Suweta Street
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
www.baligoodfood.com/terazo.asp
This comfortable open-air restaurant is near the center of Ubud, yet just far enough removed from what hustle and bustle there is to make for a nice respite. Located close to the town's main temple, during the dinner hours the beautiful Balinese women in their colorful sarongs and lacy blouses often walk by with their lofty offerings of fruit and flower pyramids elegantly balanced on their heads. There are few better ways to pass time than sitting in TeraZo, drink in hand, watching the world go by.
Well, there is one way to make it even better ... by enjoying lunch or dinner there. While the restaurant has several vegetarian items on the menu from polenta with ratatouille and basil pesto or fresh pappardelle with mushroom cream, they make the most incredible twice-baked goat cheese soufflé (below). On my first visit to Ubud, I ordered it three times in seven days. I could have lived on it.
Vegetarian pot stickers (below) are another good appetizer choice.
For dessert, the Temple of Chocolate, made with European chocolates, is worth a sacrifice or two.
Prices are a little high by Balinese standards. Expect to pay about $50 for dinner for two.
TeraZo does have a wine list and a full bar. Alcohol taxes in Bali are quite high (somewhere around 200 percent), so be prepared. Do skip the local Hatten wine. It's among the worst wines I've ever sampled.
