By Tom Kreider (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 5:26 pm: |
We'll not have any cooking facilities, just a small fridge. I'd greatly appreciate your recommendations for good, yet simple fare for folks on a limited budget. I'd rather spend my money on dive gear.
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By David Johnson (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #533) on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 1:47 am: |
Here are my ideas:
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #527) on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 5:02 am: |
Most of the Snacky Bars on the island represent excellent value for money.
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By Leo Irakliotis (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #490) on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:52 am: |
All of the above are excellent ideas. Cold pizza is my most favorite breakfast. The Polar Bar at Rincon is worth a visit, especially at the end of a 3-4 hr drive through the National Park.
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By Phil the Bee (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #112) on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 3:40 pm: |
If you are on a limited budget, it's probably best to avoid buying anything ready-prepared at Cultimara or Warehouse, keep to simple things you make yourself, fresh fruit and veg (although the fruit can be expensive) and the smaller snack places already mentioned. Quite often one meal from them will serve two people, maybe with the addition of some salad veg from More for Less, Progresso or one of the small Chinese shops.
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By Diane and Bea (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #473) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:35 am: |
How about peanut butter and jelly
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By Leo Irakliotis (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #500) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:37 am: |
Both are imported items and, therefore, expensive And you need bread on top (well at the bottom) of them!
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By David Johnson (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #534) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:51 am: |
One other general observation: If the goal in a tourist area is to save money on food, eat and drink as the locals do. This plays out in two ways.
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By Diane and Bea (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #474) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 12:12 pm: |
We bring a small jar of peanut butter and one of jelly and just buy fresh bread at Cultimara.. Yummy ! That is even more less expensive
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By Chica di Boneiru (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #6) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 12:32 pm: |
Best value meals around $10 (not including 5% sales tax or +/- 15% tip):
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By Tom Kreider (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 1:54 pm: |
Thanks for all of your great help!
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6116) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 2:31 pm: |
My favorite snack for lunch or early dinner is a salad, with fresh bread from Cultimara, and a nice hunk of gouda cheese. Yummy!
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By ***Ron Gould*** (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2036) on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 5:55 pm: |
Tom, Cultimara has the best homemade bread! We rap a few pounds of our favorite lunch meat in newspaper, and freeze it solid, and pack it in our dive gear. It will survive for many hours. Just came back(22nd)from Curacao for a week of diving, and our gear bag came a day late. The lunch stuff was OK. Free breakfast, and a cheap lunch, all that is left is dinner. One building south of BOA is Bobbejans. Very good BarBQ, and cheap... Ron
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By Pietri Hausmann (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #249) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:50 am: |
most chinese have a cuminda chikitu-- small portion . for nafl 6.00 which a bit over $3.00 and feeds me for 2 meals--- takeaway only .. also an order of bami- nasi ,potatoes or fried rice is very large and a good fill-in for a meal .. also a sate with or with out potato is a very ample meal ... carry outs are always much larger than eat-in. follow the locals ... and you'll be fine .. great homemade ice cream every afternoon from a trucki pan parked near the catholic church in playa..nafl 1.50 to 3 ... which is large..don't let the term Chinese deter you .. the variety is incredible and includes such things like porkchop and potatoes ..cutlets ,,beef, chicken.. fish .... try a chicken chicharon .. a mainstay of the locals ..local also stick with either amstel or polar as the beverage of choice .. often nafl only 2.00 ..
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By Pietri Hausmann (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #250) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:53 am: |
also when shopping for staples you will find the locals at the chinese groceries which tend to be much less than the larger stores -- especially cultimara .. they also have great fresh produce .. usually tuesday and thursday afternoons when the barka fruitas arrive from venezuela.
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By George Blanchard (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #334) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:16 am: |
Tom, you have received many good suggestions. We visit for 2 weeks every year and have found what we feel is a good plan. We bring cereal, coffee, and some snack items from the States. One of our first purchases, after the Amstel, is a wheel of cheese. The 4 of us have Cultimara bread and cheese with local fruit and tomatoes for lunch every day. Our only meal out is dinner and you can find good food at reasonable prices all over the Island. Look for the specials at your favorite restaurant.
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By Tom Kreider (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #5) on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:47 pm: |
Thanks for all of your great suggestions!!!
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By Karen Dancheck (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #135) on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 12:28 pm: |
One of our favorite all time cheap meals was had at the Bonaire Grill Truck. It is a clean snack truck that is parked in the stadium parking lot. Right around the corner from Casablanca. He is there every night except for Mondays and he opens at 7:30. He is there late and it is a great place to grab dinner after a night dive. His menu is small and simple, chicken, ribs and french fries but the food is GREAT!. A large order of chicken and a large order of ribs was about $20. And there were enough for leftovers.
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