Everyone knows that Ubud is the cultural capital, but in the last decade it’s also become the foodie capital of Bali , so much so that it could become a United Nations World Tourism Organization Global Gastronomy Destination.

It would be the first in Indonesia, so I was honoured a few days ago, as owner of the first restaurant in Ubud, to be invited to meet the representatives from the WTO and entertain them on the lowest and most romantic level of Murni’s Warung.

They were on a fact finding mission and carrying out interviews with “gastronomy stakeholders, hotels, restaurants, cooks, food festival initiators, local administration, academics, transportation service providers and tourists.” We had a great chat about gastronomy tourism and they stayed more than double their allotted time.

They now have to analyse what they’ve learnt from their visit and make an official recommendation.

If it’s positive, Ubud should receive its title as a Global Gastronomy Destination in 2020.

Ubud is Officially a Foodie Paradise