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Plan a food day that starts in Petulu

Morning market or a slower afternoon, rice fields, the ride out to Petulu, then one village kitchen. This is a planning guide, not another place to book a table.

A small group in blue aprons seated along a class table with bowls of ingredients

From the Petulu class

Market, spice table, rice field, and the meal. These are class photographs from Warung Tumang Bali. Guests are not named.

A morning market stall piled with chilies, shallots, and garlic, with a guide in a blue apron
Cooking certificates held up in front of a green rice field
Pink and white canang sari flower offerings laid on a stone path
A wooden table set with bowls of ground spices, chilies, grated coconut, and banana leaves
A small group in blue aprons seated along a class table with bowls of ingredients
Green coconut crepes arranged on a blue outdoor table

One kitchen

Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu. These sites do not invent extra restaurants.

From Ubud

Pickup and drop-off are free from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area. The kitchen is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic.

Small on purpose

Shared days stop at 8 guests. Chef Wayan Suryana teaches in English.

Booking stays put

Reserve with GetYourGuide, Viator, or Airbnb, or send a WhatsApp note. The price matches tumangbaliclass.com. This page does not take payment.

What the class includes

The same session as on tumangbaliclass.com. You cook. It is not a demonstration.

  • Free pickup and drop-off from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area
  • A welcome drink when you arrive at the kitchen
  • Morning market on a morning booking, then the rice-field walk
  • The lunch or dinner you cook, plus a printed recipe booklet

Ten ways to use the day

Walk first. The kitchen is the middle of the day if you want it, and it is still the same Warung Tumang Bali.

The Ubud morning market, before the heat

How to walk a traditional morning market near Ubud: what is sold at dawn, what is worth tasting, and how the Petulu class uses that same market.

Petulu rice fields on a food day

A short walk through working rice paddies in Petulu, between the morning market and the village kitchen. What you are looking at, and how long it takes.

A half-day food itinerary from central Ubud

A practical half day of eating and walking: dawn market, Petulu rice fields, one village kitchen, and a quiet afternoon. One business, not a list of restaurants.

Flower offerings on the walk into the village

Canang sari on stone paths and household shrines between the rice fields and the kitchen. How to look, and how not to get in the way.

Where the spice table sits on a food day

A stop on the Petulu walk, between the market and the meal. The grinding method for base genep stays on the Cook Balinese recipe.

When to eat on a Petulu food day

Where lunch or dinner sits after the market and the rice walk, and why a second meal does not fit. The crepe method stays on Cook Balinese.

Morning session or afternoon session

How to choose a Petulu food day: the 8:30am market morning that ends in lunch, or the 2:30pm walk that ends in dinner. One kitchen, one session.

A food day when the fields are wet

What changes on a Petulu food day when rain slickens the rice bunds: shoes, timing, and the covered kitchen that does not move.

The ride from central Ubud to Petulu

How the ride to Warung Tumang Bali works: about 10 minutes from central Ubud, hotel pickup in the main Ubud area, and the right pin in Petulu.

What to eat before the kitchen

What to eat, and what to skip, before a Petulu food day so lunch or dinner at the village kitchen is the meal you can finish.

Message the kitchen

This goes to the same Tumang Bali inbox. The note is labeled Ubud Food Guide.