How tourism is changing Bali’s iconic ‘babi guling’ 

Locals don't consider Ibu Oka as the best.

Mainland Chinese tourists should try local foods like this, dont just eat hotpot when travel abroad. Perks of me being Chinese-Indonesian, I can eat a lot of delicious foods from different countries

Indonesia used to be the pork powerhouse way before Islam. As many natives started to abandon their heritage and embraced Islam, the pork-related recipes start to disappear, leaving Bali and few parts of Indonesia as the sole protector of pork-related culinary

Pork cuisine in Indonesia spread from west to east archipelago , starting from Karo/Batak/ Tapanuli people in North Sumatra ( Babi Panggang Karo) , Dayak people in Borneo ( Babi Panggang Ambawang ) , to Eastern Indonesian ( Se'i ). Let alone the Indonesian chinese cuisen from ethnics hakka, hokkien , etc. So not only the hindu Bali have the pork cuisine in Indonesia.

"The mecca of babi guling" is made my day 😂

The native Balinese name is actually Be Guling. Be is Balinese for pig while Babi is Indonesian.

babi guling is also found in North Sulawesi (Minahasa) where it is predominantly Christian. We have different chilli condiment for Babi Guling.

I love Babi, lots of Babi Guling when I was in Bali. We had them almost everyday, down with red wine or beer and great music in the back. Coming back for more.

This is my fav food, the crispy skin, the seasonings, the spices, and the juicy flavorful meat.

_I'm a Muslim Dayak, here in Kalimantan roast pork is one of the most delicious foods. Even though Muslims can't eat it, friends or relatives like to eat roast pork typical of Kalimantan. For those who are not Muslims._

It's like Lechon in Philippines 🇵🇭

Food culture is so wonderfull across the world!

Thank you for this mini documentary. Greetings from Flores.

There are plenty of pork-based dishes in Indonesia besides Bali Babi Guling, from Batak's Babi Panggang Karo, Kalimantan's Bipang, North Sulawesi Rica-Rica, Flores Sei Babi, etc. We are not even covering Chindo's heritage pork cuisine yet.

This is the first time i see Ibu Oka.

Bali will be Hindus forever

Try Samsam Merekak In Hayam Wuruk Denpasar, quite different but it’s my fav in Bali

The best food yummy

Brilliant preservation of heritage

lol! "the mecca of babi guling" nice play on word there my friend

You guys should try roated pork belly from Bangka.

What is the difference between Lechon and Babi Guling? Please enlighten me i am curious.

we stayed at a losmen at Kuta back in 1976 - there was a baby pig snuffling around the courtyard - one day the old lady asked if we'd like babi guling - we said sure - assuming it would not be the pet pig - later - roast piglet was served - greasy - and we noticed the piglet was nowhere to be seen - we were 'oh no - they didn't - did they !?!?' - yes they did - that kinda killed that pleasure ...

YUMMMY 😋

fascinating

Hello bali 🙋🏽‍♂️

In India, kerala muslims also eat pork daily. Pork is famous in kerala.

In the Philippines we called it LECHON.

I been to oka before not nice.. and there very quiet only few table.

Have anyone tried to popularize rotisserie grills for the cooking of the pogs? Imagine the labor it would have saved.

Honestly as a Foodie I'd love to try Be Guling. War's are started over whats better they'd argue Lechon or Be Guling. On that note I'd just consider their fued pointless, cause both are delicious on their own way. Lechon at it's core, is very savory, succulent, and aromatic with herbal ingredients. It's generally catered towards those who have delicate taste buds. While Be Guling at it's core, aromatic, spice packed and savory. Commonly highlighting the diverse spices, produced in Indonesia. It's generally catered towards those who have already experienced and well-versed taste buds.

In our country we call eat baboy or pig and we called it if it’s as lechon

In Philippines it is called Letson or lechon.

Babi guling delicious. You should try it.

It's quite interesting that, while most Indian Hindus are avoiding pork, Balinese Hindu people have made "babi guling" as their signature menu in their dietary culture. The avoidance of pork in Hindu dietary practices is primarily rooted in religious and cultural beliefs. Hinduism, being one of the world's oldest religions, has developed a complex set of dietary guidelines, and the prohibition of pork consumption is one aspect of this tradition.

as balinese I can tell what this guy tell is true. we use local pig that only eat organic food back then to make babi guling. mostly feed them with sweat potato leaf mixed with wot(somekind of padi grains leftover) not sure what u call it in english, and some other kitchen leftover too. they 're not jut confined in a small space so they can grow fat faster but in some let lose pen so they can still runing around, some even let it lose in their own yard which is a case of people searching for their missing pigs is quite often back then😅 and above all that their meat taste much better than other pig we mostly eat now.

prepare to wait ages at Ibu Oka lol!

