I am building a Best of Bonaire Divers Guide and I am looking for everyone's favorites, "The Best Dishes on Bonaire"!

I will be tasting them out in March (*Except most of the pastas and spicy ones) I use to be the Las Vegas food critic for Cheesecake Factory's and several big chains. So send me your diver's best dishes input!

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Ribeye at Casa Blanca.

hot wings at KFC. (yes, I know they are not on my diet, but the are soooo gooood)

Burger at Lion's Den

Smoked marlin @ Wil's or anything else the man cooks.

Tuna @ La Luna too...

Meat Lovers @ Patagonia Steak House

Ribeye at Patagonia
Tapas at La Guernica

Doh! Fish pizza at Pasa Bon!!!

Fish Pizza @ Pasa Bon Pizza
Onion Soup @ Bistro de Paris
Fish & Chips English Style @ Lions Den
Seafood Linguine @ Cappricio

Calamari Salad at Wil's
Rum Runners Salad #2
Fish of the day at Mona Lisa
Conch Chowder at Bistro
Key Lime Pie at Cactus Blue
Shrimp in lobster sauce at Plazita Limena
Nasi Rama at Lize's
Snapper at El Fagon
Chicken at Bobbijan's
Pasta James Bond at Capriccio's
Chicken Alfred at Donna & Giorgio's

Eggplant and red pepper sandwich at Bistro de Paris

Caesar salad at Wil's--one of a kind--and spicy wings at Wil's--and the chocolate cookie at Wil's. oh heck, just go to Wil's and order everything!

Capriccio's Wine Time.
Tapas at La Guernica.
Bamboo Steak dish, top service.
City for lunch.

Chicken and Fresh Mango or Watermelon Juice at Buenos Aires Cafe
Jerk Chicken Skewers at Papaya Moon
Tapas at La Guernica
Cheeseburger and Polar at Karel's

Cabrito Stoba at Maiky Snack

I second Pauline:; go to Wils

Capriccio's Tiramisu is the in the whole world!

Welcome to Bonaire Talk Bambi.

Anything at Mona Lisa

James - I think you're going to need an assistant taster - I will volunteer.

The fish trio special @ Mona Lisa
Pumpkin ravioli @ Capriccio

We'll send in more ideas in a month!

Crab meatballs at Cactus Blue
Tuna Sashimi at Cactus Blue
spinach mushroom cheese dip at Rum Runners
French Onion soup at Bistro di Paris
filet mignon at Patagonia
banana ice cream at Lovers

PS. James we will be heading your way to Vegas the first week of April. Taking my daughter for her 21st birthday. ;)

Yo Mo
I could have used you with the Panda Express Account!

After having to check 10-Pandas and eating so much yuck, I could not face tasting another oily, greasy noodle or orange chicken. I made them cook every order fresh and they still tasted so, so nasty!

Guy's and Girl's this is some great stuff!

I am saving everyone's favorites and putting them together. I see we are starting a trend.

Some of you are more adventurous with the Fish Pizzas. Me I am a Calzone guy (*Locally Metro Pizza) or Chicago Ono's with buttermilk dough.

I definitely will be checking out the French Onion soup at Bisto di Paris (*I got hooked on that eating in Paris, France).

Lover's ice cream and that Watermelon Juice at Buenos Aires and lots more.

If any of you are coming to Las Vegas let me know and I will send you a few fun places to eat!

Keep it coming!

Thanks again for your efforts!

**Great food is hard to find if you don't know where to look!

!!! A bad meal can be had anywhere, but who wants one on your once a year vacation!!!

Imperial Sushi. Not bad, for Bonaire.

James, email me at kbaum@newarkohio.net with fun dinner ideas. We eat one meal for sure at the Palms, and we do a brunch at Circus Circus. Any ideas would be welcome !

I have a friend who is a dive instructor who lives in Vegas, I'd be happy to hook you two up for diving .

Tuna at Cactus Blue.
Burger at Lion's Den.
Mahi or Dorado in green onion sauce at Casablanca or Patagonia.
Caesar salad, and calamari at Wil's.

The specific dish at La Guernica
that it particularly tasty, and
not found at nearly enough tapas
places, is their chicken livers,
sautéed with onions in a sherry
sauce, I believe.

I haven't seen the Molten Chocolate
Cake mentioned yet - I had it at Wil's,
but I think it's available at a few
places (if you're lucky).

