Bali Donuts, Affordable Price and Guaranteed Quality

When paying a visit to the Bali Gift & Souvenir Market (Pasar Oleh-Oleh Bali), you are not only offered various kinds of handicraft products but you can also savour diverse food products prepared by Balinese people. One of their products is Bali Donuts. It was launched by the Head of Bali Regional Handicraft Council, Mrs. Mas Beratha coinciding with the opening of Pasar Oleh-Oleh Bali at Jalan Raya Kuta No. 88, some 15 km from Denpasar and 2 km from the Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport.
According to Alit Pradnyana, Manager of Bali Donuts, there are several sorts of products becoming the mainstay of Bali Donuts such as Bali Coffee, Bali Donuts, Bali Pastry and Cake. “However, we put priority on one thing namely setting it at affordable price with guaranteed quality,” he said while adding that Bali Donuts offers a wide range of products encompassing donuts (10 variants), sweet rolls (12), muffin (6), plain bread (2), toast bread (3), croissant puff pastry (6), cakes (16), pudding (6), cookies (4), birthday cakes based on appetite and coffee break catering as per necessity.
Other than bread, Bali Donuts with a 60 seating capacity is open from 10.00 to 22.00 hrs. It also provides bar coffee with selected coffee beans specially imported from Singaraja and Kintamani with a storing period of five years. “There are also fresh drinks like juice, soft drink and beer,” he said while adding that its price is assuredly affordable, starting from IDR 2,000 to IDR 4,000.
To maintain the quality, his company always makes use of bread ingredients (margarine, yeast, flour, egg and milk) without additives. “Everyday, we need an average of 50 kg flour, while the current setting capacity is 150 kg. I’m optimistic that within five months the target can be achieved,” he utters. (BTN/015)

Balinese Sweets in Sanur Beach Hotel

After successfully organizing several events like Seafood Galore “Jimbaran Style” now the Sanur Beach Hotel makes a new attraction for its visitors. During the months of May and June 2006, the hotel plans to introduce her guests to the delicious array of traditional cakes available in Bali with a special afternoon tea promotion.
Traditional cakes are made from ordinary Balinese kitchen ingredients such as rice and coconut, and sweetened natural palm sugar. Snacking throughout the day is a typical characteristic amongst the Balinese and different varieties of cakes are enjoyed especially when villagers gather socially or are preparing for a religious ceremony. These tasty cakes are commonly sold at the early morning marketplace where tourists rarely venture.
The hotel will serve favorites such as “kue kelepon’- glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with palm sugar and topped with grated coconut or “bubur injin”- black rice porridge with coconut milk. Another popular type of cake is “kue bantal’ – a parcel of sticky rice steamed in length of coconut palm leaf. “bubur sumsum” traditional rice flour porridge with palm sugar syrup and pandan flavor, etc.
According to the general manager of the Sanur Beach Hotel, Mr. Christoph Voegeli, the aim of this event is to present Balinese cake products to the audiences, because there are some very interesting types of traditional cakes available in Bali and surprisingly enough, they are high in protein, which is an ideal boost to late afternoon energy level. His side also wants to create a truly unique Balinese afternoon tea with original snacks to complete the experience.
A choice of tea or coffee along with a selection of unique Balinese sweet treats will be served between 2.00-4.00 pm daily at the food and beverage outlets of Tirta Poolside Restaurant, Basilico or the Bamboo Bar. The guests have the opportunity to try something different everyday of the week. (BTN/Rai)