I was in Kintamani when exploring the waterfall with my friend, Rere. Then we stopped by the nearby red rice restaurant to try some Kintamani red rice delicacies. They were serving various dishes from drinks, and main course until dessert with red rice as their main ingredients. I was trying their hot red rice tea with lemongrass and I was shocked by how smooth the taste was and how interesting the drink was because they also served some tablespoons of boiled red rice. I find it fascinating even though I didn’t finish all the rice cause I think the red rice was quite a lot compared to the tea itself. The texture itself is somehow interesting because I thought at first it would be soft, but it turns out that the red rice still has some crisp indicating that the red rice is not fully cooked. One other thing that fascinates me is, you can get more carbs by drink thi =s kind of tea because of the red rice granules that sit on the bottom of the glass, and you can make it both hot and cold, with additional warm spices like lemongrass, clove or ginger.
