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Cuisine of Abaco for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

The local cooking traditions were greatly influenced by cooks from England, the USA, Africa, and Caribbean countries. Nowadays you can easily find here on the Abaco Islands all possible kinds of restaurants. There is a great variety of food and cuisines so you can always order something you got used to, like Chinese noodles, Japanese sushi, European burgers, pizza, etc. Those who’d like to try the local cuisine can go to the restaurants which serve traditional food. The best option is to find a non-touristic place, so you’ll certainly be able to try actual dishes and prices there are much lower than in tourist-oriented restaurants. But don’t forget that tips here are approximately 15% of the price of an order.

Your active city break in Abaco. Attractions, recreation and entertainment - best places to spend your day and night here

The Abaco Islands can be called Mecca for those who like diverse water-activities. Both professional yachtsmen and ones who are just interested in this kind of sport would extremely like …

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The local mainly cook from seafood, vegetables, and fruits. Moreover, people here really like adding different spices. However, dishes are not that hot in the end. Those people who are always looking for something new would definitely like here. The point is that the base of the majority of recipes is Conch (winkle). People cook various snacks, soups, salads, second dishes from this exotic sea creature. For example, people usually add pickled Conch to their salads. It’s mixed with onion, red pepper, and spices. Boiled Conch is usually served with a great variety of side dishes and the most delicious variant is Conch with pepper, potatoes, carrots, and onion.

The locals can also fry the winkle together with sweet pepper, hot sauce, and tomatoes. They especially like to mix it with poultry meat. The dish is served hot. Just try it! If you’ll have an opportunity, taste the most expensive local delicacy so-called «Bahamian lobster» - spiny lobster with coconut meat, curry sauce, and spices. Remember: you can try the real spiny lobster only in the period from April to August as it’s the lobster season. Another expensive and quite rare dish that you have to try is turtle soup. Sea bass with Creole sauce has a very peculiar taste. It’s served with mushroom and white wine sauces. Baked seashells and various salads with seafood are extremely tasty as well. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Best beaches and recreation areas around Abaco

The busiest and extensive beaches located on the island of Great Abaco. There is a picturesque beach Tahiti. The coast is covered with fine white sand. Dense thickets of palm trees come very …

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Don’t forget to try Grouper Red cutlets, a shrimp salad and fish with porridge (the traditional dish of islanders). The locals also like fried or baked filet of Red snapper in tomato sauce. Sometimes they also boil it and serve with anchovy sauce. Typical side dishes for fish are rice and peas (they also serve these together from time to time). Rice and peas are also the main ingredients of fish and chicken soups. In addition, the soup made of onions, water, lime juice, celery, pepper, and meat has a very decent taste. The secret of it is the cooking technique – they mix all the ingredients but boil them just a little.

There also lots of dishes here which were borrowed from the British cosines. You can easily find toasts, eggs, and steaks in any proper restaurant. Such European dishes as mac n cheese, schnitzel, ham hocks, and fried chicken are also extremely popular here. As for deserts, the locals usually take fruits (it can be just one or as a made dish). There are lots of mangos, breadfruits, guavas, pineapples, and papayas here on the island. Fruit salads are quite popular here as well. What is more, you can also order a rice pudding or a fruit or coconut cake. Islanders are also really fond of the local desert called «Johnny cake». Even though there is no general recipe, it’s always made of sweet dough.

Top hotels in Abaco for business trip or short vacation

One of the most popular and upscale hotels of Abaco is located in Marsh Harbour. Tourists, who used to have a rest in luxury resort hotels, will certainly like the Abaco Beach. The luxury …

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The tea tradition was borrowed from Englishmen. In addition, locals like coffee, too, and they prefer strong Columbian or Brazilian one. Besides all this, there is a great variety of juices and lemonades (e.g. Switcher – a citrus drink). Teenagers highly enjoy Coca Cola and Pepsi. Don’t forget to taste local rum punch and just rum. The best one is considered to be «Nassau Royale». The local Kalik light beer also tastes quite nice. All in all, here you can find almost any drink from all over the world. The most popular alcohol cocktails are with vodka and coconut water.

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City tours, excursions and tickets in Abaco and surroundings

National cuisine of Bahamas

All fruits and vegetables that people in the Bahamas eat every day cooked or raw are produced on the islands. Local people like hog plums (also known as Spondias mombin), cabbage, pineapples, tomatoes, coconuts, green peas, bananas, chili pepper, cassava, corn, cooking bananas, and beans. Spanish lime with its juicy flesh and potato salad are also very popular. It is very easy to cook a snack with guava: simply cover guava with dough and boil it; after that, let it cool a bit and cover with custard. Sweet pepper and cucumbers are usually added to sandwiches and salads. Every dish is always served with a vegetable garnish. When it comes to dairy products, Bahamians like cheese and often consume it with spaghetti. … Open

Cuisine of Abaco for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

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National cuisine of Bahamas

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