Somehow Matt – not unlike a truffle pig – always sniffs out the best food haunts. Here is his review of a Balinese seafood place we (sorry … HE) discovered.

Only a few streets into Sanur suburbia, serenity can be found in a seafood mixed rice plate locally known as Nasi Campur. Served in a pleasant back yard garden restaurant, the quiet ambience and sublime flavours are worth the 5 minute trip across the highway away from the beach and main tourist area.

Octopus two ways, inked and char-grilled, whole fried trevally, crispy fish skin and other assorted goodies, spicy, salty, delicious. A fish soup also containing a whole poached trevally the perfect accompaniment.

To our delighted surprise the ice tea ordered was combined with a coconut syrup and somehow they had become good friends.

A fruit salad topped with orange and lime was the perfect post meal palate cleanser.

This brief respite from the cavitating cacophony of Sanur’s main drag, it’s pulsating push and pull was very welcome. Pulsating street life is magnetic, but a brief escape to some silence, a cool breeze and a Seafood Nasi Campur Special is revitalising as well as audibly mmmm delicious.