NFR...anyone been to Grenada, Barbados.....
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A friend brought me about a quart of the most delicious vanilla I've ever had.
He said it was really cheap there (Grenada) Pick some up for yourself if you can!
He said it was really cheap there (Grenada) Pick some up for yourself if you can!
joanie, we were there in 1994...at the end of a 2-week windjammer cruise
through the Leeward Islands. It was May during the "dry" season. The entire island was brown, brown, brown....so stunning to be on a hilltop and see nothing but brown grass surrounded by a beautiful blue ocean.
Due to this, the hotel shower water was rationed and we were only allowed showers from 7:00 am to 7:05 am and then another 5 minute shower in the evening. Odd, because it was an elegant hotel that expected the gentlemen to wear jackets in the evening for dinner. Guess they didn't care if they smelled under the jacket. Luckily, we had just spent two weeks on a yacht with rationed showers so we had that 3-minute military shower down pat.
One day Lar and I climbed up to a beautiful waterfall and went swimming and I fell and broke my wrist climbing back down. The hotel would only give us 3 ice cubes to put on my swollen wrist. (We didn't go to the doctor's on the island because I INSISTED it wasn't broken. Three days later, the doctor at the ER back home snapped it up and down to prove to me it was broken. I swear I swore in Coptic Russian at that man.)
Back to Grenada....the roads were lined with 3 foot deep cement drainage ditches...and were just wide enough for 1.5 cars. We lost a contest with a big dump truck and the front of our car ended up face down in the ditch. Did I mention Grenadians drive on the other side of the road plus the rental car had the steering wheel on the other side of the car? But....all good things, a bunch of guys jumped out of the dump truck, strolled over to our car, picked it up and put it back on the road. Everyone smiled!!! This was pre-broken wrist timeframe, of course. I wasn't smiling very much after it broke.
So that's my story on Grenada. Can't recommend any restaurants from that long ago. But have FUN.
And if you must run off the road into the ditch, be sure to be run off by a dump truck full of kind, burly men.
through the Leeward Islands. It was May during the "dry" season. The entire island was brown, brown, brown....so stunning to be on a hilltop and see nothing but brown grass surrounded by a beautiful blue ocean.
Due to this, the hotel shower water was rationed and we were only allowed showers from 7:00 am to 7:05 am and then another 5 minute shower in the evening. Odd, because it was an elegant hotel that expected the gentlemen to wear jackets in the evening for dinner. Guess they didn't care if they smelled under the jacket. Luckily, we had just spent two weeks on a yacht with rationed showers so we had that 3-minute military shower down pat.
One day Lar and I climbed up to a beautiful waterfall and went swimming and I fell and broke my wrist climbing back down. The hotel would only give us 3 ice cubes to put on my swollen wrist. (We didn't go to the doctor's on the island because I INSISTED it wasn't broken. Three days later, the doctor at the ER back home snapped it up and down to prove to me it was broken. I swear I swore in Coptic Russian at that man.)
Back to Grenada....the roads were lined with 3 foot deep cement drainage ditches...and were just wide enough for 1.5 cars. We lost a contest with a big dump truck and the front of our car ended up face down in the ditch. Did I mention Grenadians drive on the other side of the road plus the rental car had the steering wheel on the other side of the car? But....all good things, a bunch of guys jumped out of the dump truck, strolled over to our car, picked it up and put it back on the road. Everyone smiled!!! This was pre-broken wrist timeframe, of course. I wasn't smiling very much after it broke.
So that's my story on Grenada. Can't recommend any restaurants from that long ago. But have FUN.
And if you must run off the road into the ditch, be sure to be run off by a dump truck full of kind, burly men.
Barbados
There is a great little place called Lobsters Alive! it's right on the beach and they have one of the best lobster thermidors I have had in a long time
I'm afraid that was the only memorable meal in the whole week we were there...
Where are you staying? We stayed at the Hilton and found that the service was just enough, ithas been taken over by the gv'ment and most jobs are secure, so not great in terms of being the customer...
Sorry to hear about your toenail, feel better!
There is a great little place called Lobsters Alive! it's right on the beach and they have one of the best lobster thermidors I have had in a long time
I'm afraid that was the only memorable meal in the whole week we were there...
Where are you staying? We stayed at the Hilton and found that the service was just enough, ithas been taken over by the gv'ment and most jobs are secure, so not great in terms of being the customer...
Sorry to hear about your toenail, feel better!
Here are a few suggestions for Barbados
Hope you have a great time. They are very friendly people, even if they do drive on the "wrong" side of the road at treacherous speeds. smileys/smile.gif A bit daunting as they have many "roundabouts" to navigate through.
We went in 2005, so I apologize if any of these restaurants no longer exist.
Oistins Fish Fry: Friday night is the fishfry, a local tradition, and the “happenin’ spot in town. Women at roadside stalls fry or grill many varieties of fish, including the their flying fish. All caught that same day.
