Belize Going Out
Food and Drink
National specialities:
• Tacos, corn or flour tortillas, with shredded chicken, onions, cabbage and cilantro.
• Rice-and-beans; for a change of pace, switch to beans-and-rice (where the beans are cooked separately and spooned with their own gravy over white rice).
• Split peas and pigtail over rice.
• Cow-foot soup.
• Fry Jacks: fluffy fried crescents of dough.
• Johnnycakes: flattened biscuits.
• Conch fritters.
• Marie Sharp's hot sauces.
• Plantains, fried to a sweet golden brown.
National drinks:
• Coconut rum mixed with pineapple juice.
• Belikin beer.
• Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.
• Lighthouse Lager.
• Fresh orange, lime, watermelon or papaya juice.
Tipping: Many restaurants and hotels automatically tack on a service charge of 15%. Cab drivers are not tipped unless they have helped you with your luggage. Tour guides are always tipped.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Mon-Sat 0800-1200, 1300-1630 and 1900-2100. Some shops close on Wednesday afternoons.
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