Nelle's Stuff

Hungry?

Of course there are the more touristy restaurants that we tend to stick to, and which cater to a more European palate (and charge an arm and a leg). However, in addition to these, dotted along most major roads and on most intersections around St Johns there are some delightful snackettes and other takeaway food outlets.

Here is a cute little bakery...

There are many stalls about this size throughout Antigua. Most are called snackettes and sell a small range of food and drink items.

And here's a rather professional looking takeaway restaurant (with a rather memorable name)...

In case you're curious, jerk is a spice that is generally used to flavour meat, and which is very much-liked by Antiguans. I believe it is rather spicy, but can't really comment as I've managed to steer clear of jerk thus far.

According to Wikipedia: The jerk seasoning relies upon a few typical items: Allspice (Jamaican pepper, Jamaican Pimento), Scotch Bonnet peppers being the most common basic ingredients, (among the hottest peppers on the Scoville scale). Cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme, garlic and other ingredients are often added.

Below is one of the more professional takeaway outlets, the Chicken Stop, that sells chicken in both jerked and un-jerked varieties. After my Satay Chicken incident (see an earlier blog entry), I had high hopes that we could pick up a nice normal-tasting BBQ chicken here. Wrong again unfortunately!

Below is a a rather quaint lobster restaurant. It's one of those fancy places where you get to watch your meal be cooked in front of you (and all the passersby!). The cook even wears one of those big white chef's hats. As well as the fancy BBQ that you can see, there is also a charming plastic table and chair setting to sit back and enjoy (located to the right of this picture). This "restaurant" is also conveniently located, as it's positioned right on the footpath of one of the main roads into and out of St Johns.

Here's another rather nice looking place. This is Mammy Rose's 24 hour LifeSaver. This is probably the only food outlet on the island that is open 24 hours, and surely such dedication to providing healthy meals all around the clock must be commended.



As you can see by the menu board below, Mammy Rose even takes the cake for appetising menus. Mmmm.... Should I have the Head Skin or the Goat Water. Oh, what the heck, perhaps I should have both! And perhaps even some Maw (whatever that is!).

posted by Nelle @ 11:13 am