Friday, December 9, 2011

Babi Guling ( suckling pig )


Druv Chanana and Isheeta enjoy the Bali authentic culinary Babi guling ( spit roast suckling pig ) for their choice of Balinese dishes experience

The Temple


Many claim that there are actually more temples than homes in Bali. Strictly speaking, many temples are really shrines but the number of religious compounds in Bali is said to be over 10,000. Normally peaceful and uninhabited, Bali’s temples transform into scenes of great activity and are ornately decorated during festivals with traditional dance performances, cockfighting and gambling. You’ll find that each of Bali’s temples is facing towards the mountains, the sea or sunrise.

 

main court for over a thousand years, Batuan has been a village of artists and craftsmen, old legends and mysterious tales. Batuan’s recorded history begins in A.D. 1022, with an inscription that is housed in the main village temple, Pura Desa Batuan. The name “Batuan” or “Baturan” mentioned here prompts villagers to joke about being “tough as stone” or “eating rocks” — as batu means “stone” in Balinese. But it likely refers to an ancient megalithic tradition in which standing stones served as meeting places and ceremonial sites for the worship of ancestral spirits. Because Batuan became a center from which Buddhist priests and Brahmans spread to the centers of south Bali, the village has an unusual preponderance of Brahmans.

 other Isheeta experience at Batuan Village Temple ( Pura Desa Batuan ) Gianyar - Bali

Isheeta experience in Bali

Balinese Gamelan music is very similar to Javanese Gamelan music.   The music is in cycle too, however, it is usually faster.  One of the characteristic of Balinese gamelan music is that, it has a lot of sudden changes in tempo and dynamics.  Like the Javanese gamelan, the instruments in Balinese gamelan includes met allophones and gongs.  However, there are more met allophones than gongs in Balinese gamelan.  The metal keys in Balinese met allophones are ticker than those of Javanese.  These Balinese met allophones produce very bright sound.  Another characteristic of Balinese Gamelan music is the used of cymbals.  These cymbals create fast rattling sound that usually cannot be found in Javanese Gamelan music.

Balinese traditional wood fire kitchen are usually set in the  house of people of Bali   and also it set and displaying at the Temple due the ceremonial festival is carried out in the temple. it was use to provides all the people need and other ceremonial that use for ceremonies happen, during the modern era the people in Bali still kept this traditional kitchen alive  and they always use this kitchen for cooking from the beginning until the festival is over.  


Monday, December 5, 2011

Batur Volcano in Bali



MAGNIFICENT BATUR VOLCANO
Batur is the most active volcano on the popular tourist island of Bali and one of Inondesia's more active ones. During the past centuries, Batur has had a number of small eruptions every few years. Thanks to the scenic beauty of the caldera with its lake and the cone of Batur, it is one of Bali's most popular destinations.

The volcano is located at the center of two concentric calderas NW of Agung volcano. The outer 10 x 13.5 km wide caldera was formed during eruption of the Bali Ignition about 29,300 years ago and now contains a caldera lake on its SE side, opposite the satellite cone of 2152-m-high Gunung Abang, the topographic high of the Batur complex.
The inner 6.4 x 9.4 km wide caldera was formed about 20,150 years ago during eruption of the Gunung kawi Ignition. 


Historical eruptions have been characterized by mild-to-moderate explosive activity sometimes accompanied by lava emission. Basaltic lava flows from both summit and flank vents have reached the caldera floor and the shores of Lake Batur in historical time.

You might to intimate your self while you enjoying your lunch time that offer you Indonesian culinary, and Balinese sweet into buffet style with spectacular and speechless Batur volcano as a backdrop.

"Komang Ferry"




Hamid & Kareema at Luwak Coffee plantation

Sensational Luwak Coffee ( Asian Palm Civet ) experience ever  in Bali 
 
Is one of the world's most expensive and low-production varieties of coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the luwak ( Asian Palm Civet ) and other related civets, then passed through its digestive track. A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach,photolytic enzyme seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acid. Passing through a civet's intestines  the beans are then defecated , keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness
 
The origin of Kopi Luwak is closely connected with the history of coffee plantation In the early 18th century the dutch established the cash -crop plantations in their colony in Dutch east indies islands of Java and Sumatra, including Arabica coffee introduced from Yemen.
 

Kopi luwak is a name for many specific cultivars and blends of arabica, robusta, liberica, excelsa or other beans eaten by civets, hence the taste can vary greatly. Nonetheless, kopi luwak coffees have a shared aroma profile and flavor characteristics, along with their lack of bitterness.

"KOMANG FERRY"