Bali Eats – Part I — Healthy Simple Living

With all the delicious food in Ubud, I thought I would hit the raw highlights!

KAFE has a good sized menu, delicious food and free wifi until 7pm. It’s always packed with Westerners whenever I’ve been there and it’s a great place to hook up with other travelers. You can get green drinks, fruit juices and smoothies and they offer a daily raw food special entree and dessert. I tried the raw ravioli which was quite delish. I also tried the raw carrot cake but it was a bit too heavy on the cloves. Of the non-raw items, I tried the grilled veggie salad which was a good size and yummy.

The Ever So Popular Kafe

Kafe Raw Ravioli

Kafe Carrot Cake

LITTLE K is a raw food offshoot of Kafe open until 4pm daily. It’s located outdoors behind the Yoga Barn overlooking the rice paddies and also offers free wi-fi. It’s really a lovely outdoor atmosphere and a LOT less crowded than Kafe. The menu here is predominantly raw food. I tried the pineapple raw granola which was more of a porridge than granola but good and the “big salad” that wasn’t all the big (by my standards) and a bit boring unfortunately.

The raw tacos I thought were great! Typical raw tacos usually consists of a flax seed “taco” shell, nut meat and cashew sour cream. Tastes good but sits like a ton of lead in my belly – the equivalent of eating a cup of mixed nuts I bet. But the Little K taco “shell” was a lettuce leaf, the “meat” was made of shredded carrot and beet and the only nuts were in the cashew sour cream. It also came with diced tomatoes, a scoop of guac and a small side of greens.

Little K Alfresco Dining

Raw Tacos

BALI BUDDHA is a combination shop downstairs and restaurant upstairs – very cool place. They make and sell their own raw chocolates, chai spice cookies, desserts and crackers in the shop. The restaurant serves up great food, rarely crowded but no wifi. Unfortunately, their definition of “raw food” is a bit off. I ordered the raw vegan spring rolls but they were made with rice paper and had tofu inside. I tried the vegetarian Nasi Campur which was delicious, as was the beet and carrot salad. Everything I tried their was good – both the raw and vegan dishes. For dessert, their homemade raw truffles are nice but pass on the Radiantly Alive Raw Chocolate Bar. When we opened it, the cacao and oil had separated. Blech…