Lobsters ahoy
Tillymint.fortescue
Thu 15 Dec 2011 23:05
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Barbuda.... picture postcard perfection
and, previously unknown to us, the centre of haute cuisine courtesy of Chef
Nathalie. So far, we have enjoyed "the best cheesecake ever", "the best tuna
wrap, ever", "the most amazing orange crepes....ever" ... I think you are
getting the picture. And Herb liked the pasta !
So, feeling healthy, sun -bronzed,
occasionally drenched by the sudden tropical showers and inspired by those
Jacques Cousteau programmes I used to watch as a kid, we dived off to try the
mega bowl. This is the huge donut pulled by the tender at great speed, not the
three bowls of cereal Herbie had for breakfast. Of course the kids loved it, but
not as much as the grown-ups!
Jasmine and Herb are now fully qualified
waternauts, masters of the snorkel, mega bowl and kayak, they seem to want to
live in the water. But, we finally made a land fall, going for a quick walk
along the conch-strewn beach. The sand is so fine coming straight from the reef
and beautifully offset by the turquoise waters...... the colour you see in all
those brochures from the Caribbean.
Haute cuisine finally met Jacques
Cousteau when Bill went off to get some petrol and came back with four live
lobsters which Nathalie turned into the latest five-star culinary experience.
Suddenly cloning seems a good idea, every boat should have a Bill and a
Nathalie!
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