ORIGIN: Garifuna, also known as Garinagu (plural), are the descendants of an Afro-indigenous population from the Caribbean island of St Vincent & The Grenadines who were exiled to the Honduran coast in the eighteenth century and subsequently moved to the Southern Coast Belize. The Cuisine consists mainly of fresh coconut milk, coconut oil, plantains, green […]
Ms. Susana, founder of El Fogon restaurant in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, started her fire hearth restaurant about 13 years ago due to the lack of authentic local Belizean food – fire hearth cooked on the island. All her food is local and cooked on the fire hearth. All the cooking is done the way […]
John and Ellen, owners of Maya Beach Hotel and Bistro in Placencia, have traveled a lot and been to a lot of countries that they like. They eventually reached the “burnt out” stage and decided that Belize (Central America) should be on their list of places to consider moving and having a complete change of […]
Cyril Uruwei, Publisher of Belize In America, interviews Mr. Chester Ritchie and his wife Noelia Ritchie at Alexi’s Restaurant in Dangriga, Belize. Owners of Alexi’s been in business for over 20 years. Grew up on the suburbs of Dangriga. Miss Ritchie loves cooking and wanted to own a restaurant. They started as Ritchies Dinette which […]
There are many restaurants and excellent places in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye to sit down and satisfy your tastebuds, but there is only one place that offers home-cooked meals on a traditional fire hearth. El Fogon restaurant in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, a small family owned business, opened their doors 12 years ago when Ms. Suzana […]
So when do you get to go on your next vacation from the daily monotonous grind? Already planning? Let me guess… you are heading to Belize, Central America, right? Ha! I knew it! Well, as you might already know, there are so many things to do, and so many places to visit in Belize. If […]