{"id":1763,"date":"2011-01-07T08:51:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T13:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2011-01-07T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T15:30:45","slug":"christmas-in-paradise-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada\/christmas-in-paradise-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Paradise Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is Part 3 of Christmas in Paradise by Oliver (Winchester, UK). If you have not read Part 1 <\/a> or Part 2 <\/a>of Oliver’s Christmas in Grenada you should do so first before continuing<\/a>. <\/p>\n

C<\/span>ulinarily speaking, our greatest triumph was the cooking of seven (yes, seven) lobsters, which we collected direct from the boat in Lower Woburn. <\/p>\n

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My New Friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we feasted on the delicious meat, I reflected that the cheapest lobster I\u2019d seen on any menu was 75 EC dollars, while we\u2019d paid just 100 EC for all those lobsters<\/strong>. Bargain! <\/p>\n

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Lobster Feast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We planned to eat out as much as possible but in the end (no way were we going to risk drinking and driving), we ended up walking over the hill to Le Phare Bleu<\/strong> on several occasions, as it was just a five minute walk from the house.<\/p>\n

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Vastra Banken Swedish Lightship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We didn\u2019t risk the beautiful but pricey V\u00e4stra Banken<\/strong> lightship itself but found the Poolbar restaurant<\/strong> a great place to chill with nice food, very cheap Happy Hour Carib Buckets<\/strong> and live music of varying quality. <\/p>\n

We disgraced ourselves by allowing our guard dog to follow us into the complex, whereupon she promptly stared a dogfight in the middle of the restaurant, scattering the diners in terror. <\/p>\n

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Our Dog Coco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is by no means the \u201creal\u201d Grenada, by the way, more the sanctuary of well-heeled European yachtie types, but still a beautiful place to relax. <\/p>\n

Talking of Carib Beer<\/a>, I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m addicted. We adventurously ventured to the brewery itself and bought two crates, which I\u2019m embarrassed to say I single-handedly emptied in a week. It\u2019s nectar.<\/p>\n

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Carib Girls - Le Phare Bleu Happy Hour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We just had to try BB\u2019s Crabback<\/a> in St George\u2019s, as Giles Coren had pronounced it the \u201cbest restaurant in the world\u201d. I don\u2019t think even BB himself would claim that, but the food was indeed delicious and he fitted us in without a booking, even though an entire touring UK cricket party was also there. We left before it got noisy. <\/p>\n

We sadly didn\u2019t make the highly recommended Fish Friday in Gouyave<\/a>, but other random places we tried included an incongruous but rather sweet German restaurant on the harbour, the aforementioned Mangrove Hideaway<\/strong> (while the lights still worked) and the more upmarket Dodgy Dock<\/a>, great for plane spotting. <\/p>\n

But none of them could match the simple majesty of the rotis at the Hard Wood Snacket in Carriacou, where we\u2019d taken a day trip with the Osprey<\/a> (shockingly referred to by the locals as the \u201cVomit Comet\u201d). But that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure \u2013 no future Christmas will ever measure up to this.
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Birgit and Oliver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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