La Sal Spanish Tapas: Bali, Indonesia

Date:  20 avril 2010
Location:  Jl. Drupadi Il No.100
Seminyak - Kuta - Bali
Indonesia
Tel:  +62 361 738 321
http://restaurant-bali.com/html/la_sal_home.html

Every night in Bali is a balmy tropical evening.  The kind of warm, subtle humidity that vacationing couple's dreams are made of.  Comfortable in your own skin around each other, clad in casual tank tops, cool button down shirts, shorts and skirts, flip flops... hair let down... free in spirit, mind, and body...

As the car pulls up to La Sal on a quiet street of Bali (almost like a back alley way, which is the way most streets in Bali feel), you will immediately relax.  The open entrance way to the restaurant's terrace is calming and soothing.  Not proper nor fussy.  Most all of Bali is like this.  Warm, balmy humidity, casual dress in shorts and sandals...  anything fussy in your mind is immediately transported to some other unknown destination.  You are left with just your senses, seeking rest, peace, and positive comfort.  And hopefully romance, if you are lucky!

The ambiance is loungy, calm, amorous.  You'll dine by candle lite.  The food - excellent.  Light yet savory.  Clean and simple, yet every bite and morsel painting a warm memory in the mind...  Thing is, La Sal is so adept at preparing the tapas dishes that you might forget whether you were actually on the Spanish Mediterranean, or really in Bali, Indonesia?  This exact thing happened to me.  =)

You'll have an enchanted evening here at La Sal.  You'll remember it forever.

What we enjoyed:
-We ordered a pitcher of customary Sangria, of course.
-Complimentary hummus on thinly sliced croutons was served, savory and delicious texture! 
-Delicious salad made of green leaves with truffle vinaigrette.
-Veal carpaccio with foie gras & manchego cheese cloud.
-Crab chowder.  
-Claypot of clams "sailor style".
-Small squid cooked in its own ink.
-Sauteed seasonal vegetables.
-Wagyu beef prepared and marinated in house spices.
-Delicious paella, chicken and seafood mix.  Perfectly cooked in its own broth and heavenly!