Do you like Martinis?

Wolfgang Widmoser: Martinis inspired by Naughty Nuri's

If so, in Ubud there is only one choice to go to: Naughty Nuri's. Situated a bit out of town and opposite the famous Neka Museum it is owned and managed by Isnuri Suryatmi, with support from her husband Brian Aldinger from New York.

No, diners and drinkers at Naughty Nuri's demand far more than surface hype, coming in droves for what this smoky warung is famous for: Pork spareribs and a martini that has been called the best in Bali by some and the best in the world by others.

One sip of this knockout number and the mouth is alive with juniper berries, tang of lime and a mellowing in the bones. It's perhaps the flavor of the juniper berries that most amazes. When the berries hit the back palate the sensation is so full of zing that it is shockingly good.

As an added advantage to this incredible drink served for around 5 USD a shot is the chance to meet some of the famous and not so famous insiders living around here or coming in for a short stay. Wolfgang Widmoser, Ubud's leading painter has even made Nuri's to his marketing office, at least that is what he states is the reason for him hanging out there nearly every day. Above painting is made by him in exchange for a few more Martinis. Trisha Sertori, Contributor to the Jakarta Post with residence in Ubud has more on this trendy watering hole, which is the legitimate successor of the once famous Beggar's Bush from the Ubud of the eighties. But that is another story...

Wolfgang Widmoser - the best painter of Bali?

Ubud presents a new website featuring one of the most gifted artists of Bali: Austrian Wolfgang Widmoser, already a well known painter from Europe to the shores of Australia. His astounding body of work is now featured on www.ubud.com/wolfgangwidmoser.

Praised by many previewers as the best website about a Bali artist, it presents over one hundred of his recent paintings in an easy format featuring flash movies and 'resting' stills for those with slower Internet access.

The website affords insight in the inner workings and inspirations of Wolfgang: Inspired by the people of Ubud, his family and the colourful environment in which he lives, Wolfgang treads into exiting and unknown territories from his recent virtual-reality paintings of Ubud water lilies to female Balinese heads to vibrant abstract reality paintings.

Thanks to Wolfgang the site will help promote Ubud as the art centre of Bali and beyond. We invite other artists, galleries, music and cooking class organisers as well as schools of Ubud to present their work in a similar fashion on our website.