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

One of the favorite places among locals and visitors to the city is The Wine Cellar Restaurant offering guests a rich selection of national and international dishes. In the afternoon you can order a business lunch at a reasonable price, and in the evening, guests are invited to try fine dishes and enjoy an entertainment program. L'Aldea Restaurant B.V. restaurant specializing in Brazilian cuisine is perfectly suitable for large groups of friends. Its specialties are meat and fish dishes cooked on an open fire, while sweet tooths remain excited about amazing fruit desserts. L'Aldea Restaurant B.V. serves buffet breakfasts in the morning and welcomes guests until late evening.

In Fishalicious Restaurant, visitors will be offered to try the most original seafood dishes. Chiefs do not cease to please regular customers with new author's masterpieces. The restaurant's spacious hall would be ideal for banquets and special occasions. Fans of Indian cuisine would rather prefer Tandoori Heights, which also won recognition of adherents of a vegetarian diet. Original vegetable stews, fish dishes and meat delicacies with spicy seasonings, excellent oriental sweets and a rich selection of drinks - Tandoori Heights never disappoints its customers.

One of the coziest and most romantic places is Astrolab Observatory serving national cuisine. During the warm season, part of the tables is set on the open terrace, from which guests can admire picturesque surroundings. An interesting entertainment program is organized for guests every evening. Notable budgetary restaurants include Gouverneur de Rouville that offers its guests dishes of excellent quality despite quite low prices. In the mornings, employees from nearby offices gather here for breakfast, while at lunchtime, tourists are the main customers here. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

In Seasons Restaurant you will try the most popular international dishes. It serves Mediterranean salads, Italian pasta, French delicacies, and so on. The restaurant's menu is regularly updated, delighting visitors with attractive prices. Pirate Bay Beach Bar specializing in popular "fusion" cuisine will be a great choice for a family dinner. Simple, tasty, and healthy food is all you need to recharge batteries a long day full of walking and entertainment.

The regional cuisine of Willemstad is very diverse and offers an inimitable combination of gastronomic traditions of different European countries. Fish and shellfish make up the basis of the national restaurants’ menus. By the way, seaweed is also incredibly popular in the region and present in many interesting and healthy dishes. Popular seafood dishes can be served with seasonal vegetables. Potato remains one of the most popular garnish types.

Many foreign guests might be surprised by seafood cooking methods that are widespread in Willemstad restaurants. Many seafood types are cooked on coals. That is particularly true about devilfish and different types of shellfish. Ingredients of some foods may look very unusual and original for guests of the city. For example, some dishes with seafood also contain such ingredient as cacti.

First-course dishes are incredibly interesting and definitely worth a try. Many national cuisine restaurants offer fish soups with coconut milk and even bananas. Meat dishes are, however, not so diverse. Lamb and goat meat remain the most popular in the region. That meat is used to cook delicious meatballs. Stewing is one more popular way to cook meat in the region. That said, there are some unusual dishes among foods with meat. For example, tourists can order a special beef soup that is cooked with plantain.

Stewed pork tails with papaya is one more local delicacy that is very popular with local people. For foreign guests, however, such a combination of meat and fruit may seem quite unusual. Those who want to try something truly exotic will hardly find a more interesting local delicacy than soups with iguana meat. It is also important to mention different sauces that are very widespread and popular in Willemstad. There is a special sauce for virtually any dish in the national cuisine. Pika Siboyo is a very popular and interesting local sauce that contains marinated onion and hot pepper.

Popular national desserts are very simple, but that fact doesn’t mean that they are less delicious or exciting to eat. The region is famous for its amazing potato and rice puddings, numerous patty cakes and buns. Consider trying Pan Banti breads, another popular local pastry. Many local cafes also offer an interesting caramel dessert called Kesio.