Also because of tourism, Babi Guling restaurants or stalls that mainly target tourist will tone their spices down so much and imo, its loss the authenticity.

Emang luar biasa semangat berdebat penduduk plus enan dua ini. Semua lapak disatroni semua 😁😁

peak season 10 to. 15 pigs?.. in philippines hundreds per day in one area during holidays.

Hmmm😋

Nicee❤

Babi tropis adalah hewan buruan nenek moyang kami.. Dan bangsa eropa membawa babi eropa yg jumbo yg akhirnya membuat babi asli kami mulai hilang😢

Honestly Bu Oka is dissapointing for most local. For most of us, it is a tourist trap. I myself love Karya Rebo, not the best but it is far superior conpare to Bu Oka. I cant remember the random restaurant who serve better babi guling.

Babi guling taste awesome

Babi guling-guling di atas api

Bali's unique selling point is the locals and immense selection of foods... If only the local transport is comparable with Thailand...

The best meat in the world,u should eat that whatever your religion are😊😊

congratulations indonesia unesco intangible cultural heritage for Bali Babe Guling world renown nation G20 member regional military power costly tertiary tuitions fee efficient customs & exise sinetron televised in 4 nations noteworthy PISA & IQ rank truly asean & asia champion 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

yummy

Cantonese style roast pork is the best🤤😍😍😍😍

Coba kuliner dari NTT "sei' babi" n sup kacang brenebon

Babi guling Bali Indonesia 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

lechon baboy in Philippines

Legendary Babi Guling. Absolutely delicious. Is it Hot & Super Spicy?

Babi guling, Saksang, BPK, babi kecap, babi buluh dkk, 🤤

i used to eat pork during childhood but now left it considering heart attack surge after covid . so i eat now less fat meat like chicken and mutton fish . but a lot of Hindu eat in assam..

Babi guling is a Bali version of Lechon!!!!! The difference is in the ingredients put into the inner cavity of the pig's body.

haha i thk host has chinese palette... usually the pork taste from western market really so shao ... cannot tahan that shao flavours

I thought it was called "babi goyang" 😅

There's a war between Indonesians and Filipinos over this pork cuisine...somewhere in the comment section...😂

Ripoff..... They overprice it.....Pathetic.... Just want to enjoy some and they charge through the roof..... they can eat it themselves. That's why I got to restaurants with a set menu here in Bali. They mat be a bit pricey but at least they're honest about their prices and don't overcharge tourists

I'm Filipino and Babi guling is better than lechon.

Thats the problem...there are other food in Bali but are not promoted as much as Babi Guling. One issue and the most glaring ones....Hardly any Balinese youth joining other sectors other than tourism...Back before Tourism becomes the main income earner, Balinese parents then sent their kids to University to study Engineering , Agriculture, Naval studies, Medical schools etc.....These days ALL of the world ...people only know Balinese in tourism and FNB mainly...very sad.

I watched the whole thing and still trying to find what he said as something unique and revolutionary in the whole farming industry in 4:26 ... This kind of black-native pig is common all thruout the archipelago. Yes, it is sad that its dwindling in Bali and nice that he started something and found a niche but.... Him saying this bunch of bol**cks means he's a salesman that knows very little about pigs and culture.

Cunyuk is delicious.

พื้นฐานความเป็นคนเอเซียทางตะวันออกพวกเรานับถือผีบรรพบุรุษศาสนาทุกศาสนาล้วนมาทีหลัง

For us Hindus Bali is a terrific place to visit. 🙏

I've eaten babi guling several times and I love the spicyness of it but taste wise, i'd still choose lechon.

Saya makan kambing guling saja , sama sama di guling 😉 lamb roler too😂😂

How is this different from lechon

I like China pork chop😂

Bergizi tinggi bagi tubuh jika kita menyukai babi guling, Bali.

3:41 it's a shame that you compared this suckling pig dish with hongkong pig (that is notably bland). I would put this babi guling over the filipino lechon as well. it's just different league.

It's such a waste that they don't use the "heritage" pigs to make "char siew". That would've been a big hit.

