Finding a first meal in Ubud and Bali was going to be a challenge. Considering the arrival time and efforts of the travel group and precise weather and ease of walking around was unknown, I figured something last minute should be adequate. The most anticipated places of mine were already scheduled - Ibu Oka (lunch only) and Bebek Bengil (the next night dinner) - so a simple generic warung seemed like a good idea.
Walking from the accommodation along Jalan Bisma, we expected that the approximate location Google maps showed us along Jalan Raya Ubud would make Bogasari easy to find. Sadly it wasn't - on the bright side we ended up eating gelato first and getting a short glimpse at the town. Funnily enough we found Bogasari (with some help - although most locals had never heard of it) located exactly opposite the entrance to Jalan Bisma.
- gado gado (mixed vegetables with peanut sauce, tofu, bean cake, boiled egg, shrimp crackers)
- mie goreng kampung (fried yellow noodle, chicken & shredded vegetables served with fried egg, acar, chicken sate, shrimp crackers)
- pepes ikan laut (grilled marinated fish wrapped in banana leaf served with vegetable urab, steamed rice)
- sate campur (grill pork, beef, chicken skewer served with rice & peanut sauce)
- tuna sambal matah (grilled tuna, vegetable water spinach Balinese pelecing, steamed rice, served with Balinese raw sauce sambal matah)
- egg lawar (with pork, white rice)
Everything was nice. The gado gado was a slightly more upmarket version than the street types, which some may prefer for cleanness, but I think in the end the street types are more to my liking. Mie goreng was one of my favourites for the trip. Delicious and chilli. Pepes and tuna were probably the dishes I least liked due to chewy fish texture, however the pepes at least had some nice flavour mashed into it.