Restaurant, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Our Experience

We were looking for a good place to try Bali’s famous smoked duck. We were a little put off by Bebek Bengil (the famous Dirty Duck Diner), the apparently first choice for smoked duck (bebek tutu) as it appeared to be geared toward satisfying the tourist crowds, and we wanted to avoid that.

Our choice was Bebek Tepi Sawah, and by it’s name was also a duck speciality place (though there was a large range of dishes available). The smoked duck dishes need a long time to be prepared so you normally need to give a day’s notice.

Bebek Tepi Sawah was a huge restaurant, which is not obvious from the street. We chose a table that was quite secluded among the rice paddies (if you need service you can call on the supplied phone!). The service was very professional.

We had one dish of the smoked duck, and sate ikan (fish satays), plus mushroom soup, and shared the lot. The food quality was great, the smoked duck a highlight. The slow cooked duck means the meat just falls off the bone.