Eating at the airport is not something I would recommend or if you have to- don’t order the eggs and bacon.
Bermuda airport food
Category: Bermuda
Final night of Rugby
It was a great final night of rugby!
We started the day with a nice walk along the Bermuda Railway. We got a little over 4 miles in before heading to the grocery store for a few items. Just a few photos from our walk.
Fourways
After coming back from dinner at Beau Rivage and sharing we were impressed with the food, but not the service, they quickly said we had to eat at Fourways. It was on our list so we made reservations. I have to say were were disappointed after last nights meal. The food was ok, but the servers were noting but bus boys. When we asked any details about the food that we had been served they couldn’t tell us anything about it.
I went for the chefs special appetizer. A caribbean lobster with a citrus chutney and a balsamic glaze. the lobster was nice, nothing special but nice.
Richard went for tuna as a started. The tuna was pretty much tasteless and the only real flavor came form the fennel below. It took awhile, but we finally were told the fennel was soaked mostly orange juice with a bit of lemon.
My main was nice as well, I went for a local fish with a fried banana served with a potato cake and avocado sauce. The fish was once again fairly tasteless. The first few bites with the fried banana were lovely, however there was not enough banana to go with the fish.
Finally desert came around, the restaurant is known for their soufflé and it was good. Nothing amazing, but good. I went for strawberry and Richard had the dark and stormy.
Overall it was an interesting experience. It probably didn’t help we were sat next to a couple with a small child and the restaurant was busy, but we just expected more. Would we go back- probably not.
Royal Dockyard
After the rains this morning we took a taxi to the Royal Dockyard and although we did get a bit wet, it was well worth it. The courtyard below is where they packed the food in salt to get it ready for the journeys. The building in the background she were they built the wooden casts- they now brew beer there.
We initially tried all 5 beers they make before settling on our beers for lunch. Lunch was nice pub food. We started with some chicken satay in a nice peanut sauce and I had a burger while Richard went for bangers and mash.
We were initially disappointed as part of the national museum was closed due to hurricane damage, but the parts that were open were really interesting. They had 3 exhibit halls open all covering different areas of Bermudian history.
Finally a walk back to the ferry with a stop- we were a bit early, so we settled in with a beer to wait!
Beau Rivage
We had dinner at Beau Rivage last night and I was really looking forward to it. They have an amazing French chef, Jean Claude Garzia, Internationally he was awarded the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” (France’s highest honour for a chef) in 1996.
Our starters were amazing- Richard had the tuna and I had the beef capriccio. We had the chef pair wines and they did a great job.
For a main I had a duck breast and Richard had the rockfish. Once again both were paired with wine and amazing.
We did leave disappointed and I think that is because although we didn’t get bad service, it certainly wasn’t the level of service we expected from a restaurant of the type. It is unfortunate the we left with that feeling as the food was outstanding.
Bistro J
I did the three-course menu at a restaurant called Bistro J. It is a small restaurant with less than 10 tables I would say. I found it down a little alley in downtown Hamilton.
The menu changes on a daily basis so there is no set menu- just a big chalk board in the restaurant. You have a limited selection with 4 starters, mains and deserts, something I really like.
It started with a roasted pumpkin soup that was amazing. For the second course I had a local wahoo with roasted vegetables, beans and chorizo sauce. It was so nice to have leaks as it is a vegetable I use to cook with, but for some reason do not use them much in Cayman. I think this is something I will definitely add back into my cooking.
As I was on my own the food was coming rather quickly so I asked them to hold off for about 30 minutes for my final course and they were more than happy.
I went with a baked vanilla bean cheesecake with fresh berries, a house specialty and very nice.
Rugby night one
On Monday we went to see the second evening’s play of the rugby classic, an annual week-long tournament for over-30’s former rugby internationals. We were lucky enough to be seated in the Classic Club where we were treated to a dinner as well as getting to sit with many of the players who had played the previous evening. There was a short rainfall just before kickoff but thankfully it cleared up for the rest of the evening.
Up first were the USA who played against South Africa. The first half was really exciting with the USA soaking up a lot of South African pressure and scoring two breakaway tries…the halftime score was 12-12. In the second half South Africa scored an early try but missed the kick in front of the posts. The USA had an amazing counter attack come to nothing with their fullback, their far and away best player, zig-zagging through the South African defence only to run out of steam on the South African 22. The USA continued to soak up pressure eventually conceding two tries within the last 5 minutes. Final score 29-12 to South Africa.
The second game of the evening was New Zealand against Italy. Italy put up a good and exciting performance against a very rusty and one dimensional New Zealand scoring a drop goal and a late penalty kick. Half-time 6-0 to Italy. A different New Zealand came out in the second half scoring two tries to make the final score 12-6 in their favour. All in all an exciting and entertaining evening.
The Johnsons 