Bali's cultural capital has quietly become its culinary one, from warungs serving proper babi guling — spit-roasted suckling pig — to a cooking-class scene that starts with a dawn market tour. Between meals there are rice terraces, temples and enough herons at Petulu to fill a memory card. Book a class with a family compound rather than a hotel; you'll cook in their kitchen and eat sitting on their floor.
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