And several have mentioned the Smoked
Marlin already, but it was different,
and even better, than I expected.
Thin, succulent morsels; like the
finest subtly-sweet smoked salmon.

Need suggestions:
Restaurant with best Filet and/or Rib Eye.
Restaurants that will be open Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day.
Thank you.

Best filet - it's a tie for me. Cactus Blue and Patagonia.

I vote for the gorgonzola penne pasta with pineapple at Donna & Giorgio's....a must every time we're there. Also never see Richard's sweet carrots mentioned. Always a side dish for me.

And what's better than any of the excellent Tex-Mex (with a flair) followed by that incredible Grandma's recipe apple pie ala mode (best we've ever tasted) at PAPAYA MOON after a day of calorie-depleting diving?! There's experience and wizardry in the cocina at Papaya Moon, that's the truth...

Lobster Thermador at Donna & Giorgios and the filet at Richards .. Yummy
also the chocolate molten cake at Richards

Chocolate molten cake is made by Lastbite Bakery just north of town... They make a bunch each week for many restauants. Ron

Any sandwick @ Lions Den, but the burgers are best.
I forget the names but the little homemade breakfast turnovers filled with meat or cheese, they are good as snacks all day !!!

Onion soup--Bistro de Paris
Ribs--Either at Bobbe Jans or the Ribs factory
Anything from The Last Bite Bakery.

Catch of the day with creamy mustard or pesto sauce at It Rains Fishes. The catch of the day has always been Wahoo on each of my visits and I'm torn about which sauce I like better. I guess I'll have to go twice on my next trip.

Catch of the day at MONA LISA
Peanut butter Cheesecake at Papaya Moon...TO DIE FOR!!!

Ribs at the Ribs Factory
Waffles at Papagayo
Almost any dessert at Tipsy Seagull

Conch at El Fogon
Cheese cake with passion fruit sauce and mango sorbet at Mona Lisa

sausage and pepperoni pizza at pasa bon.

one of the pasta dishes at cactus blue (sorry, i forgot which one...but it had shrimp in it)

creole snapper at roomer.

coffee and donuts at kelly's house a week and a half ago...thanks again kelly.

-the Ceviche at La Plazita Limena
-the Tiradito de Pescado at La Plazita Limena
-the clear fish soup at El Fogon Latino
-the Key Lime Pie at Cactus Blue
-Margaritas at Cactus Blue
-the hot apple pie with caramel sauce and ice cream on a sizzling fajita plate at Papaya Moon
-catch of the day (Wahoo/Dorado/Mahi-Mahi) at La Plazita Limena
-Snapper at El Fogon Latino
-fried fish with creole sauce on rice with funchi and salad at The Rose Inn
-shrimp with pasta dish at Salsa

In May on our first trip to Bonaire, we went to Bistro de Paris for the French Onion Soup. It was so wonderful that in August when we went back to Bonaire, of course we went back for more French Onion Soup. Boy, was there a change in the soup and it was not for the good. For one, the portion was about half, using even different bowls. There was barely any cheese and bread on the top. There was a herb in there that was not in there the first time we went. It was some sort of twig that was not good. We asked the manager if they had a new chef and had they changed the receipt. He swore nothing was changed. There is no way we would have gone back if the soup tasted like it did the 2nd time. That dish is what made that restaurant. Everyone talked about it. With the portion, that was a main dish. Sorry, but I won't be back.

If you go to patagonia and talk real nicely to pablo he will make you a chicken parm that is not on the menu that is to die for.

Richards shrimp bisque.

Sorry to hear about your soup. When were you there? Fred, the head chef may have not been there as he was waiting the arrival of his new baby! I was there yesterday and while I did not have the soup, I watched it being served at another table and it looked huge, hot and loaded with cheese. When it is the same recipe it does not always mean it is the same result. I will bet you a bowl of soup, when you return it will be just as good as the first time. Don't write them off just yet...

This was definitely not the same soup as before. All 4 people at our table commented on it. You had to pull twigs of spices out of the bowl. That was not like that before.

Exactly! You said you were there in August..Fred was off during some of that time and that explains it, at least in my estimation. I do hope Patrice offered to make it up.

I definitely agree with ALL of the above!
Here's a question...what ever became of Warung Louise? I really enjoyed the rijstaffel there last December but have not seen any posts about it in a long time.

Everything @ Wil's, especially the Caesar and the ribs
Calamari @ Patagonia
Lobster Pasta & Death by Chocolate @ Capriccio

Fondue Salad at Bistro de Paris! Magnifique!