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HUJAN LOCALE by RIAN FARISA photographs by WILL MEYRICK’S PERSONAL COLLECTION
Celebrity Street Food Chef Will Meyrick embarks on a new journey to please the locavores with his latest venture, Hujan Locale.
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nown with his fast pace, urban restaurants – Mama San and Sarong at Seminyak, Will Meyrick, alongside his partners-in-crime Chefs Palm Amatawet, Tim Bartholomew, and Stuart Marsden, decided to utilize the best from local ingredients, sourced from local farmers, and to foster stronger relationships with their surrounding community with the unveiling of Hujan Locale. After several years of developing great teamwork with local farmers by using the most of their produce in his restaurants, Will Meyrick wanted to also honor the amicable relationship by devising something in contrast with both his previous renowned restaurants. With Hujan Locale, Will Meyrick returns to his roots by creating something smaller in scale and opting for the slow cooked food as the main theme. By that, Hujan Locale will also focus the essentials in its cuisine with the “found and foraged” philosophy. The name itself, Hujan (or “rain” in Bahasa), was chosen to represent the belief that rain brings good fortune, harvest, and prosperity. With a twist on traditional Indonesian food, Hujan Locale serves a combination of style found in the backstreet kitchens of Southeast Asia focusing on slow grassroot cooking. By incorporating Will’s Scottish background and his love for Asian cuisine, expect a creative fusion between East and West. Additionally, everything will focus on seasonality and provenance with the ingredients. The Hujan Locale’s concept is to keep dishes simple, fresh and consistently created with anything found in the house. The chef picks the produce from the kitchen garden and farm that will help assemble and decorate the plate. The space will casually reflect a cool tropical and rural setting and an old Asian charm with tropical freshness thrown in it. Provincial but slightly urbanized, Hujan Locale’s façade has been stripped back to reveal a softened concrete color with beautiful wooden shutters as reminiscent of colonial mansions during the old French Indochina times. Upstairs, the dining room is beautifully lit by milky glass vintage lighting and becomes an ideal setting to watch the passing monsoon. The bar that is filled with amber glass and is made from reclaimed teak is tucked upstairs as well and is equipped with leather bar stools to add the warmth alongside the herbs and citrus in glass jars that adorn the bar. With all of these, Hujan Locale will soon be the next big thing for you to try in Ubud, Bali.
HUJAN LOCALE | Jalan Sriwedari no.5, Ubud, Bali | T: +62 361 473 7809