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New Orleans
Port Canaveral
Bermuda
Freeport
Miami
Key West

Tortola
Cozumel
St Maarten

Antigua
Belize
Roatán St Kitts Guadeloupe
Dominica
Curaçao Martinique
Aruba St Lucia
Bonaire St Vincent Barbados

Grenada

Taste your way around the Caribbean

With cultural influences from around the world, the Caribbean is St Kitts: conch chowder
an endless feast for the senses. Get ready to mix things up as you Conch chowder is number one in St Kitts. Fished from the island’s
experience the vibrant dishes and zesty drinks that are unique to warm waters, conch is sweet with a texture like clams. Mixed with milk,
each sun-soaked island. To help you experience the region’s authentic corn, peppers, sweet potato and ginger, this is the ultimate Caribbean
flavours in their original settings, we’ve rounded up some of the comfort food.
unmissable tastes to try on your travels…
Antigua: pepperpot
This melt-in-the-mouth rich stew is Antigua’s national dish. Made with
St Lucia: rum punch
No visit to St Lucia would be complete without trying the island’s a long list of island spices, meat, vegetables and ‘fungie’ (cornmeal
signature drink. With its heady flavours of nutmeg and dark rum mixed dumplings), this fragrant culinary delight is the perfect lunch to enjoy
with the refreshing tastes of apples, oranges and limes, treat yourself to a with a cold beer along the enchanting Antiguan coastline.
taste of the tropics as you enjoy views of the spectacular Pitons. Curaçao: Blue Lagoon
Can there be any other drink to enjoy on the turquoise blue shores of
Curaçao than the turquoise blue liqueur for which the island is famous?
Mixed with lemonade, vodka and that famous fluorescent drink, nothing
says ‘Caribbean cocktail’ better than a Curaçao Blue Lagoon.
Grenada: oil down
This pork or cod-based dish stewed with breadfruit, turmeric, coconut
milk and callaloo leaves truly is a melting pot of Grenada’s cultural
history – where each ingredient has its own story to tell. This dish gets
its name from the fact that after the coconut milk has been absorbed
only the palm fruit’s oil remains.
St Maarten: guavaberry liqueur
Made from oak-aged rum, cane sugar, and the small guavaberry fruits that
grow on the island, this centuries-old liqueur is the national drink of both
the French and Dutch sides of the island. The perfect drink when you need
something to wash down those mouth-watering Caribbean foods.

Activities shown on these pages provide a highlight of what’s
in store, but may not be available on every cruise. For more
Rum punch
information, please visit pocruises.com/caribbean or go online to
book your shore experiences at my.pocruises.com from 365 days
before you sail.
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