USVI-On-Line

pmk, looks to me like you are at Shipwreck Landing, not Island Blues in that photo.

I must be losing my mind -- I guess I need a vacation, liamsaunt. You are correct. It's from Shipwreck Land. I'll edit the post.

Hmmm, I wonder where I should go for vacation?

Here's an even better picture from Shipwreck Landing.



pmk

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Oh, here's something I found from the Lone Star Taqueria:



pmk

Two of our favorite places are:
Miss Vie's (conch fritters)


and Candi's Ribs:


I can almost taste it!

Grilled mahi sandwich at Aqua Bistro:

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Hi mindehankins (or anyone else who might know)--what is that sauce served with Ms. Vie's conch fritters? Is it ketchup?

Hi Rky! It's some variation on a cocktail sauce, not just catsup. Absolutely delicious to us. And I LOVE her rice with meat sauce, and her tarts!
Can't WAIT!

I was looking through my flickr for something else last night and realized I had a lot of photos from Asolare that I had forgotten about. So, here is a food tour of Asolare.

Cocktails before dinner (It’s a requirement here. Literally. They make you wait in the bar before they’ll seat you, even if you arrive at opening.)

In the back, a tequilatini. I forget what the pink one was. It was mine, and I didn’t like it. I don’t like most cocktails because they are too sweet:

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Another tequilatini in the back, and in the front a moondrop (or moonglow?). It’s a grapefruit-rosemary cocktail. Very interesting and not too sweet:

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Third round of cocktails (obviously consumed in three different meals!). This was an Obama mama on the left, and on the right, my favorite “cocktail,” a glass of cold white wine:

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Tuna tartar app. I think that was a thai red curry sauce with it:

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Shrimp tempura:

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Fried calamari with sweet soy and wasabi tartar:

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Another version of their calamari. This one was calamari two ways, fried on the top and curry poached underneath:

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Tuna entrée with sweet soy and crispy rice noodles. This is my favorite dish at Asolare:

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Mahi with lentils and green beans:

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It's hard to say what my favorite restaurant is on STJ, but La Tapa certainly is one the short list. Here's is their gazpacho, fresh and savory.



pmk

Shipwreck smorgasboard....
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Peanut Butter Pie....
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La Plancha del Mar
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Their famous brownie waffle:
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I am not a big chocolate fan, but that waffle dessert looks amazing!

Here are a couple more from La Plancha (in the old location). "El Guapo"

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Veggies benedict:

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Mahi sandwich with roasted garlic aioli:

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