Food in St. Thomas

  Every festival, party, graduation, birth, wedding or holiday celebration must have food in the Islands! Local foods in the Virgin Islands include an variety of Caribbean dishes. It is common to find American dishes, restaurants with various cuisines and fast food restaurants in the Virgin Islands.But, to find the traditional dishes you have to search.
 Caribbean cooking has many dishes. The best cooks are often the older women in the community. Asking for a recipe is often pointless.Most do not cook with recipes but rather with memory and taste; they add a little of this and a little that and create masterpieces! Fish soup is popular and on some islands it is eaten for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner! Callaloo soup is another popular dish. It is made of leaves from a daheen plant mixed with okra, local herbs and various meats or seafoods. At almost every family function we have Callaloo. I haven’t quite had the guts to try it yet though! It just doesn’t look too appetizing.
  Stewed oxtail, beef, goat and chicken are all popular. Saltfish is favorite as a dish or in pates. Pates are a very common dish that you can find at all ends of the Island. They are most delishes when they fresh and hot!!My favorite is a beef pate but they come with a few different fillings. Side dishes include rice and peas, yams, fried plantains, dasheen, sweet potato, cassava, beans and lentils.



Callaloo




Beef Pate