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The Uma, Authentic Balinese Food at The Strand Kota Damansara
November 7, 2009 by email2me · 28 Comments | [1,738 views]
According to Yau Chan, an extravagant feast of Balinese food is served only during temple ceremony of birth, wedding or other religious celebrations in Bali.
Day to day meals were simple where rice and vegetables as staple. A modest piece of meat or fish were added to spice up the meal. Normally the dishes were cooked and left on the table. Family members just help themselves with the food whenever they want. So eating a cold meal is considered a norm at Bali. But rest assure, the food served to us are warm.
The rice and vege are called NASI CAMPUR (mix rice) is the traditional way of serving be it at home, ceremony, temple or festival. All the foods were mixed together and best eaten by hand. I have tried the food here since their soft opening and all I can say it taste perfect if eaten by hand. Before that make sure you wash your hand real clean before start off your meal.
Their menu were simple and clear cut. There are loads of set for you to choose from. Each were tailored to match each other between the condiments. Checkout the dishes below on how does a traditional home cook Balinese Food look like.
We start it off with ASSAM PORK SATAY which looks like our ordinary satay but it is made out of pork and doesn’t have the normal peanut curry sauce.
SATE CELENG ASEM [ASSAM PORK SATAY]
Crispy barbecued pork meat in a distinctive Balinese Assam marinate which only available during temple ceremony . I am not a lover for spare parts. But somehow all these satay taste so good that I don’t taste the pork liver in it.
Be Siap Memanggang – Grilled Chicken With Beans Rice Set RM18
1/2 a bird grilled to perfection
Grilled Chicken Set With Yellow Rice
Grilled half chicken in Balinese spice, water spinach salad, Balinese mixed vegetable salad, spicy home made potato fries, choice of beans rice/yellow rice accompany with sambal matah/sambal tomat / sambal embok. All the foods were served on a basket and banana leaf which make it convenient to be eaten with hand. My personal favorite sambal embok, really spice up my meal as the fragrance from the fried mixture of onions, chili and garlic.
Sambal embok
Besides eating it with hand, the rightful way to eat it according to Balinese culture is to mix the rice with the vege before putting it into your mouth. In this round, I didn’t do so cause wanna shoot photo. I don’t want my camera smell like chicken after that.
Lempet Be Tongkong [Grilled Tuna in banana leaf] – RM20
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pigs are allowed ahahahaha!
i miss the food already T_T
email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Ya lo…. can’t wait for the babi guling to turn up
Uma, read this from ck lam’s post. interesting place!
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
One of the authentic Balinese Restaurant in Klang Valley. Do check them out
i really regretted for not stepping into the restaurant just now…
I misses the delicious food at Uma, just can’t find it in Penang.
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delicious food, I bet!
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Yummy !!
pls open one branch @ penang too!
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I don’t think Penang people spend for it? Kinda niche.
Really reasonable prices for the big portion. Must try it one day!
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Drop me a call when you wanna go ….. ;P
1. Love the food at Uma, just awesome.
2. Worth every penny spend!
3. Awesome ambience
4. Ken the Foodie King of DLSR !!!
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
=.=||
This looks too damn good! I want I want!
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
It is damn good!
glad to see Yau Chan’s finally going mainstream.
i’ll be sure to drop by again for the duck, and the pork curry.
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Wait for you to go feast there again XD
the pig picture damm cute lei~
email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Ya lo …. cute cute
excellent food and affordable too! can’t wait to go here..
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I bet you will enjoy yourself
Lovely stuff…. When passion comes at work, Uma is the place.
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Can’t agree more
HAHAHA i love how we can bring it PIGS into the restaurants but not dogs, lol! nice one as usual
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email2me Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Come bring a pig and walk in Malaysia. Tomolo you go the ISA not The UMA. lol
very Balinese style leh… the uma, sound similar like taquella. I miss Balinese food after coming back from Bali. No Aspara Dance while dining?
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November 28th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Hahahaha ….. No Aspara dancer …. If the crowd is promising, you can be the dancer …. let you teach the gals here