The Way to Do Lunch

After a morning of souvenir-shopping and wandering, the four of us met at the bottom of a road to make our way to lunch.  We'd heard that there was a fantastic local-food farm and cafe in the middle of rice paddies to the northwest of Ubud, and we wanted in.

The (very small!) sign pointing the way to the restaurant.

The road quickly became a motorbike track about 3.5 feet wide.  We had to dodge bikes through a narrow walled section, but after three minutes of walking, we turned a corner and were rewarded by realizing that we were in the middle of a rice-growing ridge.  

The motorbike track (apologies to my fellow travelers for possibly unflattering photographs!)

Rice paddies ready for new plantings.

We walked about a kilometer down the track, past a few enticing cafes and restaurants tucked into the fields.  Just as we were about to turn back, we found our place: the cafe and organic farm of Sari Organik.  The views were sensational.

Looking southwest from our table.  We are on a porch about 20 feet from the ground.  

Looking northwest from our table.  

The food could have been secondary - except for the fact that it was delicious.  

I rarely do this, but I took a picture of my food because it was so lovely.  This is Balinese nasi campur with a drink concoction called the Paddie Sunset.  I have a feeling that sunsets at Sari Organik are lovely.  

We're leaving Bali early tomorrow morning for a day in Singapore. I know I'm not quite ready to leave yet, but planes aren't quite as flexible as we'd like.