Bahamas Going Out
Food and Drink
National specialities:
• Conch is on every menu, from creamy chowders and fritters to stews and salads. Order it ‘scorched’ for a ceviche-style dish served with lime juice, hot pepper, chopped tomato and onion, or ‘cracked’ for deep fried.
• Rock lobster (typically broiled, minced or used in salads).
• Land crabs (usually boiled or baked).
• Souse (a soup consisting purely of onions, water, lime juice, celery, peppers and meat).
• Guava duff (a dessert made with sieved guava pulp and served with hard sauce (a blend of butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and rum)).
National drinks:
• The local liqueur is Nassau Royal, a rum served neat or in coffee.
• A refreshing alcoholic drink is coconut water, sweet milk and gin.
• Kalik is the beer of the Bahamas.
• Rum punch.
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: Budget for a 15% gratuity as standard, but check the bill as some hotels and restaurants include a service charge. Tip porters B$1 per bag and allow 10-15% for taxi drivers.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Mon-Sat 0830/0900-1730. Some shops open until 1900 and some open Sun 1000/1100-1600/1700.
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