On the island of St. Barts chef Jean Claude Dufour is a rock star. Just ask around. Long time visitors to the island will almost mythically reminisce about the meals they had at Sand Bar or the Rock back in the day. Fellow island chefs have the upmost respect for his culinary talents. And he…
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Saint Barthélemy: Sand Bar with Jean-Georges
The last lunch of the trip. While walking on Saline that morning we made a command decision that were we going to give The Hideaway the honors. In fairness, we were never a big fan of the Hideaway for lunch back when it was possibly our favorite place on the island and we just called…
Saint Barthélemy: Pipiri Palace
“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.” -Victor Hugo, Les Misérables Perhaps even better than laughter for chasing winter from the face is laughter + St. Barts with old friends. The combination is positively summery! We decided to meet up at Pipiri Palace. Might I suggest that when you are feeling that…
Saint Barthélemy: L’Entracte
How to follow up a lovely lunch at Tamarin? A lazy afternoon at Gouverneur beach where we would eventually tackle the next major decision of the day and one that would vex us repeatedly during our trip, “Where should we eat dinner?” This answer was pretty simple. We headed into Gustavia for a light dinner at L’Entracte. The pizzas at…
Saint Barthélemy: L’Isola
I am sitting in L’Isola and I am having a vaguely out-of-body experience. Where am I? Where did all of these people come from? Why does my waiter have an Italian accent? I was on St. Barts just minutes ago but upon being seated at L’Isola I feel like I am a million miles away….