Good Taste is the Worst Vice

Cha Cha San, Anguilla

Looking for something a little different in Anguilla?  How about dumplings, sushi, spicy kung pao shrimp, and a bottle of sake? We went to Cha Cha San and had all of the above! It's hard to miss the restaurant as you drive on the main road from the West End towards the Sandy Ground roundabout: ... continue reading...


The Restaurant at Malliouhana, Anguilla

After visiting the new Malliouhana early in our trip, I was excited to go back for dinner. The restaurant is set down the hill from the reception area, with a terrace stretching out beyond the open decking of the restaurant, and then a cliff down to the sea.  At night, the lights of the Meads Bay ... continue reading...


Chocolate zucchini bread

Over the holidays, my mom and I made Flour's double chocolate cookies - yum!  What does that have to do with zucchini bread, you may ask? Well, those cookies made me hungry for more chocolate, so when we made zucchini bread a few days later, I decided to throw in some bittersweet chocolate ... continue reading...


Malliouhana Sunset Bar, Anguilla

The original incarnation of Malliouhana closed in 2011, just months after our first visit to the island - but every year since, we heard stories about Anguilla's grande dame hotel and looked at the empty buildings at the end of Meads Bay, wondering what it must have been like in its heyday. This ... continue reading...


Ken’s Pork and the Valley, Anguilla

Anguilla is blessed with a fantastic restaurant scene.  You can find fish prepared a hundred ways (all delicious), handmade pastas, aged Armagnac, and lobster galore, served up in a luxurious beachfront setting. So I was surprised to see that TripAdvisor's top rated restaurant in Anguilla is a ... continue reading...


Anguilla scrapbook 2

As a little gift to myself on this rainy Christmas Eve, I'm going through the last of my Anguilla photos from our trip earlier this month. Happy holidays everyone!! Shot from the water on Shoal Bay West And another, thanks to the GoPro This ... continue reading...


An Anguillan aviary

Whenever I'm on Anguilla, I have fun snapping photos of the locals.  The local critters, that is: goats, an occasional lizard, and of course birds! Turtledove (Anguilla's national bird) visiting our balcony... ...With a friend! Turtledove ... continue reading...


Anguilla scrapbook

My favorite color in the world - the water of Shoal Bay West And here is the view in the other direction, of SXM Classic shot on the road to Trattoria Tramonto Mr. Goat considering if he should charge me or go back to eating (he chose ... continue reading...


Shakshuka (baked eggs)

So... the last time I wrote about a recipe was in September, which means I've had a pretty long stretch without making anything new or noteworthy.  But hopefully this will make up for it: shakshuka, or eggs baked in spiced tomato sauce. I first came across the idea in Ottolenghi and Tamimi's ... continue reading...