Jump to content
  • Welcome to the eG Forums, a service of the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts & Letters. The Society is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the culinary arts. These advertising-free forums are provided free of charge through donations from Society members. Anyone may read the forums, but to post you must create a free account.

Dining in Bermuda


Recommended Posts

Well, we are stuck in limbo at the airport.  Our flight home is delayed in Boston for maintenance and you cannot check in to US Customs until your flight takes off in the USA, so I thought I would take advantage of the fast and free wifi to finish this report (unless we get stuck here overnight, which, given 1. that we are flying JetBlue and 2. there is severe weather moving into Boston this evening, is a distinct possibility).

 

Here are some pictures of the beach we spent our last day at.  The Bermuda government cleans some of the beaches in the morning, hence the tire tracks

 

326991728_lastdaybeach3.thumb.jpg.92039578f485c9057bf8e16367de86e1.jpg

 

lastdaybeach.thumb.jpg.70e43f75446b034af1279a99d490b377.jpg

 

For dinner, we returned to Sea Breeze.  We ordered a mix of repeats and some new stuff.  Drinks

 

seabreezedrinks.thumb.jpg.38c3fa4631992c9eada03414a81c7b27.jpg

 

Nephew wanted TWO breads for appetizers.  Garlic ciabatta and the bruschetta we had before

 

298655505_seabreezegarlicbread.thumb.jpg.96b4dc4aa1b1eadadf08caa201e23b7e.jpg

 

seabreezebruschetta.thumb.jpg.12eeafa47aab937bd28ac36baa37a699.jpg

 

We also got another order of the calamari and the tuna tartare

 

seabreezecalamari.thumb.jpg.ab22ef2d793d60b18fd6a50f721e8141.jpg

 

 

seabreezetunatartare.thumb.jpg.3b255e5c23c1a81e4de3a4f7a5fabfc4.jpg

 

My niece chose a sushi roll for her appetizer.  

 

seabreezesushi.thumb.jpg.26501d239cf07b0661f6cbe3a482231b.jpg

 

For mains, my niece and nephew both got the same thing they had last time: pasta carbonara and pasta with roasted tomatoes, arugula and ricotta salata

 

seabreezecarbpnara.thumb.jpg.305e0bf497f307582c6bedc653cf265e.jpg

 

 

2120431679_seabreezearugulapasta.thumb.jpg.3301191b524770837d637b0b66eb1462.jpg

 

My husband, sister and I all got the local catch (red snapper) cooked with tomatoes, caper, and basil over crushed potatoes

 

seabreezesnapper.thumb.jpg.7a2e36bd73c709ba01c0fb4b7f647331.jpg

 

We split two desserts: another salted caramel butterscotch panna cotta, and a chocolate almond cake with vanilla ice cream

 

seabreezepannacotta.thumb.jpg.54fff03354891d5ad9ea8af7587814d9.jpg

 

seabreezechcolatecake.thumb.jpg.69cfded4661f30878382f202a087ba5c.jpg

 

And that's it for this visit!   My husband and I will be back to Bermuda in September for a long weekend.  Until then, see you on the dinner! thread.

 

1889545481_lastdayrocks2.thumb.jpg.ecf28a99728fc6cb62e3bf54e3f742da.jpg

  • Like 9
  • Thanks 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

@liamsaunt

Thank you so much and I look forward to your reappearance in the dinner thread. 

  • Like 2

Anna Nielsen aka "Anna N"

...I just let people know about something I made for supper that they might enjoy, too. That's all it is. (Nigel Slater)

"Cooking is about doing the best with what you have . . . and succeeding." John Thorne

Our 2012 (Kerry Beal and me) Blog

My 2004 eG Blog

Link to comment
Share on other sites

17 minutes ago, chileheadmike said:

Thanks for sharing, I hope you're home soon. 

 

Maybe they should check the weather forecast before they get on that plane.

 

  • Haha 1

Cooking is cool.  And kitchen gear is even cooler.  -- Chad Ward

Whatever you crave, there's a dumpling for you. -- Hsiao-Ching Chou

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

I am back in Bermuda for a short visit with my husband, sister, and niece.  I am always the first person awake, so figured I would update this blog while I wait for everyone else to get their lazy selves out of bed.   We are only here for four nights and are not planning on doing much, so this won't be an exciting visit.

