Please if you know about the island and have been there need some tips. I a chef that loves to explore other customs, but not to have to worry about survival - anyways - ideas would be great...g
Going to Aruba and as a chef
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Jakea222
, Mar 29 2008 07:11 PM
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Doodad
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 05:21 AM
Please if you know about the island and have been there need some tips. I a chef that loves to explore other customs, but not to have to worry about survival - anyways - ideas would be great...g
Rijsttafel. Seek it out; it is very interesting.
Aruba is very Americanized. If you have time, take the very short plane ride to Curacao. Much more Dutch and local influenced. Iguana soup is one of the local dishes and aside from food, the diving is awesome.
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 06:21 AM
It's been a long time since I've been there but I also remember it's where I had my first taste of grass-fed Argentinian beef.
“Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!”
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Posted 27 June 2008 - 12:32 PM
Please if you know about the island and have been there need some tips. I a chef that loves to explore other customs, but not to have to worry about survival - anyways - ideas would be great...g
Rijsttafel. Seek it out; it is very interesting.
Aruba is very Americanized. If you have time, take the very short plane ride to Curacao. Much more Dutch and local influenced. Iguana soup is one of the local dishes and aside from food, the diving is awesome.
I'm slow to respond, but I spent a week diving in Curacao and loved it. There was a fish shack down the beach from our hotel (Lions's Dive and Beach Resort) that had the best pan broiled snapper I've ever had. Curacao is also the home of Amstel Light.
Edited by RAHiggins1, 27 June 2008 - 12:33 PM.
Veni Vidi Vino - I came, I saw, I drank.
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JasonZ
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 08:32 AM
A couple of years later, but a similar request ... we're going to Curacao, 9 days, want to go with local cuisine. Guidebooks for the ABC Islands haven't been that good, mostly focusing on Aruba and mostly focusing on diving and shopping.
Understand that in addition to seafood, fish, goat and iguana are popular meats and there is Sephardic Jewish food tradition, as well as the Dutch/Indonesian Rijsttafel.
If anyone has specific dish recommendations and/or restaurant recommendations, I'll plan to photograph and write up our trip there ... and acknowledge all sources!!
Thanks in advance!!
Regards,
JasonZ
Understand that in addition to seafood, fish, goat and iguana are popular meats and there is Sephardic Jewish food tradition, as well as the Dutch/Indonesian Rijsttafel.
If anyone has specific dish recommendations and/or restaurant recommendations, I'll plan to photograph and write up our trip there ... and acknowledge all sources!!
Thanks in advance!!
Regards,
JasonZ
JasonZ
Philadelphia, PA, USA and Sandwich, Kent, UK
Philadelphia, PA, USA and Sandwich, Kent, UK
