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Island specialities
Taste of the
Carib beans
Jamaican jerk isn’t the only flavour sensation awaiting
visitors in the Caribbean. From beans and patties to
accras and oil-down, Philippa Jacks suggests what
to taste, and where you customers can try cooking it
Shellfish being prepared in the Bahamas
St Lucia authentic Bajan cuisine, make sure clients Whitchurch Tours and sold by Mot Mot Travel.
St Lucia is a great place to enjoy Caribbean attend the weekly fish fry in Oistins. As well ■ exotica-cottages.com
cuisine with the locals. as grilled and fried fish, the macaroni pie ■ motmottravel.com
Try rice’n’beans and barbequed chicken at and coleslaw are not to be missed.
the weekly Jump Up street party This year has been declared the Bahamas
in Gros Islet, or get stuck into Year of the Gourmet in Barbados, You find conch (pronounced “konk”) else-
tasty fish at Anse La Raye’s fish with a special discount card, valid where in the Caribbean but it’s a real staple
fry evenings. until December 14, giving visitors in the Bahamas. Eat it fresh and uncooked,
At Cotton Bay Village, guests 25% off meals in many of the simply sprinkled with lime juice and spices.
can learn how to make Caribbean best restaurants. There is also an Conch salad is very popular, as is fried conch
classics such as sugar cane skewers annual Taste of Barbados festival (or “cracked conch”) and conch fritters.
with shrimps, salt fish accras, jerk in October – a week of demon- Most of the Bahamian islands have a fish
beef patties and breadfruit balls. strations and celebrations with fry event of some kind, such as at Smith’s
Guests can also have a chef Bajan and international chefs. Point on Grand Bahama on Wednesday
accompany them to the local Clients at Almond Beach Club & nights. For breakfast or brunch try boiled
market to handpick ingredients. Chic at Royal by Rex Resorts, St Lucia Spa can try making Caribbean fish with grits (a kind of maize porridge).
At the Fond Doux Estate, you cuisine in Enid’s Restaurant. ■ bahamas.com
can see and learn about tropical ■ almondresorts.com
produce and see cocoa beans being ■ barbadosgourmetcard.com Grenada
fermented. Luxury chocolatier It’s not known as the Spice Island for no
Hotel Chocolat owns an estate Dominica reason. Grenada grows more spices per
nearby and is building a factory Dominica’s national dish has square mile than any other country.
there; it also plans to build a traditionally been “mountain Nutmeg, cinammon, cloves and ginger are
boutique “chocolate hotel’. chicken”, which is actually the legs among the most widely grown.
Half-day private cooking lessons of frogs trapped on mountains. Tourists can visit processing stations at
in the Chic restaurant at Royal by However, as the creature is Gouyave and Grenville to find out more
Rex Resorts is a new option for Kids’ classes at Almond, Barbados becoming endangered, its con- about how nutmeg is grown and what it can
honeymooners. And in June, Jade sumption is being discouraged. be used for. At Maca Bana Villas, cooking
Mountain is hosting a Mango Other dishes of note are buljow lessons can be arranged with chefs from the
Madness Festival, with a mango – cod cooked with onions, hot resort’s Aquarium Restaurant in the privacy
chutney workshop and party. peppers and tomatoes – and a of guests’ own villa, with the chance to make
■ jademountainstlucia.com type of fritters known as bakes, callaloo soup and other local specialities.
■ fonddouxestate.com filled with cod, tuna and cheese. Like many islands, Grenada also has a
■ cottonbaystlucia.com Visitors can take a tour that popular fish fry night, which is held in
explores gardening, and finishes Gouyave on Friday evenings. Oil-down, a
Barbados with a session on Creole cooking, one-pot dish of meat and fruit boiled down
Barbados has lots of expensive using organic vegetables and fruits to an oily residue, is another must-try.
restaurants, but for cheap Grenada is famed for its spices at Exotica Cottages. It is run by ■ grenadagrenadines.com
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