 

First, we have always exciting airport food!  Haha.  We had time for a sit-down breakfast before boarding our plane, so went to Legal Seafoods in Terminal C.  I had a basic egg sandwich

 

legalegggsando.thumb.jpg.9c049314f3ce2f88e7d373f97d3c0b5a.jpg

 

My husband had an omelet stuffed with shrimp and avocado

 

845973332_legalshrimpomelet.thumb.jpg.eeace0e05d16c99baa2c5b78add84177.jpg

 

Sister had an omelet stuffed with vegetables

 

legalveggieomelet.thumb.jpg.6ee26cbd89df5dc37a1236002c59068a.jpg

 

and niece hated all of the choices so just got toast and bacon.

 

legaltoastandbacon.thumb.jpg.ff56be6d298a257903484721965aeeef.jpg

 

A short flight later, we arrived back in Bermuda. We are staying in a rental condo that is easy walking distance to a beach.  It's pretty close to where we stayed this past summer.  Here is a (slightly wobbly) pano of the view:

 

panoviewsmall.thumb.jpg.757daa7da97275d3c2e05aefb142bcf4.jpg

 

My husband and I spent our honeymoon 25 years ago on the beach below.  The hotel we stayed in was washed out to sea in 2003 during Hurricane Fabian.  Normally there would not be so many chairs on this beach, but they were all moved over from the beach you can see on the far right, which was inundated with sand during last week's hurricane.  The hotel we honeymooned at was located on the empty point you see on the farthest right of this picture.

 

Here's a better picture  of the beach from the deck of the condo:

 

crossbay2.thumb.jpg.70e68adaaa74d462293c61619caf6d07.jpg

 

And taken from the beach, a view towards the beach of the (currently closed for renovation) Southampton Princess hotel.  That building with the pointy roof was a pretty good seafood restaurant when the hotel was open.

 

southampton2.thumb.jpg.4934c8625fa97cd3f28b4369567cf6d3.jpg

 

For dinner we just walked down the street to Henry VIII.  It's less than a five minute walk from the house.  

 

Drinks

 

henrydrinks.thumb.jpg.dd8518260b73ad8ce7d8a7627d819c40.jpg

 

Smoked salmon to share

 

henrysmokedsalmon.thumb.jpg.9d4b1c3e02679d8cc0d9775e2a97602a.jpg

 

My husband and sister both had fish and chips

 

henryfishandchips.thumb.jpg.f997c1de9a620938b7bb234df6361dd6.jpg

 

I got a Bermuda fish sandwich on raisin bread with cole slaw

 

henryfishsandwich.thumb.jpg.426bf38932c797d31f29d40d1c6d1e1b.jpg 

 

and my niece (of course) got sushi

 

henrysushui.thumb.jpg.2a161b45e6bafdfedece61ce5f37f72b.jpg

 

My niece got bread and butter pudding for dessert

 

henrybreadandbutter.thumb.jpg.23fdd3b260109a79cd2184b98e15cb3d.jpg

 

and the rest of us shared a bowl of ice cream, because why not? It's vacation

 

henryicecream.thumb.jpg.f852d5bef75345f3023502ac22c05ff5.jpg

 

We got back to the condo in time to catch the end of the sunset over Sinky Bay.  That land is a better view of where the hotel used to be (on the point where the palm trees are).  The platform out in the water was a swimming pool covered with a dome.  My husband and I used to go there late at night, stand on opposite ends of the pool, and whisper to each other. Because of the dome, it sounded like you were standing right next to each other.  

 

sinkybayunset.thumb.jpg.a5ccd54f6278d76294222d7a4a1b454a.jpg

  • Like 10
  • Thanks 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

I got a Bermuda fish sandwich on raisin bread with cole slaw

I had to look up Bermuda fish sandwich.  Interesting sweet/savory combo with the fish, cheese and raisin bread.  I can't say it appeals to me but I'll always try a fish sandwich with local fish so I'd surely give it a try!

 

2 hours ago, KennethT said:

Will Ian miss entirely?  I think it's just about due west of you right now, off the coast of Georgia/South Carolina.

You didn't ask me, but it looks pretty good for Bermuda at the moment.

9E8A6C48-7181-42EE-90C4-11225FCFDAE8.thumb.jpeg.949c4e2b274a483e500dc1d135fdf69e.jpeg

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 hours ago, KennethT said:

Happy to see this, as always.  Will Ian miss entirely?  I think it's just about due west of you right now, off the coast of Georgia/South Carolina.  On average, how is the sushi rice there?

