Day 4
We'd been advised to try out some cooking in Ubud- I love food and trying to experiment with cooking, so this was a great opportunity to learn about new flavours and pick up some Balinese skills. After a little research, we opted for the Payuk Bali school, which at Twenty quid for a morning was pretty pricey for Indonesian standards, but well worth it!
We'd arranged a morning session and the first stop was a traditional market to go over some of the ingredients that are used in Balinese cuisine.
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| Oranges |
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| Spring onions and a big green thing |
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| Hindu offerings |
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| Lots of Bananas-the small ones are extra sweet |
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| Ginger flower- very pretty |
After the visit to the market, there was a short drive over to the Payuk Bali Cooking School where we were first introduced to all the staff. We were then taught how to make the vibrant offerings using banana leaves, flowers and cocktail sticks.
We then headed over to the cooking area and the landscape was just great.
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| A lovely spider near our table |
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| The back drop |
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| The cooking area |
Before we started cooking we were given drinks and snacks and then ushered over to our stations, ready with recipes, chopping boards and knives.
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| Recipes |
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| Base for Balinese food |
The head chef then went over all of the different types of ingredients and got us chopping, mashing and cutting.
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| Amy getting her cook on with a Dutch girl |
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| Rice cooker |
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| Chicken satay on the go |
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| Tuna fish wrapped in banana leaf |
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| Time to pound the meat |
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| Cucumber soup |
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| Satay, tuna fish cooked in banana leaves, rice, tofu and cucumber soup |
It was a great day out, with magnificent food , lovely people and pretty scenery.
