Cayman Islands Going Out
Food and Drink
National specialities:
• Jerk chicken (chicken marinated in hot spices).
• Rice and peas.
• Fried plantain.
• Conch chowderdishes, including fritters, stew and chowder.
• Mahi-mahi (a tropical fish).
• Lobster.
• Turtle stew.
National drinks:
• Caybrew beer.
• Rum punch.
• Cayman mudslide cocktail.
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: For most services, 5-10% is normal. Hotels and apartments state the specific amount. Restaurant bills usually include a 10-15% charge in lieu of tipping.
Nightlife
Dinner cruises onboard a replica pirate ship or a 19th-century tall ship can be booked through local watersports operators. On Cayman Brac there are occasional weekend dances with local bands and community events, such as talent shows and other stage productions, at the Aston Rutty Center.
Local publications with nightlife information include Key To Cayman, What's Hot, What to Do, Destination Cayman and Friday's edition of the Caymanian Compass, as well as Key To Cayman, What's Hot, What to Do, Destination Cayman.
Shopping
Increasingly Modern and sophisticated shopping centres offer North American and European fashion brands, furnishings and household goods. Many luxury goods and essential food products are duty--free but duty of up to 20% is charged on other items.
Note: Turtle products cannot be imported, even by persons in transit, into any country which has signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. This includes the USA, Canada and the UK. Caymanite cannot be taken out of the country in its raw form.
Shopping hours: Mon-Sat 0900-1700. During peak tourist season, many shops open later and also open on Sundays.
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