Traditional Balinese Food Existence and Appealing as The Culinary Tourism at Stars Hotels at sanur Denpasar Bali

The purpose of this study are determine the existence, appealing, and also the tourist perception of Traditional Balinese Food at stars hotels at Sanur. The research sample are whole the four and five stars hotels at Sanur. The purposive technique as used in determining the research informant by interviewed with the hotel chef. The tourist perception was collected by accidental sampling. Data collected by observation, interviewed, literature study, questionnaires, and the picture documentation. the data was analyzed by descriptive method and Likert Scale for the tourist perception. Accordding to this research that most of the stars hotels at Sanur presents and served with various menus, and the favourite menu is “ Ikan Panggang Sambel Matah”. The cooking process, with decreased the high spicy and add the sweet taste is the modification of the food for serving to the foreign tourist. The presentation by buffet and a la cart service. The Likert scale measurement shows that the presentation quality gets the highest score, total score is 382 (mean 4,24), and the lowest score is for the variant of the menu with total score 353 ( mean 3,92). Keywords : existence, appealing, Traditional Balinese Food, the stars hotels