I have been quite adventurous down here in South America when it has come to food. The locals speak very good English and every time we eat out, I ask for recommendations of the best local item on the menu and order that.
For example, on the plane, I tried the local sodas:
Green punch on the left and Cherry something on the right. They were quite disgusting. Tasted like cough syrup.
We went to the local food market and I wanted to show some of the photos. We didn’t buy any of the food to eat, but I love walking through the local markets anyway.
Dried fish.
Women buying fish (I love the expression on the poor fish’s face!!)
We did buy some fish, but for dissection, not eating. Unfortunately, it had to be stored in our fridge:
Lunch of our first day in Paramaribo, I had a local chicken soup:
It was actually very good. Chicken, rice and a pureed local root. It tasted a little like a spicy split pea soup.
But I have yet to find REALLY good food. We met the US ambassador today and asked him for restaurant suggestions, but his suggestions were all lukewarm. We tried one place tonight that his wife said was quite good for the city – a tapas bar. Tonight there was a special: three tapas and a glass of house wine for 55 SRD (about $20).
It was the worst glass of wine that I’ve ever had – bar none. The food was not special. The best dish was a baked spicy mussels, something that was obviously local. The marinated olives were green olives from a jar and black olives from a can with some olive oil and garlic. The calamari was probably frozen and mostly bread. It was quite dreadful.
My advice for Suriname? If you really want to promote tourism and draw in those cruise ships, hire some really great chefs to come and work with your restaurants.
This is for my Aussie friends: But on the positive side, they do have Milo in the local supermarkets!
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