Lunch at Ramayana Mall Denpasar

After getting up early and spending time riding around, I was getting hungry. Looking around the streets that surround the Bali Museum, it became obvious there was nowhere to eat. Locals even told me there were no warungs in that area. Jumping on my trusty bike, I hit a main road, which took me to the Ramayana Mall a few minutes away. I was never that impressed with the food at Ramayana, but at least they have food and its quick.

Ramayana Mall has parking for cars and motorbikes (500rp), which is conveniently close. The food court on the 3rd floor has an array of small booth offering Chinese food, Sulawesi food and other standard cuisines from around the country. I asked for ayam bakar (grilled chicken) plus nasi putih (white rice), lalapan (raw cabbage, cucumber and green beans, with hot sambal), plus a teh panas, tanpa gula (hot tea without sugar), “Saya sudah manis.” (I’m already sweet) as I like to tell the waitresses. The food took about 10 minutes to appear, was surprisingly good. The cost 13,000rp.

The place I ate at had a sign saying ‘Bali Seafood’, and its located to the left of the ‘Soup Kaki Kambing’ (Goat’s leg soup) place. Also on offer there was ikan bakar, ikan goreng, ikan asam manis, ikan sambal matah, soup ikan, ayam bakar, ugang goreng tepung, cumi saos pedas, ikan pesmol, kerang bakar, udang bakar, tempe tahu terong, ayam goreng lalapan, ayam goreng saus pedas.

My view of the food in Ramayana, is that its a fast version of Indonesian food, some of it is okay, much of it you can do without. Okay for a quick pit-stop.