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Re: Food on Orient
[Re: Sandysnow]
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Aloha is one of our favorites. "Best" is a relative term though. Best Pizza? Best ambiance? All in all though, I'd give Aloha a try for its location and great food & great staff. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Food on Orient
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Kathleen said: Aloha is one of our favorites. "Best" is a relative term though. Best Pizza? Best ambiance? All in all though, I'd give Aloha a try for its location and great food & great staff. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> Well, I've never eaten "Ambiance" - tee hee. I've also eaten @ Cheryl & Andy's but not last time & admit it was good way back. Okay, Thanks to all of you - I now have a good list. Tonight tho. it's Captain Oliver's for HH & maybe Mama's Pizza or a Swarma on the way home! Must write down my list - memory not what it used to be! Thanks again Sandy
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Re: Food on Orient
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We agree about Kakao. Have never been disappointed. And we do like Cheryl's for breakfast. Kon Tiki is nice and new, but in February a cheeseburger was $8 higher than Kakao.
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Re: Food on Orient
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Sandysnow said:Kathleen said: Aloha is one of our favorites. "Best" is a relative term though. Best Pizza? Best ambiance? All in all though, I'd give Aloha a try for its location and great food & great staff. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> Well, I've never eaten "Ambiance" - tee hee. I've also eaten @ Cheryl & Andy's but not last time & admit it was good way back. Okay, Thanks to all of you - I now have a good list. Tonight tho. it's Captain Oliver's for HH & maybe Mama's Pizza or a Swarma on the way home! Must write down my list - memory not what it used to be! Thanks again Sandy Are you getting the swarma at the place in Orleans? If so, how are they? I've been wanting to try it.
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Re: Food on Orient
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Wait, a burger was $8 HIGHER at Kon Tiki than Kakao? How much was the burger at Kon Tiki??
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Re: Food on Orient
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AnnandSteve said: We love L'Orange, look for the Orange Beach chairs. Will do, thanks! It's added to my list. BTW, my fav. swarma was in the corner parking lot of Fresh Market when it was just a snack wagon & they used to carve thin slices off a cone shaped hanging mass. Now it's burger type meat, still delish & the sauce is the best in the world. Had it once, but tonight we might try the "Swarma/Pizza" place close to Greenhouse/Point Blance road. Pass it every day & curious.
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Re: Food on Orient
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Carol_Hill said: Wait, a burger was $8 HIGHER at Kon Tiki than Kakao? How much was the burger at Kon Tiki?? That was my question as well! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> At Kakao a cheeseburger is 12.50 Euro Are you saying at KonTiki it's a $20 hamburger?!!!
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Re: Food on Orient
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Re: Food on Orient
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If I remember correctly Kakao was 13 euros and Kon Tiki was 19 euros. I think the exchange rate then was a little over 1.2. So would have $7,20 higher at 1.2. We went back to KT to look again and confirmed. Maybe they have gone down - I think Kakao is pretty much in line with other places, maybe a little higher, but it is worth a little more. And just so so I don't get shot - IMHO!
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Re: Food on Orient
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I totally agree, even if you do get to sit in a swing at the bar instead of a barstool. I looked up the menus to be sure I wasn't dreaming. The Kakao menu was for 2013, and as Beachkitten said, a cheeseburger was 12.5 euros at Kakao (I still remember 13E in January) The snack menu at KT I couldn't read - but the regular menu did show the cost of a mozzarella/tomato salad at 19 euros, and we had that at Kakao for 13 euros, which the menu confirmed. Nice place but you pay for it.
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Re: Food on Orient
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And I must agree with the Perch. And they have a great hot dog (hey, it's only a couple of time a year). My most disappointing burger has been at Pedro's - would have rather had a McD quarter pounder with cheese.
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Re: Food on Orient
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03/09/2015 08:41 PM
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sumbeach said: And I must agree with the Perch. And they have a great hot dog (hey, it's only a couple of time a year). My most disappointing burger has been at Pedro's - would have rather had a McD quarter pounder with cheese. We have had several meals at Pedro's. Ribs the first time, burgers the next two times. Did not enjoy anything we had there. Ribs were tough, rice with beans very dry, and on a later visit the Burgers were dry and overcooked. We now walk a few steps further to Ethnic or Chez Leandra before stopping at Pedro's.
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Re: Food on Orient
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03/09/2015 10:48 PM
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I love Le Piment, but they don't serve lunch only evening meals so you can't compare it to the Orient Beach bars and restaurants. I also think they have the best pizza we've had on the island, (which you can order to go) you can get them with a white sauce or red base. I can't honestly say we had a stand-out lunch on the Orient this year. But I had consistently good, strong pina coladas from Ethnic (and not a bad burger as well). For most of our lunches on Orient we packed our own baguette sandwiches. (There are so many good charcuterie meats to choose from in any of the French grocery stores that we HAD to make sandwiches!)
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Re: Food on Orient
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03/10/2015 10:57 AM
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Another vote for Kakao. I eat lunch there 5-7 times every visit to the island and am never disappointed by their specials (recently had an amazing Dover Sole, triggerfish, lobster stew, and goat cheese/proscuitto tart, all as specials). Their pizzas, salads, charcuterie platter, and regular fish dishes are all excellent, too. Given that the quality is similar to what many of the better restaurants serve on the island, for me a lunch at Kakao frequently is my main meal of the day and represents an overall savings on daily food since I save on dinner.
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Re: Food on Orient
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Oh my gosh, so many suggestions; thanks. We go to Loterie tonight; Orient tomorrow. I don't usually eat burgers in the Caribbean - Swarmas yes! The grilled sardines @ Ethnic sounds enticing. Important question as I am confused. Is Orange Fever & L'Orange with the orange chairs the same place? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/hungry.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Food on Orient
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03/10/2015 01:19 PM
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Agreed that Kakao has many great items on their menu, but sometimes some of us just gotta have a Cheeseburger in Paradise!
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Re: Food on Orient
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I had excellent grilled sardines at Le Piment, if you're around there in the evening. [
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Re: Food on Orient
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joyonthebeach said:I had excellent grilled sardines at Le Piment, if you're around there in the evening. [ They look a lot bigger than the anchovies on my breakfast pizza <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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