 

Yes, no issues from Ian.  The water was choppy yesterday with a lot of seaweed and some flotsam washing up, but today it is flat calm and the water is clear from debris.  I can see through my binoculars that a big milk crate washed up overnight, so I am going down to clean up the beach by filling it with plastic this morning if nobody else on the bay gets to it first.

 

I have not actually eaten the sushi rice here to my recollection!  My niece usually orders some but I am more drawn to the local fish if it's available.  We are going to New York City next weekend and I think all of our reservations are at sushi restaurants so the odds of my trying any this trip are pretty slim too.  

 

20 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

I had to look up Bermuda fish sandwich.  Interesting sweet/savory combo with the fish, cheese, and raisin bread.  I can't say it appeals to me but I'll always try a fish sandwich with local fish so I'd surely give it a try!

 

Bermuda fish sandwiches do not typically have cheese.  It's fish (fried or grilled, but usually fried), and slaw on raisin bread.  Sometimes extra slaw sauce and/or hot sauce are added.  Most places offer the option of getting regular bread rather than raisin bread, but I like the raisin bread.

 

Yesterday we went out to breakfast.  We normally would not, but we have been unable to find any butter on the island for the bread I bought!  Granted, we have not looked too many places, but the market within walking distance does not have any, and I had groceries delivered from the large market in Hamilton yesterday, and they did not have any butter either!  So we walked over to the Reefs hotel and had breakfast at their restaurant Aqua Terra.  Here's the view

 

reefs.thumb.jpg.39555c6958c2448a3a91d0d0c84c395a.jpg

 

And the menu.  They also offered a buffet, but we opted for a la carte.

 

aquaterra.thumb.jpg.b411df128a451068c2bf6bb711dad25b.jpg

 

Three of us ordered the avocado crush.

 

ateggs.thumb.jpg.bb1156d47ee4e767cdbb67bc4e6e1497.jpg

 

Nicely poached eggs

 

ateggs2.thumb.jpg.ca140fb96bb18af775b4cfff861b8c75.jpg

 

 

My niece got the coconut french toast

 

atfrenchtoast.thumb.jpg.fe8345e8d918fd0e8236be4efb928b22.jpg

 

She also ordered a side of bacon.  Do you think they brought her enough?  🤣

 

atbacon.thumb.jpg.0607572f551fd1970d8d79777a1f3a89.jpg

 

The day was very uneventful and spent swimming in front of the house and reading.  For dinner, we went to Blu at the Newstead Hills golf course. Here's the view

 

bluview2.thumb.jpg.77350852baefe20409f955412e876623.jpg

 

My sister and husband both got the same cocktail, a cucumber margarita

 

bludrinks.thumb.jpg.005e5c15ffee7820003ca32d9c739e40.jpg

 

 

The menu was eight pages long, so no pictures of that!  We ordered a wahoo carpaccio to share.  It was beautifully presented:

 

blucarpaccio.thumb.jpg.3c8cf696ac154e4931863c9ccd9ffdc8.jpg

 

We also ordered some fried calamari.  Well, we ordered a Thai-style wok stir-fried calamari, but they brought us this one instead.  Oh well, it was still tasty.

 

blucalamari.thumb.jpg.8a337aa90caa3cb28b543d15880a0c8f.jpg

 

My sister ordered the fish special, which was pan-seared local snapper with lemon risotto

 

blusnapper.thumb.jpg.718a0c01816ddd02bc4cf1e80e7b9eb7.jpg

 

Husband had local lobster thermidor

 

blulobstr.thumb.jpg.cadba4ac0bd0737b53969ad54243fb24.jpg

 

I ordered the seafood mixed grill (clams, calamari, snapper, wahoo, shrimp, and scallops)

 

blumixedgrill.thumb.jpg.51a5ddaf750213d0c3dc3b9044940a92.jpg

 

and, despite the large and delicious sounding sushi menu, my niece chose Mongolian beef

 

blubeef.thumb.jpg.9a152b9ecd79ca459e206f1c979e92fb.jpg

 

The sun went down as we enjoyed our entrees

 

blusunset.thumb.jpg.f4bce661647b8bfe8d82c73dab61ec5d.jpg

 

They brought out some cookies while we contemplated the dessert menu

 

blucookies.thumb.jpg.63d3eefb7a414698e77abf89ed4411e1.jpg

 

My niece chose the chocolate souffle

 

buchocolatesouffle.thumb.jpg.304790d31a5de557bc6dcfc08b15145b.jpg

 

and the rest of us got the lemon soufflé to share

 

blulemonsouffle.thumb.jpg.0e91b89b29147314dfa86f1a725ea579.jpg

 

Overall, it was a lovely (though expensive) evening, and some of the best food we have had in Bermuda.

