Locavore @ Ubud, Bali

Locavore
10 Jalan Dewi Sita
Ubud, Bali

http://www.locavore.co.id

Note
- Asia top 50 restaurant, #21 in 2018
- Online reservation available
- Fully booked for June & July @ 15 June'18
- Managed to get lunch reservation 3 weeks in advance

- 2 omakase menus available - Herbivore (vegetarian) or  Locavore
- Choice of 6 course (IDR 895k / S$90, with drinks paring + IDR 500k/ S$50 ) or 9 course (IDR 1,195k / S$120, with drinks paring + IDR 650K/ S$65 )

- Ordered 1 six course, 1 nine course, 2 sparkling mineral water for IDR 2,671k / S$270
- Both courses came with 8 amuse bouche, 1 palette cleanser & chocolates/pastries served in congklak ( traditional Indonesian game of sea shells in long board)
- 6 course did not include Into the Sawah, Ayan Hitam and Ice Cream Sandwich
- Arrived at 12pm, finished amuse bouche at 1pm, 9 course at 2.10pm, desserts at 2.25pm & Congklak at 2.40pm
- Best not to schedule any subsequent programs or dinner as it is a long lunch for almost 3 hours and I was quite full from lunch till dinner time

8 Amuse Bouche to start

Amuse Bouche 1 - Edible flowers with vinegar dressing spray & ginger flower sauce

Menu hidden beneath the flowers

Amuse Bouche 2 - Monkey Business

(dip lemon grass stick in honey & crumble made of peanut & ant egg)

Amuse Bouche 3: Dehydrated pumpkin leaf sprinkled with seaweed powder

Amuse bouche 4: Black Rice Belini with Egg Emulsion, Smoke & Crispy Rice 

Amuse bouche 5: Marigold Flower Tempura with Marigold Water & Emulsion

Amuse Bouche 6: Mango Marinated with Passion Fruit & Spice + Kombucha (fermanted, slightly alcoholic, lighted effervescent, sweetened green tea drink)

Amuse Bouche 7: Tomato Sambal Sorbet on Cherry Tomato with Hot Tomato Consume

Amuse Bouche 8: Bread with Yoghurt & Coconut

9 Course Locavore Menu

Main 1: A Coconut Fell on the Beach 

- Sumba oyster, Young coconut, Smoked mussel vinaigrette, Oyster emulsion, Seaweed, Rambutan, Kaffir lime leaf oil

Main 2: Eat Your Heart Out 2.0 

- Beef heart pastrami, Mulberry coffee vinaigrette, Pickled mulberries, Tribata capers, Red amaranth leaves, Beef garum powder

Main 3: Lobster Tartar 

- Almost raw lobster, Coconut picked heart of palm, Aromatic oils, Shallot lemongrass sambal, Warm lobster gel, Siracha chilli powder

- not included in 6 course menu

Main 4: Into the Sawah (aka everything that lives, grows and swims in and around the ubud rice fields) 

- Heritage galuh rice porridge, 65 degrees duck egg yolk, Snails, Frog leg abon, Fern tips, Wildflowers

- not included in 6 course menu

Main 5: Black is the New Orange - Carrot slow roasted in smoked beef fat, Kecap glaze, Carrot reduction, Spiced carrot puree, Smoked lacto-fermented carrot powder

Main 6: The Things You Can Do With Rice 

- Ikan air tawar, Koji rice crust, Ginger torch brem sauce, Tape pickled fruits, Puffed rice sambal

Main 7: Ayam Hitam

- Jon's chicken grilled with black garlic, Garlic confit puree, Black garlic kecap emulsion, Pickled solo garlic, Green garlic oil, Crispy chicken skin cracker

Palette Cleanser - Sorbet with fresh mangosteen

Main 8: Ice Cream Sandwich

- Coriander & coconut ice cream, Tuak poached green mango, Coriander crackers, Green mango gel, Lime powder, Candied coriander seeds

- not included in 6 course menu

Main 9: Everything Palm Tree

- Palm sugar caramel gelato, Tamarind jam, Kaffir lime picked palm heart, Kolang kaling tamarind candy, Palm sugar meringue

Finale - Chocolates and pastries served in Congklak

From left to Right

1) Granache, rosella, grape 

2) Tape cake, jackfruit gel, coconut

3) Peanut & chocolate ginduja

4) Manisan pala

5) Toraja rice cookie, coffee creme, coffee powder

6) Miso & caramel onde onde

7) Kaffie lime krokant, coconut creme

8) Dried pineapple, 60% chocolate, long pepper

Complimentary main for 6 course - Cassava mousse with condiments