Bale Ayu is a name of restaurant which provides kinds of processed carp as their main menu. Carp which is often called as Gurame by local people is bream fish that will be delicious food in their chef hands, its taste is savory. Carp is cooked and combined by various spices will make food taste better. Bali Ayu restaurant has about more than 20 various menu, such as crispy carp (Gurameh krispi), asam-manis carp (Gurameh asam manis, it has blended taste: sweet, savory, little bit spicy), honey baked gurame (the taste almost looks like asam-manis carp, but it is sweeter).
See for the complete menu. This restaurant is opened from 09 am to 10 pm. Besides available for various menu, customer also can reserve for big carp or smaller one, of course with different cost.
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Honey Baked Gurame |
Although only processed Gurame which becomes mainstay manu, the Bali Ayu restaurant also provides a varied menu of seafood (squid, crab, shrimp) and traditional food such as oseng tempe (tempeh with local sauce), cah kangkung (spinach water with chili, onion, salt, and other spices), and so on. Bali Ayu restaurant also has cozy place, so each customer will feel comfortable to be there for long time, but it is little bit crowded in holiday. The concept of Bali Ayu restaurant is a traditional Javanese namely Jogo (traditional Javanese house). The first restaurant is opened in Jalan Imogiri Timur km 6, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Now, it has several branches, not only in Yogyakarta but also in Tangerang (west java), etc. Bale Ayu restaurant presents other brands in their componay those are Roemah Bumbu and Bale Bebakaran. Both culinary place can be found easily around Yogyakarta.
Location of Bali Ayu restaurant,
Bale Ayu 1
Jalan Imogiri Timur km 6, Bantul, Yogyakarta (approximately 600 meters to southern from Giwangan bus station)
Bale Ayu 2
Jalan Magelang km 6,3 Jombor Yogyakarta
That location is near downtown, so it is easy to reach that location by both private or public transportation (Trans Jogja (specially for Bale Ayu 1) or Goje (Motorcycle taxi))