Yesterday we checked out a new to us restaurant, 18°64° (those are the coordinates for St. John). Their lunch menu is sushi, and dinner is standard seafood stuff. We went to lunch.
Cocktails. Left to right, a passionfruit margarita, a regular margarita, and my sister's drink, which I forget the name of. It was something with aperol. My husband just got sake.
My niece requested two of the three appetizers that we shared. A vegetable tempura plate
And (fake) crab rangoons
We also got a plate of firecrackers (spicy tuna w/siriracha aioli)
For mains my niece wanted a teriyaki bowl with hangar steak
My brother was not hungry and just got some tuna nigiri (no picture). The other four of us shared five of the 12 available speciality rolls. This plate has the Island Dragon (tempura shrimp+ cucumber with tobiko and avocado with citrus mango aioli) and the Negihama Mama (hamachi, scallion, cucumber, avocado, tempura fried with spicy mayo)
And this plate has a teriyaki salmon roll, the Dynamite (lump crab, spicy tuna, yellowtail, tobiko, avocado w/spicy mayo and citrus mango aioli) and the North Shore (tempura lobster, avocado, citrus mango aioli topped with salmon poke and ginger teriyaki)
The rolls were all fine, but I thought the sauces and toppings were a bit heavy handed and repetitive. Everyone else liked the food better than I did. I am still missing the sushi restaurant that was at Caneel Bay before the hurricanes, I think.
After lunch we headed to the beach until sunset
We are headed to the furthest side of the island for snorkeling today. I'm not sure what (if anything) is over there for food at lunchtime these days, so dining plans are up in the air for today. We have reservations tomorrow night for the top rated restaurant on the island, and then we head home on Saturday.
