After sometime we walked up Jalan Hanoman, we came across to the famous Bebek Bengil Restaurant just at the road side.
I was toying the idea of when shall we come to have a meal as it is highly recommended when I surfed the internet before our trip to Bali.
Then, Daddy just suggested we just walked in have a light meal because there is still long street to go. I was thinking like… ok, because it was just 10.30am and the restaurant looked really quite with no guests inside.
We were greeted by the waitress and usher us in to one of the dining huts.
We were sitting at the dining place which is nice, as it overlooks the courtyard garden, with the beautiful lotus pond in the middle.
The rest of the dining tables too, were scattered around.
Bebek Bengil or Dirty Duck Diner is Ubud's best known duck restaurant for decades. The restaurant is named after a group of muddy footed ducks that ran across the floor when the restaurant was just about to open, and these flock of ducks were their 1st customers, hence the name bebek bengil, or dirty ducks! Well, that’s how the story goes…
We sat down and ordered the famous Bebek Bengil, which is Crispy Duck, the restaurant signature dish. This is half a duck, steamed with spices and deep fried to a crispy finish. The skin is crispy but yet the meat inside is still juicy. It come with sautéed potatoes and side salad or rice and Balinese vegetables which is boiled long beans with bean sprouts. We choose the later.
We ordered another dish, Grilled Duck with Sweet Chili Sauce. This is duck grilled with Balinese sauce, and served with steamed rice. The duck meat is tender, moist and juicy! And, the chili sauce we love it! We really enjoyed this dish.
The duck here is rather small, a whole duck here is about half a roast duck back home, and both of us have no problem finishing it off easily! The duck here are very small in size, so I guess that makes the meat more tender. I think the ducks here are free range village duck raised in the farms nearby.
This is a big huge restaurant, and the best dining area is at the back section, at the pavilions that overlooks the rice field. We did not realized that until we have finished our food, and we went to the back section. The dining area at the back section overlooks the rice field.
Well, since we are already here, we can not miss the dish the opportunity to take some photographs, right? I took as many photos as I can with the children too.
As this is the most famous duck restaurant in Ubud, even the prices are on the high side by local standard. The cost for the Bebek Bengil set is Rp.125,000 and the Grilled Duck with Chili Sauce is Rp.122,000.
However I still find it is really pricy for given the quality of food and the restaurant upmarket feel. Overall the duck dishes here in Bebek Bengil is very good. I guess that is why they are still around today since 1990.
We felt quite satisfied with the meal and we left the restaurant and continue on our walking tour around Ubud.
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