Review: Sassy Sarong still going strong in Seminyak, Bali

Recently some foodie friends of mine visited Seminyak on a week long rest, relaxation and fine dining tour. When I requested their top 3 picks they admitted that despite trying many of the hot newcomer restaurants they felt that Will Meryck’s Sarong restaurant in Jalan Petitinget was still their top choice for the food, service and atmosphere.

After very many years of visiting Bali I have been to Sarong on quite a few occasions including having a great time here on New Year’s Eve 2013. We had stopped in to Seminyak for a few days on this trip to stop in to some of the great restaurants by the coast before heading to Ubud – of course Sarong was also top of our list to go back to. We booked ahead via their website which is easy to do and highly recommended because it fills up quickly even in the low season.

We arrived to met by their traditional warm welcome and we’re seated in the beautiful garden. The warm interiors and gorgeous lighting throughout creates a magical setting for evening dining in particular.

Sarong does great cocktails and I couldn’t go past the Refreshing Raspberry Mojito to begin and we ordered a bottle of D’Arenberg Shiraz to go with dinner. Wines are expensive due to taxes and in this case the wine was almost half our bill but was worth it to complement the great food.

For entrees we couldn’t go past the betel leaves with raw tuna and the signature pork belly with Sichuan pepper and a divinely Tamarindo and tamarind chutney. Knowing the generous size of the mains we settled on the stir fried chilli prawns with an interesting sauce featuring curry leaves and Indonesians flavours and the Bebe Madura – twice cooked duck with Balinese sambals. For a bit of green alongside, we chose sautéed green beans with Sambal Olek. (Unfortunately no room for dessert!)

 

Needless to say the sassy sauces and variety of cooking techniques used for this variety of dishes, along with super fresh ingredients and herbs all combined with trademark Sarong service resulted in another wonderful dining experience at Sarong. If you haven’t been there yet – it is a must do on any visit to Seminyak!

Thanks to Sarong Bali for the great images from your Facebook page and website http://www.sarongbali.com