Divi Little Resort SXM

Gizmos was the spot for lunch the other day! Popped into the resort for a birthday celebration – a delicious , quick and light lunch at Gizmo’s. I did not have time to frolic in the sea, lie in the sun, sand between the toes but I did have time to wander around (very quickly)…

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Cool Heure – Grand Case

Sometimes it is the unexpected that turns out to be the very best. How many times have we driven past this spot on the corner of the turn off to Happy Bay? Plenty times and each time we have wondered just what Cool Heures was all about. A tiny shack along the roadside hidden by…

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Guayabera Beach Club Lunch

Simpson Bay has one of the more recent beach bar/restaurants to open since Irma. This secluded beach spot has the charm of old Simpson Bay; there is great food, good drinks and charming waitstaff. It is very small and there is not much available space for parking (it is suggested on busy days, like the…

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Indigo Beach

Lunch at Indigo proved to be a great experience. We arrived on the early side as we had not booked and knowing it is once again becoming a popular venue on Sundays we hoped to have a chance to get a table for lunch. We did get a table but were told that they may…

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Nopalito

Nopalito We love Mexican food, it is not a cuisine I know very well, nor do I cook it often, so I was delighted that the cookbook club I belong to had Nopalito, a Mexican Kitchen – Gonzalo Guzman with Stacy Adimando, as the book of the month. I was quite busy those weeks so…

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Kedgeree

Kedgeree – delicious Indian breakfast or brunch dish. Oh my, I was in Super U and spied some delicious looking smoked haddock. Whenever I see this fish I think about my Gran and great aunts. They would have the family over for luncheon and the buffet table would be groaning with dishes that were so…

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Chef Ken / Alina – Japanese Restaurant

Chef Chat with Ken San / Alina – Japanese Restaurant – SXMCooks. Ken San is extremely focused, he is both chef and owner of Alina the recently established Japanese restaurant in Simpson Bay Yacht Club. (Located across the way from Jimbo’s.) Chatting to Ken San one realizes that fresh is what drives him. Sitting at…

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Halloumi Cheese

I love this cheese these days. I find that I love it best when it is prepped by frying or better yet, grilling over hot coals. Halloumi is a firm, salty cheese with a kind of rubbery texture. It is a cheese one could compare with feta in saltiness, we like it best if Halloumi…

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Hawaii

The blend of cuisines in Hawaii incorporates five distinct styles of food reflecting the diverse food history of settlement and immigration in the Hawaiian Islands. Local food style unique to Hawaii offers snacks like Spam musubi and dishes like the Loco Moco. Pineapple and sugarcane plantations needed labourers they arrived from China, Korea, Japan, the…

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