We moved our dining plans around so we could attend the weekly FISH FRY
held at a small beachfront park called Bight Children's Park on Grace Bay every
Thursday starting at 530pm.
We arrived just after 6pm and the street sidewalks were already starting to
fill up with cars as there is no place else to park since the parking lot is
full of vendors.
The quasi-reggae band was playing and people were dancing. The crowd was
made up of tourists and locals alike of all ages and really had a friendly
homespun feeling.
The lot was filled with craft vendors and over a dozen food vendors as
well, making it difficult to choose where and what to eat. We first spotted
Coco Vibes TCI (which stands for Turks & Caicos) where for $5 you got a
fresh coconut with a straw. For an extra $5 you got to sip off half the milk and
then get topped off with local
Coconut-flavored rum! Impossible to resist and oh so yummy. They sell mixed
drinks everywhere, some wine and of course, lots of beer.
Our first food dish had to be the CONCH Ceviche Salad which was full of hot
chilis making the dish have a great punch. It disappeared fast and Sam decided
he wanted to try the Beef Curry Spring Rolls which were three huge rolls deep
fried and filled with a ground beef curry and had a yummy dipping sauce as
well.
Next we had to try CONCH FRITTERS and ordered a small size which had about
a dozen larger than golf ball sized fritters, which were tasty with their
dipping sauce, but heavier on the dough than the conch. Next time, we shall look
closely at the product before buying. The same vendor did offer the best CRACKED
CONCH we have ever had (okay, this was our first time). It was huge pieces of
the meat sliced up and grilled then stewed in foil along with tons of tasty
veggies like peas, corn, okra, carrots, cauliflower and more. The meat was
grilled perfectly, but then softened by the stewing and the whole dish needed
not a bit of any extra sauce, which there were plenty of local hot sauces all
around.
Some folks we met offered us tastes of their excellent fried plantains and
we offered them from our huge lot of fritters, but no takers! As I said, it's a
very friendly atmosphere. We were stuffed by this time and the sun had set so we
took a look at the craft vendors and decided to head out as we were hot and
tired from a long day (the temperature here hovers just above 90 every day and
it is quite humid, thought the breezes are strong). On the way out, Will had to
line up for the ice cream vendor, which had the second longest line in the whole
place (the longest line was at one food vendor, that must have been awesome as
people were waiting over 45 minutes for the food from them). He desperately
wanted the custard with the Cadbury chocolate flake (its a candy bar) and felt
it was worth the wait. Surprise, they had no flakes, despite the signs on
the truck, just a cone with custard and some crumbled up chocolate flakes that
was really lame.
I skipped it and we headed home....having had a great time as we saw the
yellow costumes Junkandoo band arrive and parade through the crowd for their
performance....