 

blupink2.thumb.jpg.73587ddb56ade770a4ac3118694682e9.jpg

  • Like 11
Link to comment
Share on other sites

26 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

 

I have not actually eaten the sushi rice here to my recollection!  My niece usually orders some but I am more drawn to the local fish if it's available.  We are going to New York City next weekend and I think all of our reservations are at sushi restaurants so the odds of my trying any this trip are pretty slim too.  

 

Got it - I'm with you - I'd be getting the local fish also!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:

We are going to New York City next weekend and I think all of our reservations are at sushi restaurants so the odds of my trying any this trip are pretty slim too.  

 

 

Let us know some names, but why only sushi?

Mitch Weinstein aka "weinoo"

Tasty Travails - My Blog

My eGullet FoodBog - A Tale of Two Boroughs

Was it you baby...or just a Brilliant Disguise?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Let us know some names, but why only sushi?

 

Essentially, it is my niece's weekend--we are going to NYC so she can tour a college she is applying to transfer to.  Somehow the weekend has morphed into an entire trip of things that she likes best--bookstores, sushi restaurants, and Broadway shows.  I'm not too thrilled about the whole thing (other than the bookstores, ha), because I am not a big fan of musicals, and more importantly, I don't think she is going to end up deciding to transfer there, so I have not been paying attention to what the dinners are, frankly.  I just know they are all sushi places.

 

We spent the day at the beach in front of the house.

 

crossbaysaturday.thumb.jpg.1d07daeed60262b198902adc92a8ffc7.jpg

 

And then for dinner, my husband wanted to return to Sea Breeze at the Elbow Beach complex.  We ate there a couple of times this summer.  View from our table:

 

elbowbeach.thumb.jpg.4c45701a220aa67921aa937b4f55dbf3.jpg

 

Menu (I forgot to take a picture of the sushi menu)

 

seabreezemenu.thumb.jpg.2481edb287995122b2ce0dc915ee670d.jpg

 

Drinks

 

seabreezedrinks.thumb.jpg.ce6b808ad67079760809c28549e7b5e8.jpg

 

My niece ordered a torched salmon maki roll for her appetizer

 

seabreezesushi.thumb.jpg.475bace710f33ab493c4d02aa01d1f91.jpg

 

My husband and I shared a Thai seafood salad.  I really liked this.  It had some heat to it. 

 

seabreezethaisalad.thumb.jpg.b5d995e5c02a26ec8d9815f4fe0a76aa.jpg

 

and we also ordered some fried calamari for the table

 

seabreezecalamari.thumb.jpg.b0eae9c9fc0aa20093fcb73982379e43.jpg

 

For mains, my niece got the same truffled carbonara she had over the summer

 

seabreezecarbonara.thumb.jpg.c8a208a527c6d6aca264e3b65f73d5c8.jpg

 

My sister chose a special offering of pasta with clams and fried zucchini

 

seabreezeclampasta.thumb.jpg.8436e21bd7abc557093a056a6c113f18.jpg

 

My husband got a special of grilled lobster

 

seabreezelobster.thumb.jpg.2186b1a11b51950b142282274fe21bb5.jpg

 

and I chose the Goan king prawns

 

seabreezeprawns.thumb.jpg.9f2db11902a8e300aa12e872c00cf16c.jpg

 

The sun went down as we were eating.  We were not facing the sunset, but the sky turned a lovely shade of pink

 

ebpink4.thumb.jpg.180945fd27b2c277e8983fc878df18ff.jpg

 

My niece got a creme brûlée with berries for dessert

 

seabreezebrulee.thumb.jpg.db5c43d362919dc704a743ed943019c7.jpg

 

and the rest of us shared a warm apple galette.  We swapped in vanilla ice cream for the rum raisin ice cream that it came with because rum raisin ice cream is a crime

 

seabreezeapple.thumb.jpg.6f5d044a810b88b5967d4d065a164368.jpg

  • Like 6
  • Thanks 1
  • Delicious 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yesterday dawned as another day without butter for our toast.  So, we decided to head back to Aqua Terra for breakfast again.  Pretty views of the hotel:

