Forking Tasty

Local Grand Cayman

Craft Market Cafe – Grand Cayman from Anthony Anello on Vimeo.

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 78 | Post-meal (1 hour): 128 | Insulin: 4 Units

Grand Cayman is a beautiful place. The water has that perfect Caribbean blue/green color to it. However, before I went to sink my feet into the sand and go for a swim I need to fill my stomach with some local food.

I do need to apologies; I know it has been a while since my last post. It’s been busy on the ship. When I finally got off the ship I found a bunch of restaurants like Margaretville, which are fun but not what I was looking for. I wanted something more local and after walking around the town for a little while I think I stumbled upon just the place. The Craft Market Café is pure local. There is no inside only an outside and there were many locals eating on the benches. Even the local food was running around the floor. You’ll see what I mean when you watch the video. When I sat down I finally got to enjoy my early lunch with some of the guests from the ship before I headed to the beach.

First Day Off The Ship

Casa Tua – Aruba from Anthony Anello on Vimeo.

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 119 | Post-meal (1 hour): 95 | Insulin: 5 Units

My first time getting off the ship since I arrived was Aruba. We were there from the afternoon to late night so it gave me some time to go to the beach and get some dinner.

The beach was nice and the water was warm. The beach we stayed at for the day was behind Hotel Riu and the Westin. I did a little tanning with some friends before headed back to the ship to get ready for dinner. We ended up going to an Italian/Spanish Restaurant called Casa Tua. Casa Tua has 3 different restaurants, Pizzeria, Barcelona, and Mediterranean. We went to the Pizzeria. It was good, as you will see in the video. We had a table for 12 and we were celebrating a birthday, however the birthday boy left before he got his special flaming birthday dessert. We took care of that for him.

Toro Salao-Puerto Rico

As you all know I am always looking for a good meal. Well I hit one in Puerto Rico back in April. The restaurant Toro Salao is delicious with outside seating and when in Puerto Rico, you want to be outside and enjoy the warm air. Our ship does not leave until 11pm..

Mojitos – Puerto Rico

Back in early march I was in the Caribbean and each week we would port in Puerto Rico. While working, a local Puerto Rican women was in one of my classes and on the cruise I picked her brain about all the restaurants she recommends being that she was a local. One of the places she mentioned is Mojitos in old San Juan. Friends from the ship recommend a place called Café Puerto Rico. I have been to Café Puerto Rico and it’s great. The 2 restaurants are very similar so I have to see which is the better, of course. Both places I ordered a conch mofongo and chorizo in wine sauce.

And the winner is…..

St. Thomas Sushi Iguana

Living on a ship for months at a time can sometimes cause you to miss certain cuisines. One that I miss a lot is sushi. While in the Caribbean I would go to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands once a week, and decided to spend a couple of bucks and go to a place I heard of called Beni Iguana’s…