A Postcard from Barbados
The wild and gorgeous north coast of Barbados
Well, hello there! And greetings, now from Barbados. I am on the second leg of my Caribbean break, nearing the end of it, this time at The Club in Barbados.
It has been a super week. I have gotten under the skin of Bajan food, learned to cook it, had lots of gorgeous fresh local fish and a few cocktails. Typically, I finish with a backlog of all the things that I wanted to do but didn’t. So, I start at 8.30am tomorrow with a trip to see some turtles, cooking in the kitchen here and getting a recipe for pepper sauce (I love that stuff!) and I am going to finish it all with a massage and facial. Then back to London overnight on Wednesday and straight back into meetings and insanity.
Here are some photo highlights. Back soon with recipes, stories and lots more photos.
Bajan fishing boats, Barbados. And people swimming behind!
Heather, one of the chefs at The Club, who generously invited me into her home to teach me to cook Bajan food. Here with Mac Pie.
Cornmeal cou cou which I learned to make at Enid’s Cooking School at The Club – recipe along with others, soon
Bajan fish cakes in Bridgetown
Mural at the Catholic church / school
Bridgetown, so colourful
Taking it easy in Bridgetown
Morris Greenidge, a local historian, who I went on a fascinating tour of Bridgetown with
The synagogue in Bridgetown – fascinating history, more soon
Granny’s at Oistins
Playing dominoes at Oistins
Soaking it up at Oistins
Lobster on the grill at Oistins
Oistins, Barbados
Uncle George at Oistins
The grill at Uncle Georges with flying fish in the foreground
BBQ pig tails, possibly the best thing EVER
Bathsheba, Barbados
Bajan surfer at Bathsheba, Barbados
Old plantation windmill
This crazy little bird was trying to steal my biscuits
Cotton growing in Barbados
Cotton field in Barbados
Door
The wild and gorgeous north coast of Barbados – up close
The Cliff – amazing location and beautifully designed, good food too!
A rum baba at The Cliff, with some Mount Gay Very Old Rum
Mar-tea-ni at The Cliff, Barbados
Travel Info: I am in Barbados on the Barbados Blogathon, sponsored by Tropical Sky & Elite Island Resorts.
Comments
Loving your photographs as ever, particularly those of the coast. I absolutely loved the ones of Bathsheba and of the North Coast. Bathsheba was my favourite part of the island and the North Coast was the one part I never got to visit…
Thanks for bringing back the memories,
Brian.
Thank you, Brian. Bathsheba is gorgeous. The north coast is wild and beautiful too.
I’ve never heard of Bajan food. Sigh. So much amazing food in the world and not nearly enough time on this planet to try it all. Your trip looks fabulous!
It has been a great trip. Lots of Bajan recipes coming soon :-)
Am very envious, but glad you are enjoying! I have a lot of fond memories – spent a lot of time in B’dos as a kid & managed to go back in 2011. It’s such a wonderful place, and the food is spectacular
Lovely island and very interesting too! :-)
Great photos. Seems interesting place.
Thamks Yasmin :-)
Wow, looks amazing, great photo’s. The pigs tails look superb. Its raining here in Devon, you knew that allready.
The pig tails were SO GOOD! :-)
I will be back in the rain in a few days :-)
Loving your pics,
Memories of Oistins and flying fish baps, Mac pie and fish cakes.
Please try Braddies Rum Shop in the Gap.
A banana institution…
so much food…so little time
Uh huh! It is a problem.