Of course, if you prefer to stick with cheeseburger or a Colonel Sanders' meal-deal, or to drink your regular Bud light in your Hard Rock Cafe, they all exist in Bali as well. Well, typically, a meal consists of a plate of steamed rice, and a number of main courses. Instead of eating one course at a time a la Western meals, the main courses, and sometimes including the soup, are all eaten at once. Soup is poured over the rice much like a steak sauce is poured over the steak. Balinese usually eat three meals in a day, with lunch as the primary, heaviest meal.
Dinner is a smaller version of lunch.
As my grandmother used to say, you haven't had a complete meal unless you have had rice. Rice is the basic food for most of Asians. One of the most respected goddesses in Bali and certainly the most popular is Dewi Sri - the goddess of rice. The rituals of rice , from planting to harvesting are an important part of a Balinese life. But we digress.