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and Indian chef Remy Azavedo puts his Norma Jean’s like what I’m cooking tonight, then
signature on dishes like the tea-cured- No visit to Grand Cayman is complete you don’t eat.” Nevertheless, there’s a
tuna tataki roll and grouper cooked in without a stop at one of the island’s pretty good chance you’ll not only like
a banana leaf with Thai spices. Lobster- roadside stands. Each Thursday and but also be overwhelmed by Schoefer’s
and-shrimp gnocchi, classic lasagna Friday, starting around 5 p.m. and copious culinary offerings, starting
and chicken parmigiana pay homage ending when the food is gone, Norma with appetizers of gravlax, cheeses and
to the Italian side of the equation. For Jean Obando serves serious chicken and homemade sausage; followed by quiche,
dessert: beignets for two, sprinkled ribs with tangy, sweet barbecue sauce sauerbraten, pork chops, fresh fruit,
with Vietnamese sugar and served from her spot alongside a parking lot scallops in bacon and homemade bread;
with white-chocolate-truffle mousse overlooking the north end of Seven and finishing with tiramisu, chocolate
and strawberry coulis. 345-947-2047; Mile Beach, with coleslaw, macaroni mousse and coconut rum cake.
lighthouse.ky; average dinner entrée: $30 and cheese, and peas ’n’ rice on the side. Trained in Germany, Schoefer opens
Most folks do take-away, but there are the gardens outside his home to guests
Vivine’s Kitchen a few tables, so you can enjoy your ’cue each Thursday through Sunday night.
Native Caymanian Vivine Watler holds with a view. North West Point Road and There’s room for only five or six tables,
court in the kitchen at this seaside Town Hall Road, West End; no phone or so reservations are essential. And there’s
restaurant beside her East End home. website; average dinner entrée: $10 no bill at the end of the evening; simply
fresh catch
Take a seat on the terrace overlooking leave the amount you think the meal
Dining alfresco
at Calypso Café Gun Bay and order off the blackboard Roland’s Garden was worth. Think generously. Breakers,
on specialties menu, which offers a rotating variety of There’s no written menu. A yellow 345-926-7670; chefroland.com; typical
such as wahoo traditional dishes, including conch and mutt named Sir Alex wanders freely contribution per person for a multicourse
ceviche. Below:
whelk stews, fish ’n’ fritters, and curried among the tables. If you want wine or meal is $45 to $50. — Bob Morris
Night falls on the
Cracked Conch. goat. To wash it down, there’s fresh beer, you have to brown-bag it. And
mango juice or sorrel. 345-947-7435; irascible-yet-lovable chef/owner Roland The 2010 Cayman Cookout happens January 14-18;
average lunch/dinner entrée: $10 Schoefer tells his guests: “If you don’t visit caymanislands.ky/cayman_cookout for details.
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ith its first Cayman Cookout food festival, hosted early this year by über-chef Eric Ripert of The Acclaimed St. Lucian Experience
Blue at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, and of Manhattan’s le Bernardin, the island served
notice: Once best known for its diving, the isle now deserves equal acclaim for its dining. “I wonder what the people back on Earth are doing.”
In recent years, a profusion of foreign-trained chefs has touched down, creating Caribbean-
fusion menus that make for surprising and memorable meals. The island’s local talent shines too at several
“Best Hotel in the Caribbean” & “Best of the Best Overall” - Condé Nast Readers Choice Awards
popular restaurants and casual roadside eateries that specialize in traditional Caymanian cuisine. “Number Two Hotel in the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Bahamas” - Travel & Leisure
its island-wide raves. 345-949-3948; for fine dining with the arrival of chef Grand Cayman landmark, where owner/
calypsogrillcayman.com; average Gilbert Cavallaro, formerly with the maitre d’ Giuseppe Gatta presides over a
dinner entrée: $32 Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. Cavallaro small battalion of ultra-attentive waiters,