GF-style in the Islands

...one thing I forgot to mention in all these beautiful pictures my friends took is that we found a gluten free cafe in Barbados! Amanda and I spent the first two days at the adorable Southern Surf apartments across from Rockley Beach, Christ Church (in between Bridgetown and Oistins) - which I recommend, right in the middle of everything. The second day we decided to walk a bit and find a place to eat, and walked from Souther Surf towards St. Lawrence Gap to an area with shops and restaurants, and stumbled across Verde, a little cafe next door to the Colombian Emeralds store (I'm giving so many details because they're not listed on the web and I don't have an address - never fear, though, it's easy to find if you're in the area).

As attuned as I may be to GF anything, I'm still my same ditzy self and Amanda actually had to point out that the menu had gluten free wraps, gluten free pasta, and gluten free muffins! It's essentially anything on the regular menu with a $2 bajan ($1 US) charge to make any entree gluten free. We went back three times, I had the gluten free wrap with grilled chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese each time, it was so good. The day we left (at this point we had moved from the Southern Surf to the Crane and it was a bit of a hike to the cafe but I didn't care) I also ordered a pasta, chicken, and garlic dish to take on the plane and it was delicious and I was so happy not to have to eat ice cubes because I couldn't find anything at the airport that was GF.

What I found most interesting is that there were never any GF muffins, they were sold out every day by noon! I didn't know celiac was prevalent in the Caribbean, but the regular muffins looked excellent and I was sad I didn't get to try the GF ones.

As if the beaches and the waves and the run punch weren't enough to get me back to Barbados...