Babi Guling Ibu Oka, Ubud

this is the best and no.1 in the whole of Bali

believe me, u dun wanna go anywhere else for Babi Guling

Ibu Oka was featured countless time on TV Programs

food review, magazines, newspapers, all sorts of media from blogs to online forums

and personalities like Anthony Bourdain visited it as well

Monkey and JS were here :P

believe me this place was thronged with TOURISTS

so pls do come by early for lunch to grab a place

most of the locals go to Ibu Oka's house, she operates and cooks fr home

this one here at Ubud is a short distance fr her home

and more convenient for tourists like us

so many japanese and whites

we sat "inside" the lil balinese house

so we had to remove our shoes and climb up

sat like a balinese on the cushion floor mat with a cute table

Balinese alwiz serve coconuts with a squeeze of lime

to give it some tanginess

this pickled spicy hot can die chili was AWESOME

totally kick ass

we invited our driver to join us
and Monkey kept on "PEDAS PEDAS PEDAS"
apparently it's called "PANAS" here :P

Monkey: "SEDAP SEDAP SEDAP!!!"
Komang our Driver: "Enak.....kita kata enak di sini."
ohhhh sorry I felt so uncivilised and un-cultured....coz my language was so "rough"
in my sweetest voice and my outmost politeness
Monkey: "Enak sekali babi guling ini kan Komang?"

Yes I had to admit we Malaysians punya Bahasa Malaysia
memang kenot make it :P
coz we'll definitely say:"Wei very sedap hor?" :P

suddenly we heard a roar of happiness fr the patrons/diners

and everyone stood up

I thought Michael Jackson has arise!!!!

ooooooOoooooo

the WHOLE PIG has ARRIVE!!!!!

carried by a man on his head on a motorbike fr Ibu Oka's home just some distance away

coz there's no space here to grill this bugger!!!

and cameras were flashing non stop

for a moment that particular Babi Guling was a PORK STAR

they worked very fast here

by the time JS got down to snap a pic of the whole pig

its head were off

somebody bought it already T_T

Babi Guling was marinated using a lot of yummy spices

tapioca leaves some coconut thingy *I think*

everything stuffed into its stomach, stitched up

tied on and grill for 4 hours

the hole at its rear was where it held the "stick"

that grill the whole pig

*it's not wat u think it is....a pig @ssh013 can't be that HUGE ok*

go for the special one

and if u r early u can oso order its SKIN only

it comes with a piece of DEEP FRIED dunno which part of the pig

a piece of pig liver sausage

some yummy vege salsa

hot balinese steamed rice

generous helping of sliced moist pork

and splash of its stuffings

and a piece of its most PRIZED skin

OMG the meat was so moist

the amount of spices was just right.....

I was contemplating for a 2nd helping

and I think our Driver Komang watched in aghast how this Monkey can really eat :P

by the time we left...the pig....

was just a carcass left.....

I'm amazed at the volume of this shop

it was a weekday

this tiny hut can only seat a maximum of 40 people....

the queue was AMAZING :P

Many ppl can't understand wat's the fuss about

it's the spices here

somehow it's different coz we tried a few other babi guling in Bali

I think it's definitely worth it :)

Babi Guling Ibu Oka

Jalan Suweta, Ubud,

Bali, Indonesia