I was in Bali in February or March that just passed. It’s a beautiful place and can be done for cheap.
On the main beach ( all the way up and down it) you will see women selling hot soups that can be had for like .50 cents – a buck that comes with meet or eggs. They walk around with pots and boxes and it is what the local guys are eating. Its hot spicy soup but for what ever reason works in the heat. They are mostly selling under the shade and mostly selling to the locals who are renting tourists beach lounge chairs, umbrellas, teaching people how to surf or selling cold but skunked Bali beer. I ate the soup daily for a late breakfast.
I should say that we partied pretty hard in Bali so breakfast was really late.
Spend the rest of the day on the beach and head to a place called Sky Garden at 5pm!
http://skygardenbali.com/ the run down on this place;
5pm they have a $6 usd buffet. Buffet goes from 5-9 and is set in a bar pub area that has lots of natural light, you can watch the sun set and get a good crowd. Tuesday was tacos and they were unreal. They switch the menu daily and we spent like 5 days in Bali and the food was always good.
The kicker- from 5-6 free draught beer. That’s legit. They just come around pouring from pitchers. We sat at the tap and the beer is cold and legit it doesn’t look like they water it down. So we would drink from 5-6 then have dinner from 6- whenever.
Walk back to your hostel (or whatever type place you’re staying) nap and shower because from 9-11 there is free drinks for I think another 6 bucks. These were also legit as we definitely got our dancing legs under us from these.
Drinks get expensive after that but we usually had a table and would stock up a couple of extras and try not to buy expensive drinks after 11. Some nights were more successful than others.
It’s a big tourist scene lots of back packers and other types there. Even many locals.
Wash and repeat the next day. I was with some American dudes from New Jersey whose only meals were the buffet at 5 pm. I can’t do that though.
I’d recommend bringing rupiah with you but many places accept USD. ATMS are common but I was paying I think $5 to take out cash(debt), exchange rates were fair though.
Hope that helps and it wasn’t too much of me just reminiscing about the trip.