Amertha Bali Villas - part two

We had dinner at Amertha Bali Villas twice. The second night we had a Tom Kha soup that was a bit too watery, and you couldn't taste the coconut enough, but overall it was decent.

The Vietnamese summer rolls were beyond awful though. They had huge sticks of cucumber and carrot that were wholly unappetizing, and were inexplicably served with a soy based sauce.

We both decided to try Indonesian entrees, and I opted for Babi Kecap, which is basically pork in a sweet soy sauce. The meat in Indonesia we had was universally more tough than what I've been used to consuming in America. I presume this is in part due to the lack of a large CAFO complex to raise protein in Indonesia. Tough pork aside, the dish was not good. I generally found that the sauces for the Indonesian dished we had lacked complexity and were too sweet.

My brother's choice of Beef Rendang was not better. Same problems of tough meat, overly sweet sauce that didn't offer a very interesting taste profile.

I'll say this for Amertha Bali though, they make a really good oatmeal for breakfast. It's a tad on the watery side, but it has a good amount of cream in it, and it's served with brown sugar and raisins for you to add to taste.

Amertha Bali Villas, Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia