Dining in paradise
DINING & ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE - JAN 2007
Dining in paradise
If you're eating out today...
According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (11th edition), a cornucopia is ?an abundant supply of good things.?
It?s doubtful Oxford?s wordsmiths were thinking about the restaurant scene in sunny Nassau when they wrote that definition, but the word fits perfectly. There?s a virtual cornucopia of restaurants around Nassau and Paradise Island, whether you want something quick and tasty or an hours-long haute cuisine experience that you will remember for a long, long time.
Wherever you?re staying, there?ll be a restaurant of choice within walking distance, or a short taxicab ride away, to satisfy all your dining preferences, whatever they are.
Fast food afficionados will be right at home: burgers, hoagies, pizza, chicken, cold-meat sandwiches, ongoing hot buffets?there are plenty of eat-in or take-out places in this category all over town.
If fine dining is on your mind, The Bahamas has attracted an impressive lineup of internationally-recognized chefs. As well there is now a large and growing number of talented and superbly trained chefs de cuisine and executive chefs who are Bahamian.
And there is a plethora of places to satisfy your penchant for ethnic food; among other dishes, you can find Greek moussaka, Italian pasta, Belgian mussels, Indian chicken masala, Japanese sushi, Mexican fajitas, British steak and kidney pie, Chinese General Kung Pao chicken, American grilled steak, Caribbean jerk dishes, Cuban black beans and rice, and the list goes on.
But you owe it to yourself to also try some ?true-true? Bahamian dishes whilst you are here: conch salad, chicken souse, peas ?n rice, fried plantain, grilled snapper, okra soup, and boil? or stew? fish are only some of the choices.
The adventurous and the budget traveller should look out for vans at the side of the road that offer 99-cent breakfasts. The choices there vary from tuna salad and steam? sausage to corned beef and sardines, all served with grits, a bland porridge popular in the southern US. If you don?t fancy grits, there?s always johnny cake, which looks like Irish soda bread (but doesn?t have soda) and is slightly sweet.
As a closer, try the favourite dessert of most Bahamians, guava duff, customarily topped with a ?leaded? sauce (meaning it?s spiked with spirits; in this case, rum).
In short, there?s a wealth of restaurants close to your hotel. For a list of the best, read on.
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