St Lawrence Bay
Within the last three months OPA, a Greek restaurant on the south coast of Barbados relocated to Yellowbird Hotel, St. Lawrence Gap. The other day briefly chatting with a worker who was at the previous restaurant located in this same spot, which has a beautiful view of the St. Lawrence Bay, she informed me that there is a breakfast similar to the one we occasionally enjoyed before OPA. I was asking her if the two fried flying-fish, scrambled eggs, beans, and toast that was a favourite would be on the new menu. Now I’ll have to try calamari and some other Greek faves at lunch or dinner too!
Sir Richard Haynes Boardwalk
Another enticing spot about a 25 minute walk from OPA is Blakey’s which opened last year on the newly named Sir Richard Haynes Boardwalk. What a choice location where one can hear the calming waves and feel the cool breezes coming from the Caribbean Sea while sipping a cold Banks or several other beverages, eating tasty fare, and on some nights listen to live music.
Goldensands Hotel Barbados
A couple of friends from Hamilton, Ontario and I had Puddin’ and Souse for lunch there one Saturday last year and we agree it was “pulling fairly loud”! Mind you, I still prefer this traditional Bajan Saturday fare at Golden Sands Hotel on Maxwell Main Rd. It’s nice how this biz has transformed into a pleasant patio and garden setting from a takeaway area near the reception desk some years ago! Archie and Jacqui (an ever improving watercolor artist residing in Worthing), who previously lived in Mississauga look forward to joining me there for their Rum and Souse Lime where Archie prefers his pudding in the belly and Jacqui and I like ours skinless almost every Saturday around noon. Since we are not ones for karaoke we usually stay about an hour and leave when the singers strike up their tunes around 1:30 p.m. Speaking about Archie and Jacqui, I must give them credit for sharing another neat place for ‘brekky’: Happy Days in the Chattel House Village, opposite Southern Palms Hotel. But my current favourite for breakfast is The Almond Tree Restaurant and Bar I recently discovered on one of my early morning fast paced walks through the Gap. Located at Rostrevor Hotel overlooking the sea, it features my favourite: scrambled eggs, two flying fish, toast with marmalade jam, juice, and tea or coffee included in the price. It opens at 7 a.m. and serves full breakfast, lunch, and dinner plus a tasty buffet on Sundays. Only weak point is that the coffee is the instant type, and during the buffet the two-man band featuring a capable steelpannist plays loudly.
Chattel House Village,St. Lawrence Gap
One more hidden gem for flavourful food that I must mention, and I say hidden, because it is tucked away behind First Caribbean Bank and the Post Office in the Peronne Village that for some reason I never explored is Coffee Bean. Open from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m., this café in Worthing serves satisfying different lunches daily.
