Saturday was Marigot Market day, but the venders were sparse this Easter Eve. Mrs. Cruzer found a purse strap and we found some almond candy and a salt fish patty. Stopped by Le Gout du Vin for their Saturday wine tasting, and bought 3 bottles of nice reds--a syrah/grenache blend and a cab/merlot blend, plus a few bottles of champagne. We'd picked up some nice Marsannay from Sylvain On Thursday, so we have something in stock now--at least until the weekend.
Off to Le Tropicana for lunch, where we split a truffle sandwich, smoked salmon, and I had the lamb trilogy. The accompanying pan fries were perfectly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. An excellent meal overall. An interesting aside--they didn't recognize our reservation, so I asked to see the list. No Wysocki there. Ah, but they did have a table reserved for White Soggy. Close enough. Oh, and I think the smoked salmon is approaching Le Bistrot Caraibes' in excellence.
Sunday was our first dinner as we usually do a big lunch, so Bistrot Caraibes it was. We've gone back to our appetizer-only style. Smoked Salmon is our favorite, and the best we've found on the island. Next up was Carpaccio--good, not great-then the very flavorful goat cheese in a crust with smoked duck breast, and lastly the shrimp and scallop duet. We finished our excellent meal sharing a creme brulee and 2 cups of decaf cappuccino. Our first week closed on a perfect note.
Some observations after a week. Water temperature is 82 with occasional rain and lots of breeze. Sunsets are mostly a bust but I'm always out there. The standard exchange rate seems to be $1.10 per Euro, the same as back in January, but now I charge in $. Super-U offers $1.05 for cash. Bourbon doesn't seem to be too popular (I'm a Wild Turkey 101 fan) but Jack Daniels is $30/l at Carre Four, but only $20/l in Super-U. I think it's slightly cheaper in the Chinese markets.
Included are 2 pix of the new GCBC pool bar, which is supposed to open in May.
Thanks for the report and the pics. I have always bought my liquor at Carrefour. Guess I need to check out Super U better for that. We buy almost all our wine there at Super U.
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