 

reefs.thumb.jpg.502e5c426e2e6ac790e91f3b0d7b1104.jpg

 

My niece ordered a Belgian waffle

 

reefswaffle.thumb.jpg.2417ffce7766572f22def41aafacd6da.jpg

 

Sister had pancakes 

 

reefspancakes.thumb.jpg.fba21ca2d64ebfe86a673d36e57e31f8.jpg

 

Husband chose a smoked salmon plate

 

reefssalmon.thumb.jpg.3b4c299760e33a6613e0ee228fcad5b4.jpg

 

And I ordered a mushroom, onion and cheese omelet with wheat toast.  Here is my very sad plate.  Very overcooked eggs, dry toast, and no cheese in my omelet.  I should have sent it back but I was really hungry so I just ate it.  

 

954963025_reefsomelet.thumb.jpg.07163ba82bf68f45fc359248d83947fe.jpg

 

Oh well.  The setting is very pretty.  I keep meaning to stay at this hotel and then we never do.

 

reefshotel.thumb.jpg.f3880bf7c94d1680f7f32895f9f8f533.jpg

 

We spent the day at the beach in front of the house.  You have seen it before.  Dinner was at Aurora.  Here's the view. looking over the pool and harbor to Hamilton.

 

auroraview.thumb.jpg.16a76f2dab9cb10b644971b618555862.jpg

 

Drinks

 

auroradrinks.thumb.jpg.1249f6226299ee9a6f205f1c286264c6.jpg

 

The menu

 

auroramenu2.thumb.jpg.3e14289266be0cccf4fd29f2016c1ebb.jpg

 

auroramenu.thumb.jpg.80a8280ec101e3df4a3df3429ddc635b.jpg

 

It was really hard to choose what to order, because so many things sounded good!  We shared a couple of appetizers.  The passion fruit seveche (delicious)

 

auroraseveche.thumb.jpg.d8dae4a21fb3d243082ce2e66c44a70d.jpg

 

Tuna tartare

 

auroratunatartare.thumb.jpg.7a3ec0eec8b3e5b4dbeb46ed78a18e11.jpg

and the stir fried calamari

 

auroracalamari.thumb.jpg.123cfada6d240e54637e496e8c8e20dd.jpg

 

For mains, my niece ordered a salmon poke bowl

 

aurorasalmonpoke.thumb.jpg.34d051d97eed9b229fddb311d55340f8.jpg

 

I chose the tandoori halibut

 

1845645189_aurorohalibut.thumb.jpg.7e623ca2d43905727797f2fa273dd689.jpg

 

My sister had the monkfish curry

 

auroramonkfish.thumb.jpg.56b352551a319cf8c27e52a2b09e1523.jpg

 

and my husband had the lobster linguini

 

auroralobsterlinguini.thumb.jpg.a92990487e82fa49d79b54803e9ae771.jpg

 

We ordered dessert

 

auroradesserts.thumb.jpg.89e9c7cb60b34f79e96b3f47e59dce02.jpg

 

The sky opened up and it started pouring before the desserts came, so we had to move inside.  That was fine--the restaurant actually had corresponding tables inside for every outdoor table just in case this happened!  You just proceeded to the indoor table with your outdoor table's number on it.  I thought that was pretty clever. 

 

Niece ordered the chocolate souffle

 

aurorasouffle.thumb.jpg.9b3e6d1c54088a6a0970dae105481761.jpg

 

I chose the mango brûlée, which I shared of course

 

aurorabrulee.thumb.jpg.329329dfc7f0af61a30398ad96c228ea.jpg

 

and sister had the Bailey's cake.

 

aurorabaileys.thumb.jpg.f4f3d8bea0f74ffeddc4eff7032245e0.jpg

 

We are headed home today, so this probably concludes our dining adventures for this trip (unless we get stuck for some reason).  As always, here's the oddest book I found in our rental house

 

IMG_2217.thumb.jpg.3af69c8a24335c89c7edd75ffdb26ff5.jpg

 

And a nighttime view of the beach we stayed on.  Until next time!

 

517393207_thursdaypink.thumb.jpg.3ea12867d04433bf21ac5632dbb4092e.jpg

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 7 months later...
23 minutes ago, liamsaunt said:

I am back in Bermuda. The view is not bad from our accommodation, and the weather is warmer than at home.  Food photos to come.

 

IMG_3070.thumb.jpg.9125e820157885e828c44ac1c50f0037.jpg

What a tough life you have.  😁

  • Like 1
  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...