This three-day culinary festival is the perfect excuse for a weekend Bali escape

If you’re a foodie with Bali on your list of places to go, then the Ubud Food Festival may give you the perfect excuse to make your way there. The third edtion of the three-day culinary festival happening from May 12-14 gathers some of those named in the Asia’s Best 50 Restaurants, all under one roof.

Three Singapore restaurants will be represented at the festival, including Chef Julien Royer’s Odette at National Gallery, which came in at #9 on the list, Burnt Ends which placed #10 and Tippling Club, helmed by Chef Ryan Clift, which ranked #27. They’ll also be joined by two other chefs from Singapore—Manjunath Mural from The Songs of India, the first Indian restaurant in Southeast Asia to receive a Michelin star, and Sicilian-born Chef Lino, who owns Italian establshment Gattopardo Ristorante di Mare.

Other outstanding chefs from various countries will also be dishing out their best. It includes Indonesia’s Locavore, the couple behind Bangkok’s Bo Jan that took #17 on the Asia’s Best 50 list, and judge of Master Chef Indonesia Rinrin Marinka, among others. Besides food, the festival is also offering masterclasses, film screenings and cooking demonstrations.

Tickets start from $63 for a one-day pass. Find out more here