Interesting pantry in Seminyak Bali

Being married to an Indonesian, means ther pantry gets a mixture of items, that often have nothing in common. Having friends from around the world who travel, also adds to the stuff in my pantry. Taking a photo this afternoon, the line up was interesting. We had Belizean Pepper Sauce, Kee’s Dark Soy Sauce (Singapore), Green Mole (Mexico), Kecap Manis (Indonesia), Habanero Pepper Mash (Belize), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Italy).

Toby goes to Central America a lot and loves Belize. He brought me packets of Belizean spices, that we can use at a bbq. These include Belizean Stew Chicken, Hot & Spicy Belizean Blackening and Belizean Black Dinner (Chimole). Sitting here typing, I can smell that pepper, and it will liven up anything I chuck on the grill for sure. Toby already annouced he is looking forward to getting the bbq back in action.

For people living in Bali, you can find a selection of peppers and spices at the back of Bintang supermarket, in Seminyak. Everything from black pepper to cilatro (coriander) seeds, cloves, tumeric, all kinds of stuff. These locally made packets are a few thousand rp, and are about an ounce.

Jimbaran is the place to get your hands on fish for a low price. In my experience, you need to find a way tto keep the fish chilled, otherwise it will go off fast. I have ridden down there on my motorbike, coming back loaded down with fresh fish. This is not the optimum way to go, and a taxi will not want to carry you and your fish.

In the past I have picked up 5kg of tuna for 50,000rp. its cheap, and if you get there in the morning, after the boats come in the fish will be that much fresher. Let’s see what we can come up with!