On my most recent trip to Bali I decided to eat only chicken curry (if it was available). Most restaurants do some sort of chicken curry. Of the four days I spent on Bali, I managed to have four chicken curries.

Here’s my reviews.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass has always been a favourite restaurant of ours. It’s a Thai restaurant but has an extensive menu of other Asian dishes.  Its in Legian on Jn Melasti. I had to choose a Thai curry. I had the “Gaeng Panang” – the menu rated it 2 “chilies” which I guess was medium heat.

It was delicious – the best curry of the trip. It was full of flavour, with just the right amount of spiciness. Slightly sweet, with a coconut base and some peanuts mixed through. Definitely recommended.

Type: Thai Panang

Price: 95,000++ IDR ($9.50*)

Presentation: ♦♦♦♦◊

Spiciness: ♦♦♦♦◊

Taste: ♦♦♦♦◊

Overall rating: ♦♦♦♦◊

One word: Top-notch

 

Sheppy’s Bar & Restaurant

Sheppy’s is an Australian owned small restaurant  on Jn Melasti in Legian. We have eaten there before and the food is always good and cheap.

The curry was a normal home cooked type (probably made with curry powder). But it was actually quite tasty. It wasn’t spicy, but had nice flavour and a good blend of chicken and vegetables. This was the cheapest of the curries I had and at $5, was probably the best value for money.

Type: Chinese Yellow

Price: 50,000++ IDR ($5*)

Presentation: ♦♦♦◊◊

Spiciness: ♦♦◊◊◊

Taste: ♦♦♦◊◊

Overall rating: ♦♦♦◊◊

One word: Value

Kori

Kori is higher end restaurant is Poppies II lane in Kuta. We have eaten there many times and always enjoyed it. Kori has quite a varied menu, and I was slightly disappointed to see the Thai Green Curry on there – I had to choose it. I really wanted to select something else.

But I ordered the Green Curry and I must admit it was a let down. Thai Green Curries are usually very spicy, but sadly this one was not spicy at all and a little salty. It felt like it was dulled down for a “westerners taste”.  I’ll still return to Kori though.

Type:  Thai Green

Price: 88,000++ IDR ($8.80*)

Spiciness: ♦♦◊◊◊

Presentation: ♦♦♦◊◊

Taste: ♦♦◊◊◊

Overall rating: ♦♦◊◊◊

One word: Heartbroken

Sidewalk Cafe & Bar

This was my first visit to the Sidewalk Cafe. Like Sheppy’s is a small restaurant on Jn Melasti. Its better know for it’s fresh seafood. The Malaysian Curry looked great on the menu.

When it came its looked nothing like the picture on the menu. It looked very unappetizing. But in this case looks were deceiving – it was delicious. Nice and spicy and full of curry flavour. There was two pieces of chicken on the bone and some potatoes. The meat fell off the bone and was quite easy to eat. For those of you that know me will know I get turned off easily if I have to work too hard to get the meat off the bones. This one was a winner though.

Type: Malaysian yellow

Price: 68,000++ IDR ($6.80*)

Presentation: ♦◊◊◊◊

Spiciness: ♦♦♦◊◊

Taste: ♦♦♦♦◊

Overall rating: ♦♦♦◊◊

One Word: Surprising

 

 

* working on an exchange rate of 10,000 IDR to 1 AUD (best we got on this trip was 9,750)

++ means add 10% government tax and 5% service charge