Spent a beautiful day on Orient Beach. Traffic coming south Marigot was bumper to bumper for a long way where they are doing roadwork, glad we were on the other side. No seaweed and the waters were calm. Only one cruise ship in yesterday and that was the Royal Caribean Freedom so there were more people on the beach there.
Went to Orange Fever to visit Luke and Olivier and was nice to see them. We had lunch and several drinks. It was a great beach day as it never rained on the French Side. In the morning made a stop into Bacchaus Wine Store and it was really nice there, you can lunch there too. We picked up a sparkling wine to try. Our evening plans took us to Grand Case to dine at Le Tastevin. We found parking right on the corner from the restaurant location. To start we were seated at a lovely table oceanside with a view of Anguilla.
The restaurant is quite lovely inside and quiet if you are seated on the oceanside versus the street side, you actually forget you are on the main road in Grand Case. We tried the new summer menu which was one appetizer, one entree and one dessert for 48 dollars pp. Started off with a nice complimentary tomato gazpecho which was tasty. Appetizers we selected were shrimp rolled in noodles with a sesame dipping sauce and a swordfish cerviche these were both good and nice presentation. Our entrees were, scallops and shrimp with a mild cream sauce of green curry and also sweet potato puree and a filet special done perfect with carmelized onions and goat cheese potato cake. The portions are on the large side and again presented well. Then for dessert we choose the special Chocolate fondent with banana and rum and a chocolate mousse that was piled high with chocolate inside a chocolate made basket that was edible too. We are so glad we tried this restaurant and will surely add this to our list to go back to but they do close tonight for their holiday. The service was very nice and attentive. The owners son was very nice to converse with and had very good attention to detail in overseeing the restaurant. Enjoyed a Sancerre Rose with our dishes. Total bill with our extra added gratutity $155 US dollars. Final note the bathroom at the restaurant are probably the nicest on the entire island. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />