The restaurants serve predominantly Creole cooking, particularly seafood dishes, including conch shell meat, grilled spicy fish and lobster. A variety of Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian and international cooking can also be found. There are several hotels, restaurants and bars in Kralendijk to choose from.
Things to know: Restaurants and bars are usually closed by midnight.
National specialties:• Iguana soup.
• Kabrito stoba (goat stew).
• Conch and cactus may be on the menu, as will be plenty of plantains and ochra.
• Salted meat
is prevalent.
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Pika Siboyo is a popular sauce made with onions marinated in vinegar and hot peppers.
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Pastechis are plump pastries filled with spicy meat, shrimp or fish, and are a favored snack.
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Sopi di Binja is wine soup made with wine, naturally, but also prunes, cinnamon and cornstarch.
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Cocada is an ideal treat - sweet cocunut candy never tasted so good.
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: There is normally a 10 per cent service charge in restaurants and a 6 per cent tax. Tipping is not widely practiced but porters are usually given 50 cents-US$1 per bag; taxi drivers are generally given 10 per cent of the fare.
NightlifeThis is centered on both the main hotels and restaurants. Having eaten, evening entertainment includes dancing or listening to reggae groups or calypso steel bands at the many oceanside bars and cafes. The island has two discos and two casinos.
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