Belize, anyone?

I searched high and low (well, mostly just high), and info, save from the natives, is sparse.

Any recs much appreciated. We'll be in San Pedro, natch.

I haven't been there for fifteen years.
Good seafood out on Cay Caulker (much cheaper than Ambergris), lousy food in Belize City, lots of good black beans and fried eggs for breakfasts, lemon meringue pie is also a specialty.

Info is sparce cause basically there just ain't much to tell!! Last time I was in San Pedro was '87 or so. Nice little town , sand streets and lots o Texans! food wise I don't recall much other than chicken and fish with rice and peas. The one stand out meal was a sea turtle steak (Hey, it was just once!) The local beer, Bilikan was a bit sucky as I recall but the rum was good!
All in all a great place to kick back and do nada!!

I was at Ambergris Caye, so cannot offer much info about San Pedro. But the food I had was really very good. Especially the pupusa lady who gets my order of 2 ready when she sees me walking down the street!

We were in Caye Caulker for our honeymoon many years ago. I cannot remember the names of the places we ate. And I know some did not really have a name anyway.

One place, right on the beach had the most delicious coconut crusted chicken and rice&beans. I remember having the same dish multiple times. There is a nice little bakery on the "main" street and a cute breakfast spot right cross the street from it. At the end of the island, there was a guy grilling lobster every night after it turned dark. You sit on picnic tables, get your drinks from a next door bar and enjoy..

I loved the fact that there was no car on the island except couple golf carts and shoes were pretty optional all through the island.

Oh yeah and if you want Caribbean lobster, find out when mating season is, you won't get any then.
It was when we were there, spring break-ish.

Thanks everyone. I should be in the waters of Ambergris Caye right now, but alas, I'm in my office. "Someone" couldn't find her passport.

This is an old thread but Belize is a great place to go for a quick trip to the Carribean. I went for my honeymoon a few years ago and here is a brief rundown of what I recall:

As far as Belize "foods" go, the unique dishes I recall were: johnny cakes & fry jacks for breakfast. Johnny cakes are sort of a breakfast sandwich made with a sort of biscuit. Fry jacks are fried dough balls, sort of like beignets in New Orleans. Both are awesome.

"Stew chicken" is the uniquitous dish, at least around Belize City, Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye (the places I went). Typically served with coconut rice & red beans. Coconut tarts are a common dessert. I've been to Tickie's Belizean up near Rogers Park that does a solid rendition of all of these dishes. Make sure you ask for the Marie Sharp's extra hot sauce when you go there.

As far as specific places, there are two places that stick out in my mind in Caye Caulker:

1) Rose's - a small seafood shack just outside of the main strip area. I think it's on the same street that takes you to the water taxi station. I remember asking for the menu and the guy at the grill just pointed to everything on the grill. Can't beat that.

2) Habanero's - This is sort of the upscale place. We had an amazing meal here as well. Worth going to if you want to splurge a bit.

My memory is a little more foggy on Amergris Caye:

1) I think it was Wild Mango's that we went to. I remember having some sort of awesome mexican roast pork dish (cochinita pibil possibly).

2) There is a bakery downtown that had awesome johnny cakes.

3) On the road from downtown back towards Victoria House, there is a small grocery store where I would pick up impossibly thin plantain chips and fry jacks in the morning. I doubt this place even has a name and may not exist any more, but if you bike into town from the resort area, keep your eye out for a little shack on the opposite side of the road from the resorts.