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I am officially back on NY time – It only took about 1.5 weeks to get back into the time zone, but here I am! Ready to roll.

When I think back to Bali and our trip to Asia, all I can think about is how incredible the food was in Ubud, Bali. The reason for this amazingness is because many of the restaurants have been opened by yogis, or other people who are interested in a healthy lifestyle. Therefore there are many places that offer vegan, macrobiotic, organic and simply delicious, whole foods!

I would go back just for the food!

Here are some of the places we absolutely loved:

Yellow Flower Cafe

Sari Organic

Kafe

Little K at The Yoga Barn

Clear Café

Bali Buddha

Earth Café

Soma

Alchemy

If you head to Bali, these are must try options for food in Ubud. I highly recommend eating organic and I think this might be the only place in Asia that I was able to eat without any problems! They are VERY GF friendly and you won’t have a problem there even if you have other dietary restrictions. They are VERY accommodating and understand what GF, vegan means! AMAZING!

Sari Organic Delicious Smoothie!

Yellow Flower Cafe

Rice Pancake with Coconut, Strawberry, Banana and Palm Sugar at Yellow Flower Cafe DELICIOUS!

Rice paddies behind me in Ubud, Bali

Meditation underneath the banyan tree

Yoga in Ubud, Bali

We just returned home from a trip to Asia. For the past 2 years Chad has gone to China for business. This time I went with him and we snuck in Bali and called it the 3^rd and final part of our honeymoon!

What an incredible place. Hong Kong was a beautiful city too. Most parts are modern, well taken care of, very up to date and super efficient! Most importantly for us – everyone spoke English! I can’t say the same for mainland China… it was quite a different place, lots of smog, smelly water and where we were in Guangzhou, which is southern China, not many people spoke English. Let’s just say it was the harder part of our trip – not to mention this is where Chad got sick. Yup, food poisoning… Which was bizarre because we were SO careful, only eating vegetarian for the entire trip, only drinking bottled water, the works. He still managed to get it… He recovered the next day and we moved on, but still, man was that rough!

Bali was my favorite part of the trip. We were completely immersed in their culture, which by the way is very centered around their faith. Mostly everyone we encountered was so nice that it felt like there weren’t any Balinese people out there who would hurt another soul – of course that’s not true, but that’s how it felt.

Being surrounded by a culture that is fully family centered, faith centered and truly believes in luck was eye opening. Most people are so thankful for their jobs and happy to help. It was a totally different world from our abode here in NYC and it was a fantastic break from everyday life. All in all, we absolutely loved it.

The best part about Ubud, Bali is that going out to eat for Chad and I was simple! There are so many organic & healthy restaurants that it was hard to choose which one to go to each night! We even found LOTS of gluten free items!! We were spoiled by the freshness, brightness and care that was put into the food.

My next post will be focused on the incredible food in Bali, stay tuned for the follow up.