The Restaurant at Southsea
south side of island, nice views and upscale dining
Just Grillin - on the South Coast across from Accra hotel. Simple, but good grilled burgers, chicken, fish and grilled vegetables
Mannie’s Suga Suga: beach bar at Mullin’s Beach. Decent food and drinks at very reasonable prices. Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their menu has a lot of Bajan cuisine. Great spot to watch the sunset.
Olives Bar & Bistro: The chef uses local produce--Mediterranean and Caribbean cuisine. It's in a quaint old building in Holetown.
Calabaza: Great food and beautiful ocean views from cliff location.
The Cliff::Gourmet food in a stunning location. Best to make reservations in advance.
La Mer: the restaurant at Sandy Lane, REALLY expensive, food was pretty good, probably wouldn’t go back though. Same for the restaurant at the Fairmont.
Visit Earthworks-It’s a pottery studio located on Edgehill Heights you will find some very unusual pieces. You can find it sold around the island, but it’s interesting to see where it's made. Also, you will get some fabulous views of the south coast of the island and you can have lunch at the Lunch Club on a verandah.
Hope you have a great time. They are very friendly people, even if they do drive on the "wrong" side of the road at treacherous speeds. smileys/smile.gif A bit daunting as they have many "roundabouts" to navigate through.
We went in 2005, so I apologize if any of these restaurants no longer exist.
Oistins Fish Fry: Friday night is the fishfry, a local tradition, and the “happenin’ spot in town. Women at roadside stalls fry or grill many varieties of fish, including the their flying fish. All caught that same day.
The Restaurant at Southsea
south side of island, nice views and upscale dining
Just Grillin - on the South Coast across from Accra hotel. Simple, but good grilled burgers, chicken, fish and grilled vegetables
Mannie’s Suga Suga: beach bar at Mullin’s Beach. Decent food and drinks at very reasonable prices. Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their menu has a lot of Bajan cuisine. Great spot to watch the sunset.
Olives Bar & Bistro: The chef uses local produce--Mediterranean and Caribbean cuisine. It's in a quaint old building in Holetown.
Calabaza: Great food and beautiful ocean views from cliff location.
The Cliff::Gourmet food in a stunning location. Best to make reservations in advance.
La Mer: the restaurant at Sandy Lane, REALLY expensive, food was pretty good, probably wouldn’t go back though. Same for the restaurant at the Fairmont.
Visit Earthworks-It’s a pottery studio located on Edgehill Heights you will find some very unusual pieces. You can find it sold around the island, but it’s interesting to see where it's made. Also, you will get some fabulous views of the south coast of the island and you can have lunch at the Lunch Club on a verandah.
Just Grillin'!
That's what it's called, it's in the middle of a parking lot and we had some great grilled shrimp and dirty rice... Thanks for putting it in here Mo!
Manny's Suga Suga has gone off the mark I think, it used to be Mullins Beach Bar and we were so looking forward to going again last year, we really wanted to open a place just like it, relaxed, open to the beach and fun - In it's present incarnation, Suga Suga serves really pretentious food, slow service and really expensive, and on a Saturday night, so slow and boring we almost fell asleep at the table...
It's entirely possible that when you went in 2005 it was much better, as they told us it had changed owners a few times - the wait staff also looked so unhappy and bored it was obvious...
That's what it's called, it's in the middle of a parking lot and we had some great grilled shrimp and dirty rice... Thanks for putting it in here Mo!
Manny's Suga Suga has gone off the mark I think, it used to be Mullins Beach Bar and we were so looking forward to going again last year, we really wanted to open a place just like it, relaxed, open to the beach and fun - In it's present incarnation, Suga Suga serves really pretentious food, slow service and really expensive, and on a Saturday night, so slow and boring we almost fell asleep at the table...
It's entirely possible that when you went in 2005 it was much better, as they told us it had changed owners a few times - the wait staff also looked so unhappy and bored it was obvious...
Thank Chasps! and Mar, how awful BUT...check the weather *^*&^&$ this may not happen.....
if the weather becomes a blow headed in our direction...I am doing the "PLEASE BE SUNNY AND NOT WINDY....PLEASE" dance like mad here.....
We don't make many of these week-ends away much these days any more and so need this break.....
dance, dance, dancing away...whoop, whoop, whooping away...What else can I do?....turning around - kissing the ground, turning around - kissing the ground!!!!! Jump and alle-oop,oop,ooping about....
Gee, I might lose weight this way if nothing else!
if the weather becomes a blow headed in our direction...I am doing the "PLEASE BE SUNNY AND NOT WINDY....PLEASE" dance like mad here.....
We don't make many of these week-ends away much these days any more and so need this break.....
dance, dance, dancing away...whoop, whoop, whooping away...What else can I do?....turning around - kissing the ground, turning around - kissing the ground!!!!! Jump and alle-oop,oop,ooping about....
Gee, I might lose weight this way if nothing else!