At Terazo Restaurant and Bar and Kafe Batan Waru, we know good cooking is impossible to achieve without select ingredients. Read on to learn a bit about our purveyors.

Seafood: Our daily trips to the Jimbaran fish market on Bali's South coast mean your fish and seafood have been hand-selected for freshness and quality. For big game fish not available from the small-scale fishermen who haunt Jimbaran, we turn to several reputable seafood suppliers who service not only the local market, but export as well. We also purchase some of our seafood live and hold it in our salt water tank in TeraZo. It's no wonder the Italian Fisherman's Stew is so fresh. Meanwhile, salmon, ocean trout, oysters, mussels, and other treats from cooler seas are air-flown from nearby Australia.

Vegetables: Unsprayed vegetables are increasingly available in Bali, thanks to the grassroots efforts of several small companies. TeraZo and Batan waru are proud to offer a selection of fresh vegetables from Big Tree Organics, whose farms of mineral-rich volcanic soil high in the hills of Bali supply some of the best tables on the island. Though more costly, these crops offer incredible flavor, freshness, and health benefits to our bodies and our soil. Spending a bit more to bring these superior products to you is an investment we are happy to make.

We also have our own small gardens where we grow fresh herbs, and our land near Kintamani supplies us not only with unsprayed red rice, but also wild mountain fern tips.

Teas: TeraZo proudly serves Darma Fine Teas, imported in bulk from around the globe and packaged here in Bali. The superior flavor of these teas and herbal brews is evident from the first sip.

Coffee: At Batan Waru and TeraZo, our coffee beans hail from a small roasting operation in Java that has been in business since the 1920's. What's their secret? German roasting equipment, decades of skill, and aging the beans for seven years prior to roasting!

Staff purveyors: We encourage staff to develop their own cottage industries and become suppliers at both Batan Waru and TeraZo. Pak Karsa, hot cook at TeraZo, raises ducks to meet our size and quality standards. On any given day, you'll see the husband and adorable daughter of waitress Ibu Wayan Widniani delivering oranges. And our young coconuts come from Batan Waru hot cook, Wayan Suwira.

Imported Products: As much as we like to rely on locally grown and raised ingredients, there are just some things for which there are no substitutes. Bali is fortunate to have many hard-working and reliable importers who bring in what we need.

Chilled tender lamb, beef, and seafood you have to pay a serious premium for in the Northern hemisphere are also flown in from Australia several times a week. The list goes on, and it reflects our commitment to procuring the best ingredients possible.