Food

[Henry Krinkle]

All on board for the mussels. The drink- the tomato based liquid looks thin to be a straight old school Bloody Mary; Is that a Caesar style Mary?

[CanadianStraps]

Brought the family to Cayo Coco to cleanse from Christmas insanity and celebrate new years in the warm. Went from odd beer on the beach to fairly decent ( somewhat undersmoked salmon and slightly overcooked rock lobster) seafood.

[Henry Krinkle]

Bucanero is essentially Labatts Cuban beer, neither of which are things that especially appeal to me.

When we went to Cayo Guillermo, one key further out from Coco, we also found the lobster to be overcooked. The lobster hut was universally rated the best restaurant on the key and, well, maybe it was...



Bucanero, a lobster shack and yours truly.

[geoffbot]

You have huge hands, hank.

[geoffbot]

All on board for the mussels. The drink- the tomato based liquid looks thin to be a straight old school Bloody Mary; Is that a Caesar style Mary?

Never heard of caesar style before. Or clamarto, which seems to be the key ingredient - tomato juice with clam juice?! Erm no thanks! Normal bloody Mary here - juice, and the Worcestershire, chilli etc in the other shot glass.

[CanadianStraps]

Never heard of caesar style before. Or clamarto, which seems to be the key ingredient - tomato juice with clam juice?! Erm no thanks! Normal bloody Mary here - juice, and the Worcestershire, chilli etc in the other shot glass.

You're hard missing out. The ceasar is everything the bloody Mary wanted to be when it grew up. The clam adds the brineiness (not a word) that a meal-in-a-drink needs.

[CanadianStraps]

Bucanero is essentially Labatts Cuban beer, neither of which are things that especially appeal to me.

When we went to Cayo Guillermo, one key further out from Coco, we also found the lobster to be overcooked. The lobster hut was universally rated the best restaurant on the key and, well, maybe it was...



Bucanero, a lobster shack and yours truly.

Nice analogy. I dont veer to labatt but my father un law is a strict blue drinker so I get it. The local 'crystal' is preferred, but on holiday I'm not too persnickety.

I assume they err on the side of overcooked to avoid any undercooked problems.

[Henry Krinkle]

Nice analogy. I dont veer to labatt but my father un law is a strict blue drinker so I get it. The local 'crystal' is preferred, but on holiday I'm not too persnickety.

I assume they err on the side of overcooked to avoid any undercooked problems.

Bucanero literally is Labatts Cuban beer. The Cuban government owns 51%, as they do with any foreign product, but the other 49 is Labatts. Cristal is also made by them.

I think you are likely right on the overcooked thing. We had more than a few undercooked things at the resort. The best meal, which was one of two good meals we had there, was when we went to Morón. We found a place called El Angel, which served a fantastic "Cuban Buffet" which was roughly 20 courses and not a buffet at all. It was closer to what we would call family style dining. It included properly cooked lobster and all the things eaten across the Caribbean they didn't serve in any retsaurant on the island.

Did you get to spend a lot of time in the water? Cayo Guillermo is windy enough that it is a kiteboarding hotspot, but when we were there it was usually too windy even for that.

[Henry Krinkle]

You have huge hands, hank.

I don't know about huge, though I think we can all agree that they are larger than Donald Trump's are.

[Henry Krinkle]

Never heard of caesar style before. Or clamarto, which seems to be the key ingredient - tomato juice with clam juice?! Erm no thanks! Normal bloody Mary here - juice, and the Worcestershire, chilli etc in the other shot glass.

You don't know what you are missing. When the Caesar was created all Bloody Mary's were made from straight tomato juice, you know that thick gooey stuff. Nowadays many are made from things like V8, because the consistency is more pleasant and flavour wise they are more like a Caesar, though still inferior. This is what I mean by a Caesar style Bloody Mary; one with a pleasant mouthfeel and a less ketchup with vodka taste.