Tipat cantok
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Rice cake, blanched vegetables and fried tofu dressed in a peanut sauce ground to order with chilli, kencur and lime, a Balinese cousin of gado-gado and pecel.

Tipat is the Balinese word for ketupat, and cantok means grinding in a mortar, which describes how the peanut sauce is made to order. The dish is akin to Javanese pecel and Jakarta's gado-gado, and in Bali the sauce is sharpened with petis, lime and kencur. It is a common street food, sold in Denpasar warungs from about IDR 8,000 to 15,000. Warung Dot Lalah serves a version with noodles, tipat cantok mie, and Art Cafe Bumbu Bali lists ketipat cantok on its vegetarian rijsttafel.

4 editor picks for Tipat cantok in Bali, ranked by editorial score. All Bali signature dishes · Tipat cantok across every city.

Warung Men Runtu ★ 4.4

$Street foodSanur

Warung Men Runtu on Jl. Sekuta in Sanur, Bali, has served rujak kuah pindang, rujak bulung and tipat cantok since 2015, open daily from 10:30 to 18:00.

OrderRujak kuah pindang: fruit rujak in a savoury pindang fish broth

TipFruit rujak in a pindang fish broth is rarely found outside Bali. Arrive well before the 18:00 close and add rujak bulung or tipat cantok.

Art Cafe Bumbu Bali ★ 4.0

$$BalineseNusa Dua

Art Cafe Bumbu Bali serves only Balinese cooking in a Balinese-house setting on Jl. Pintas Siligita in Nusa Dua, Bali, from the Bumbu Bali team.

OrderNasi campur, Rijsttafel

Warung De Rujak ★ 3.9

$Street foodDenpasar

Warung De Rujak serves rujak kuah pindang, tipat cantok and Balinese porridge on Jalan Pulau Misol in Denpasar, Bali, with rujak from about IDR 10,000.

OrderRujak kuah pindang, tipat cantok and Balinese porridge

TipPair the rujak with tipat cantok or tipat serombotan, which cost IDR 10,000 to 15,000, and cool down with an es daluman.

Warung Dot Lalah ★ 3.8

$Street foodDenpasar

Warung Dot Lalah on Jalan Kebak Sari in Denpasar, Bali, mixes tipat cantok with noodles and serves rujak kuah pindang, open daily from 11:00 to 19:00.

OrderTipat cantok mi: peanut-sauce tipat with noodles, plus rujak kuah pindang

TipDishes run from about IDR 8,000 to IDR 20,000. The owner says the warung can close early once the food sells out, so arrive early.

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