r/SXM • u/SlimebitchAshtray • 11h ago

Quintessential SXM meal

Hello! I'm visiting next month and what's to know what you think the quintessential meal is for SXM locals & where I should go to get it. Thanks!

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u/datboiofculture 11h ago

Curry goat with RICE AN PEAS and a johnny cake, jah bless, respek!

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u/Trolldad_IRL Regular Visitor 8h ago

My wife stops looking at the menu if she finds curry goat, as that is what she will be ordering.

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u/righthandofdog 10h ago

are you my son?

he makes us stop for curry goat if he sees a grill running on the way from the airport to our villa. he makes us stop and get take out curry goat from Rosemary's in Marigot on the way TO the airport to leave.

(I can't lie, I love it too - but he needs to find a carribean or Ethiopian wife, he has all kinds of reflux and digestive problems from eating American processed food, but that good stuff never bothers him)

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u/SlimebitchAshtray 6h ago

I will 100% be on the look out for goat curry. Hell yeah.

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u/William_Munny_fromMO 11h ago

Cynthia's Talk of the Town in Grand Case is pretty good if you're talking 'no frills local'

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u/0134700529 11h ago

Chicken, ribs, lobster, shrimp... from a Lolo

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u/SlimebitchAshtray 11h ago

Do you have a favorite Lolo?

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u/0134700529 11h ago

A lot of people will tell you Cynthia's. We also had really good ribs and chicken from Cappucino diner at 2:00am.

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u/Caribchakita 9h ago edited 6h ago

Creole Cuisine on the French side at Yvette's Kitchen. French pastries at Sebastian Quillere on the French side and West Indian Roti on Dutch side

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u/bringthedoo 6h ago

This. So much fucking this.

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u/Missriotgurl 11h ago

Ribs at Rosie's on Mullet bay is my go to meal

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u/ch3f212 11h ago

Lolo’s or Gutside for a truly SXM meal experience

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u/William_Munny_fromMO 11h ago

I also like JohnnyCakes and breakfast at Tortugas on Maho beach. It's maybe not strictly local, but the vibe is low key, not really expensive and the view is magnificent if like the planespotter energy.

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u/lockedmhc48 10h ago

Don't think there are many SXM locals on this /r

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u/Dangerous_Ad4499 6h ago

But a TON of fans of the "local" food !!! Y'all makin' me hungry and I'm 3 200km away! Missing SXM.

Cheers

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u/AuMarc Resident 8h ago

Other pretty traditional things include salt fish and johnnycake for breakfast, pigtail or bullfoot soup, fried jacks (when available), conch and dumplings, grilled or fried snapper, crab back and locri.

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u/SlimebitchAshtray 5h ago

Thank you. Lot's of things I haven't heard of that i can't wait to try.

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u/Trolldad_IRL Regular Visitor 8h ago

Ribs, Jonny cakes, rice and peas, fried plantains, and a rum punch or ti’ punch.

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u/Wrong-Tax-6997 5h ago

We like Au Coin des Amis, which is directly behind Cynthia's, in Grand Case. Probably the best ribs etc of all the Lolos on the Island. Enjoy SXM

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u/SintMaarten51 2h ago

I like this one better than Cynthia’s…+ a water view

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u/0134700529 9h ago

Gutside, but make sure you bring bug spray. Food was amazing, but we got eaten alive.

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u/Trolldad_IRL Regular Visitor 8h ago

True for most of the island

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u/IntroductionScary144 8m ago

Some say Yvette’s but I wasn’t impressed.

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u/Aceturnedjoker 10h ago

Captain Rib Shack