Think squid, prawns, fish and crab, brushed with chilli sauce, perfectly grilled or fried, and drenched in spicy Padang or sticky sweet-and-sour sauce. You will eat among the Mataram families who fill the long tables in the arched, tiled dining room. It's in a Balinese neighbourhood.
Ikan Bakar 99
Mataram
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