Great Creole cooking is our specialty
Come for a taste of the East End
JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING what you might be in for when you book a full-service package at Ocean Breeze Villa, we thought we’d fill you in. First, all the basics are handled before you even arrive. For instance, if you book a fishing or a diving trip, all you need to do is show up! We’ll have all that taken care of before you even touch down at the Coxen Hole airport.
Next, full service at Ocean Breeze Villa really does mean full service. You’ll wake up to a delicious breakfast, made fresh for you right in the Villa’s kitchen by Mabel and her crack team of cooks and housekeepers. It also means that, when you leave the Villa to go fishing or diving or to take a tour, or even if you just paddle one of our kayaks out beyond the surf break to try and catch a snapper, we’ll be busy making your bed and cleaning up. When you get back, everything will be ship shape.
But, what our guests seem to enjoy the most, is the variety our team offers when it comes time to have a real sit-down meal. Mabel and her team are amazing cooks, and they make use of local ingredients to offer some of the best meals on the East End. Their Creole-inspired fare is appreciated by guests who report back about how great the food was during their stay at the Villa.
Well, we’ve been tasting Mabel’s amazing cooking for years, and we couldn’t agree more. Here are some of her signature dishes, in no particular order.
Fried grouper with rice and beans
Yes, rice and beans is a Creole staple, and most of the folks here on the East End enjoy it on Sundays. But, when we have guests, we rarely serve rice and beans just by itself. Our kitchen crew is fond of pairing it with fried, fresh-caught grouper, fried yuca and a cool, green salad. Wash it down with an ice-cold Salva Vida, and it might be the perfect way to end the weekend.
Fish tacos
We live by the sea, and our fisheries resources are very important to us. With grouper, snapper and jack crevalles readily available, it’s nothing for Mabel and her team to whip a delectable batch of fish tacos. Sometimes, we even get blackfin tuna — talk about a treat! Our team loves to offer our guests a variety of sauces, like pico de gallo, cilantro lime sauce, and, one of our favorites, sofrito salsa, which is a thick salsa made from tomatoes, onions and sometimes peppers.
Island-style barbecue
Yes, much of our dishes come from the ocean, but we do have good chicken and pork resources on the island, and we love to cook with both proteins. And, just like most folks, we love good barbecue! Our island-style barbecue chicken and pork is a head-turner — carefully grilled and served with potato salad, refried beans, pico and corn tortillas, we almost never have leftovers!
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