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In the market place there, you can still buy a variety of cleaned or cooked Seafood year round. There's a regular fish fry going on Fridays and Saturdays, along with a great many pop-up shops with artists and crafts offered. It’s also a place to get a 'Bajean' (Barbadian) treat, the islands take-a-way or fast food: Flying Fish sandwich.
Chefette Restaurants is the largest fast food restaurant chain based in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados.Currently operating throughout the island in 14 locations, Chefette is known for its broasted chicken meals as well as a local curried-'meat + vegetable' (similar to the European gyro) roll-up or wrap, locally known as a roti.
Barbadian cuisine, also called Bajan cuisine, is a mixture of African, Portuguese, Indian, Irish, Creole, Indigenous and British background. A typical meal consists of a main dish of meat or fish, normally marinated with a mixture of herbs and spices, hot side dishes, and one or more salads.
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A tradition has developed towards the end of the 20th century for tourists in Oistins to join with locals at the Friday night (and slightly quieter Saturday night) Fish Fry and "lime" (social gathering), which sees many food and drink stalls selling fried fish meals and local craft, all to the accompaniment of loud music, while older ...
It is located in the north of Barbados, and is the only parish besides Saint Lucy that extends from the east coast to the west. The Barbados "Platinum Coast," which extends through Saint Peter from the parish of Saint James just to the south, has helped to make Saint Peter a tourist hot spot. The parish is surrounded with white sand beaches ...
In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Town) was the site of initial English settlement of Barbados (although Captain Cataline had previously landed to collect water in 1620). The envoy (led by John Powell ) was blown off-course from South America to England and took the opportunity to claim the island for the Kingdom of England .
Speightstown was formally settled around 1630 and in the earliest days of settlement was Barbados's busiest port (AMS Seaport Code: 27213, -- UN/LOCODE: BB SPT [3]). Ships laden with sugar and other commodities left Speightstown bound directly for London and especially Bristol. For this reason Speightstown is sometimes known as Little Bristol.