Cook in Bali
Cook in a Petulu kitchen that looks onto rice fields
Cook with the paddies outside
IDR 350.000per guest, shared class
Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu: an open kitchen above working paddies, a short village walk from the market, calm enough that the stove is the loudest sound.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated
The short answer
Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, is an open kitchen about 10 minutes from central Ubud with a view over working rice paddies. Guests walk the bunds for about half an hour, then cook with Chef Wayan in groups of up to eight. It is a village kitchen view, not a ticketed Tegallalang stop.
Working paddies, not a ticketed terrace
The kitchen at Warung Tumang Bali sits in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, about 10 minutes from central Ubud. Outside the open cooking space you see farmed rice terraces, the same sawah the group walks on the way in. It is not Tegallalang: there is no ticket booth and no bus queue. The fields are still worked, and the view is the village you are cooking in.
Both sessions include that walk on the bunds, about half an hour at an easy pace. Closed shoes and a hat help. In the wet months the bunds get slick.
What the terrace view does for the class
You cook looking out over green water and coconut trees, not into a hotel corridor. Shared days stop at eight guests, so the table stays quiet enough to hear Chef Wayan explain the paste. A welcome drink arrives before the grind; lunch or dinner is the meal you made, eaten at the same table.
Morning sessions run 8:30am to about 12:30pm and start at the Ubud morning market. Afternoon sessions run 2:30pm to 5:30pm, skip the market, and end in dinner as the Petulu herons come in to roost.
Calm village vibes, without inventing a spa day
Petulu is a residential village north of Ubud, short of the Tegallalang road. Flower offerings sit on the path; step around them. You are not in central Ubud traffic for the cooking hours. That is the calm: small group, village lane, rice view, English teaching at a real warung stove.
Pickup and drop-off are free from hotels and villas in the main Ubud area. Staying further south? An optional private shuttle is IDR 650.000 once per booking, or meet us on site with your own driver; we send the pin with your confirmation.
How this differs from a rice-terrace photo stop
Tegallalang is worth a separate dawn visit for the terraces themselves. Pair it with this kitchen on another half-day: cook in Petulu when you want the paddies as the setting for the meal, not as the whole outing. The class fee is IDR 350.000 per guest shared, or IDR 700.000 for a private kitchen.
Questions before you book
- Does the cooking class overlook rice fields?
- Yes. The Petulu kitchen looks onto farmed terraces in Banjar Laplapan, and both sessions include a short walk through those fields before cooking.
- Is this the same as Tegallalang rice terraces?
- No. Tegallalang is a separate paid viewpoint further north. Petulu’s paddies are the working fields around the kitchen, without a ticket booth.
- How many guests share the kitchen?
- Shared days stop at eight. Private kitchens are available at IDR 700.000.
More on cooking in Bali
- What authentic means in this Balinese home kitchenAuthentic Balinese home kitchen near Ubud: Chef Wayan, stone mortar, max 8 guests, market morning, rice-field view in Petulu — not a hotel demo kitchen.
- What you collect at the Ubud morning market before you cookWhat you buy at the Ubud morning market before cooking in Petulu: galangal, turmeric, kencur, chili, coconut, and banana leaf, then grind them into the meal.
- The morning market cooking class, step by stepWhat to expect at the 8:30am Balinese cooking class in Petulu, Ubud: 45 minutes at the market, a rice-field walk, two hours of cooking, and lunch by 12:30pm.
The recipes, written down
- Nasi kuningHow to make nasi kuning: turmeric coconut rice cooked with lemongrass and lime leaf until gold and separate. Four servings from a Petulu kitchen, 30 minutes.
- Base genepHow to make base genep (bumbu Bali): pound shallot, garlic, roots, and candlenut, then fry 8–10 minutes until the raw smell is gone. From a Petulu kitchen.
- Sayur urapHow to make Balinese sayur urap: long beans, spinach, cabbage, and sprouts tossed with grated coconut, garlic, chili, and lime leaf. Vegan, about 30 minutes.
Plan the day around it
- Petulu rice fields on a food dayA short walk through working rice paddies in Petulu near Ubud: about half an hour on the bunds, 10 minutes from central Ubud, then the kitchen at Bali 80571.
- A quiet village cooking class near UbudQuiet village cooking class near Ubud: Petulu warung kitchen, max 8 guests, rice-field walk, terrace view, calm stove hours away from central Ubud traffic.
- Tegallalang rice terraces and a cooking classTegallalang is 20–30 minutes north of Ubud, IDR 25.000 entry, best 7–9am. Pair it with a cooking class in Petulu, north of Ubud in the same direction.
Where the kitchen is
Chef Wayan Suryana at Warung Tumang Bali, Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571. The kitchen is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic. Pin -8.4945671, 115.2812928.