Sunday, February 15, 2009

Delicious Indonesian Suckling Pig!

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I just visited Indonesia, and I had the amazing opportunity to eat at one my favorite restaurants in the world. This place gained world wide notoriety after Anthony Bourdain visited it and heaped accolades on it on his food/travel show. This place is Ibu Oka's in Ubud, Bali. They only serve one dish there, but they do it damn well. For Rp 25,000 or Rp 35,000 (around US $2.50 and US $3.50) you can get a wonderful dish of babi guling (Indonesian suckling pig) with rice. It's amazing! Indonesian food is so complex, there are so many spices that they use which is found nowhere else in the world.

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The pork was so soft and juicy that I could just shred it with my fork and spoon and the skin was so crispy that I would always here a crack as I bit on it. What pushed me over the top at this place was that they also used all parts of the pig, there was blood sausage and pork rind, as well. Oh, I forgot to mention that there were some delicious green beans that married with the pork very well. If you go to this place be sure to get there rather early. They only roast a certain number of pigs a day and if you arrive at 2pm or so, they will probably have run out by then. This is easily in my top three for pork dishes in the world. The others are a delicious pork chop from a restaurant/butcher called Perry's in Friendswood, Texas, and a really well done siu yuk, Cantonese roast pork.