Good morning. We spent yesterday at one of my favorite beaches, Francis. The island is a lot more crowded than I am used to, mostly because it is one of the few places that is accepting tourists right now. Most of the other islands are closed. We were able to find a quiet spot on Francis though.
We had a visitor on the front steps when we got back from the beach
Last night was our "fancy" dinner out. Morgan's Mango. The restaurant has a roof, but is otherwise open air.
Cocktails. My brother and husband both ordered a margarita. That's the one in the big goblet. It's not on their online menu so I am not sure exactly what they used in it. The next drink was my sister's. It is an aperol spritzer. And the last is my brother in law's. He got a Phoenix. The description is "Bulleit bourbon, lemon, ginger syrup and peat mist." That would have sounded unappealing to me even when I was drinking, but he really liked it.
I got a cajun shrimp appetizer. I gave one to my husband and to my brother in law because I am a nice person 😉
My niece got the tostones ramos with blackened tuna and sesame orange vinaigrette. She shared this with my sister
My husband ordered the tuna tartare with yucca chips
And an order of the calamari for the table
We all got seafood for entrees except for my niece. She went with ginger and sugarcane rubbed pork tenderloin with coconut curry sauce and mashed yucca
I had mahi mahi with mango rum sauce. Most of the fish dishes come with rice, beans, and corn.
My brother in law got the coconut crusted grouper. Not the greatest presentation.
Tuesdays are grilled Caribbean lobster night at Morgan's Mango so my husband got that.
My sister had a blackened corvina with mango salsa
My brother also had corvina, but with a chimichurri sauce.
Everyone was too full for dessert, but we did bring piece of their famous key lime pie back to the villa to share a couple of hours later. It was very creamy but not limey enough for me.
Today is supposed to be our "sleeping in and relaxing with books at the villa day." As you can see by the time stamp, I already failed at the sleeping in part. 🤣 I am cooking at the house tonight to give our stomachs a break from restaurant food.
