Melting Wok Warung - Ubud, Bali

Posted by thefoodgrapher March 20, 2013

Melting Wok Warung - Ubud, Bali

Melting Wok Restaurant - Ubud, Bali

Melting Wok adalah salah satu resto yang paling populer di Ubud, di situs Tripadvisor masuk peringkat 1 / 2 untuk ranking tempat makan terbaik di Bali.
Walau dinamai warung, tapi suasananya cukup nyaman, lebih cocok masuk kategori resto untuk ukuran Indonesia.

Melting Wok is one of the most popular restaurant in Ubud. It's often ranked #1 or #2 on the tripadvisor sites as best restaurant in Ubud.
Despite being named warung, which is usually suitable name for a small stall, this place is far above the usual warung. This is a genuine restaurant instead of the lowly warung, cozy place with a beautiful ambiance. Located in the second floor of a small place inside jalan Goutama.
Jalan Goutama itself is not located in the main street, it's an alley which streets can only accomodate one car at a time, so expect a bit of walk to get here, since parking your car in front of the place is not usually possible.

Melting Wok Ubud - Creme Caramel

Melting Wok Ubud

Confiture Michelle's Jam @ Melting Wok Ubud

Ubud adalah tempat yang cocok untuk penggemar makan, di gang yang sama ada toko kecil menjual selai bikinan sendiri, bisa juga ditemukan di Melting Wok ini.
Confiture Michele selain menjual selai juga menyediakan kopi, pancake dan beberapa snack lain di tokonya.

Ubud is a place suitable for foodie, along the alley there's a small shop selling home made jam. It's also available here in the melting wok.
The Confiture Michele store is also serving a good cup of coffee, pancakes and some other snacks in their place.

Dining Area @ Melting Wok Ubud

Melting Wok - Pork Sauted Wok Curry Noodle - Rp 38.000

Menu makanan di Melting Wok biasanya terdiri dari sekitar 3-5 jenis saja, harganya berkisar Rp 30.000 - Rp 50.000, biasanya terdiri dari dua menu utama kare, dengan mie atau nasi, dan satu lagi menu spesial yang berganti-ganti tiap hari.
Menu begini menurut saya jauh lebih baik daripada resto dengan berpuluh menu yang rasanya kadang enak dan kadang kacau. Menu sederhana dengan rasa yang amat lezat.

Untuk selera saya, keduanya amat enak, kalau disuruh memilih sedikit lebih senang dengan hidangan mie berkuahnya.

The menu in Melting Wok is quite simple, consisting of 3-5 dishes variant, costing about Rp 30.000 - Rp 50.000. They usually have two main curry menu, either with a choice of rice or noodle, and another special menu that is changed everyday.

I like this kind of menu where you get a simple choice, instead of emphasizing on quantity they focus on quality and taste.

For my taste, both are delicious. if I had to choose, I'd go with the noodle curry soup.

Melting Wok - Beef Sauted Wok Curry Rice - Rp 38.000

Di sini ada pilihan vegetarian curry juga, jadi tidak harus berisi daging, para vegetarian bisa mengganti lauk dagingnya dengan tempe atau tahu.

Aside from the meat curry, you can also get a vegetarian version, instead of chicken, beef or pork, you get a choice of Tempeh or Tofu as a substitute.

the famous hot "Achar" / Acar pedas ala Melting Wok

Acarnya di sini berbeda dengan acar di resto lain, tidak sekedar kecut tapi juga pedas, staf resto akan memberi opsi tingkat spiciness / pedasnya acar.

The acar or pickle here is not the usual tangy variant. This one is a very hot achar and the waitress would usually ask your spiciness preferences.

Melting Wok Ubud

Saat makan siang kami cukup beruntung bisa melihat prosesi ritual adat Bali. Rombongan berjalan sepanjang gang Goutama ini, membawa patung banteng dan payung.

During our lunch here we were quite lucky to witness a Balinese ceremony procession. The entourage walk along the Goutama alley, they were carrying some big umbrella and some buffalo effigy.