Fact check Anthony Bourdain say that when he is in the Philippines. MANILA, Philippines - A pig in the Philippines has made it to Time magazine’s Best of Asia list as “Best Pig.” Time magazine, in its recent issue, hailed the Filipinos’ favorite roasted suckling pig or lechon as the “Best Pig” in Asia. In an article written by Lara Day entitled “Pork Art,” she said it was the review of TV chef Anthony Bourdain, “whose love of all things porcine is famous,” of the lechon that helped it gain international limelight. Bourdain, with his show No Reservations, visited Cebu and declared that he had found the “best pig ever.” In his blog, Bourdain said that of all the pigs he tasted all over the world, “the slow roasted lechon he had on Cebu was the best.” In the article, Time wrote on how the lechon is prepared and how it has become the country’s most beloved dish and a source of fanatical adulation.

American BBQs or bust, baby

2:50 I don't want to be religious pr*ck since I'm an ex, but calling a "pork dish the mecca" is kinda wrong though hahahah

I love pak malen & bu dayu babi guling the most. Oka, pande egi, dobiel, slingsing etc not so favourite for me.

12:02..😂😂😂 ✅👏👏👏👏 Yes We Asian absolutely REJECT it

bat 🦇 soup & dog 🐕 meat are a very healthy meal. It will affect all people around the world 🌎

Man, the owners are "bule", like where's my fellow balinese go...?

Aaahhh the last cured meat seems rejected by the host...yeeaaakk

We are practicing Hindus ........embracing pure VEGETARIAN diet 🧡🧡🧡🙏🙏🙏🧡🧡🧡🧡🙏🙏🙏🙏🧡🧡🧡🧡Love Bali 🧡🙏🧡

not too sure about pork not thoroughly cooked

As someone who doesn't eat pork ever in my life. I dont care... LOL

That's Lechon

Bu oka quality has been declining in recent years, i just visited 2 years ago and its not the same and become worst than ever. Babi guling pak malen is much more consistent and better when it comes to quality (this is based on my experienced).

Its lechon

1 rawon number 1 in the world 2 soto betawi number 2 in the world Do u guys know thats fact?

Nice 'second Chinese country' in Asia

lechon

Didn't the late Anthony Bourdain exclaimed "best pig ever" in Cebu, Philippines in Feb of 2009 when he tasted the Filipino lechon?

Babi guling ifamois in *ndonesia, and bath soup..for China.

Watching this reminded me when Russian Agriculture minister was rebuked by Putin when he tries to suggest exporting pig to Indonesia. European being Europeans. In RU-vid, there are plenty of "Authentic Carbonara" recipe videos, and in the comment section, you'll notice Americans, Danes, Polish, Swedes, Norwegian, complaining of not being able to find guanciale (cured pork jowl) in their nearby charcuterie. That's outrageous. In Jakarta, we have 3-4 different vendors curing guanciale available for online order & delivery. In Bali, you have the famous Via Emilia, doing all kinds of cooked and raw prosciutto all the way to pancetta and of course guanciale. Obviously they also sell a lot of "cinghiale" products like sausages. Babi guling is just one of Bali's famous pork dish. They also have famous sate babi (pork skewers) and also sosis babi (pork sausage). Other parts of Indonesia have their own pork dishes: Northern Sumatra Batak people have lapo, roasted pork that is very similar to siu yuk, but a bit more spicier, accompanied by all kinds of offals and rich clear broth soup. Then, in Bangka island, they have this roast pork belly, which is thin and crispy, but layered with sweet nutty kind of ngo-hiong (five spices) sauces to complement it. The Dayak people of Borneo (Kalimantan) have Bipang Ambawang, also roasted pork, but more to German pork knuckle style, with very rich vegetable-soaked soup. Then the Manadoese people with their babi rica-rica (spiced chili pork) and the Makassar Chinese people with their actual "bak-so" (pork meatballs) called nyuknyang. Then the Eastern part of Indonesia with their smoked pork, se'i babi from East Nusa Tenggara. Aside from the heavenly Jamon Iberico black pig's cured ham (I am Italian-tifosi, but this one I have to give it to Spain for that dissolving -amino acids on your tongue sensation that no prosciutto can ever replicate, it is like eating pork-derived soy sauce), Babi guling is legitimately the second best pork product ever - it doesn't totally rely on the savoury rich but light aroma of pork meat or flavourful fat - the spices especially the sambal matah complements it perfectly that many Batak Lapo eateries including Chinese siu yuk / pork belly roasters in Indonesia also features sambal matah as one of their condiment options.

But Hindus also don't eat pork as though they are not forbidden, they also consider it impure.

I also eat pork 🇮🇳 100 KG 🐖

I think it's very pretentious and arrogant of the host to say "the typical Hong Kong roast pork".

I looks like lechonk

The Balinese are the authentic Indonesians who practice their ancestral religion until an invading religion comes along. The religious practice makes it a clean place as in comparison with average Indonesians who just throw litter around.