Saturday, May 12, 2012

Foodies in Jamaica

Dave and I ate and drank our way through our vacation and loved it.  I think we were probably the ONLY non-alcoholics, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t frequent the bar.  We had plenty of virgin strawberry Daiquiris, Peña colada’s, Fruit mix shakes, super congas, banana mamas, Copacabana's, and many other yummy drinks.  Here is a taste of what (and where) we drank as well as some of the restaurants and their yummy food.  I am truly sad I didn’t get a photo of the jerk chicken! It was to die for, minus the spicy jerk sauce.  Though I guess the way they chopped it right before they put it on your plate, probably wouldn’t look very appetizing in a photo.

Start your drooling… (though we are not food photographers and our little camera doesn’t work well in the dark)

We got drinks by the beach bar the first day, but this is the only photo to show you all about it.  We are too white and unflattering to put in a full body shot. ):100_0007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch @ the Plantation Restaurant

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Dinner @ Mammee Bay Steak House

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Swim up Bar near Plantation  (Some people should not wear revealing swimsuits… and be in other’s photos)

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This is where we ate Breakfast every morning and dinners most of the the nights…

Our favorite things to eat were made to order crepes (I loved with coconut and bananas….mmm…), hash browns, made to order omelets, French toast, and of course all their breakfast smoothies.

For dinner we had anything we wanted from pizza to a whole roasted pig, head and all… I quickly walked away. Our favorites were the jerk chicken, fish, steak, (yes we love meat), rice, fresh fruit,…… but the salad bar left MUCH to be desired. MY favorite was these little rolls that we drizzled with chocolate sauce. mmm… They were much more of a dessert. Speaking up dessert, they had a full dessert bar with some goodies we devoured, but most of all we loved the Mango ice cream (but leave off the awful stale sprinkles).

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Inside the St. Ann for dinner (and yes, my husband is hot!)

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Night time dinner music, Jamaican style!

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Dinner at St. John our last night.  This was  a cute quaint little restaurant, but the food was glorious! We had a few surprises on our plates, especially Dave’s octopus appetizer!

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My salmon salad with cream cheese filling, it was okay.

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Dave’s interesting appetizer. Octopus. Yuck.  Dave did try the head.

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Jamaica has a funny view of sizes.  I think my spoon barely fit in the bowl!

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The Main Course was beautiful and delicious

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Drinks by the Mammee Bay Pool Bar

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Cheers to Jamaica and their yummy food and drinks!

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Yeah Mon!

Dave and I just spent 6 days doing mostly this….

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Here…

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…in Jamaica.  More to come, but I thought I would let you know we had a fabulous time!!!