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10 Caribbean eating and drinking experiences not to miss

Top 10 eating Eating out at its best includes good food, ambience, entertainment and art. The following places were chosen for providing a variety of unforgettable experiences, rather than haute cuisine, though you will enjoy some
of that as well

Anguilla
Anguilla has two great beach restaurants on Sandy Ground overlooking the anchorage.
Roy's Bayside Grill and the Barrel Stay are neighbours, both perfect in different ways. Roy's takes grilled simplicity to perfection, using the finest ingredients. The Barrel Stay offers haute cuisine, with food as an art form, created by chef Graham Belcher.

St Kitts
Partake of lunch in a grand old estate house set in an oasis of lawn, trees and flowers, amid fields of sugar cane. To the east are rainforested mountains, to the west you look across the sea to Statia. And right in front of you, a superb old-style Caribbean buffet. Nowhere else is quite like Rawlins Plantation. Reservations are essential (465-6221) and you will need to rent a car or take a cab.

Nevis
In many people's cruising dream lies a secluded bay with a beach at its head, where you can meet locals in a friendly little beach bar. Tamarind Bay is just such a bay and the Gallipot is the bar. Owners Julian and Tracy Rigby run a deep sea fishing operation and catch their own fish. It is open Thursday to Sunday.

Antigua
Sunday night is party night (plus inexpensive barbecue) at Shirley Heights. This old lookout post affords panoramic views of both English and Falmouth Harbours as well as out to sea, where Montserrat's volcano sits on the horizon, smoking gently. The action starts at 1600 with a steel band and switches to reggae at 2100; everyone comes.
The spectacular setting makes it memorable by taxi, but it will be unforgettable if you hike up the tiny path marked 'To the Lookout' that starts on the road leading out of Galleon Beach Club.

Guadeloupe
Spend the morning at Deshaies Botanical Garden (see page 81) then walk down the hill to the Park Pointe Batterie and have lunch at Les Canons de la Baie. Owner Gilles and his Dominican wife Cesarina will treat and feed you well, in a perfect setting overlooking the anchorage.

Dominica
Eat Ital food out of a calabash, sitting on a log in the wilds of Dominica with Rasta brothers Moses and Rafael. This is generally combined with a hiking tour to Victoria Falls. Seacat or Pancho will greet you when you anchor in Roseau, and either of them can arrange this.

Martinique
Eat simple but good French food in a pleasant ambience at Le Ponton in Anse Mitan. You sit at the base of a wide dock, where you can see big boats tied stern-to, and watch the comings and goings of their crews. The restaurant is open every day for both lunch and dinner. Arrive early for lunch.

St Lucia
Try dinner on the edge of a precipice at Dasheene Restaurant (Ladera Resort). This breathtaking view, looking straight down the valley between the Pitons is the Caribbean's most spectacular backdrop.

Union Island
Have a beach barbecue with Shark Attack in Chatham Bay. Shark Attack, a local man, will come by and invite you. Accept. He cooks a meal with style and flair, and on a moonlit night the beach is fabulous.

Grenada
Local restaurants do not get smaller and cuter than Little Dipper, with its four small tables perched on a balcony open to the view of Hog Island. Added to this is Joan, who owns it, and who cooks the best fish, conch and lobster at the most reasonable prices. Dinghy to Woburn and walk, or call Rock Taxi on VHF:10. Rock, Joan's husband, will make you a special deal.

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