NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, May 2018 | For their Ask the Experts I signposted readers to some of the Indonesian island’s best secret-spilling culinary sessions so they can take Bali's most charismatic flavours home… 

Globally, you don’t see so many Indonesian restaurants. Some say the aromatic cuisine doesn’t lend itself to export because the patina and tang are determined by indigenous ingredients dependent on soil and climate in their homeland. Many believe it’s because the best chefs are the grandmothers who stay in the villages.