Eating Our Way Around Belize – Part 2

On one of our non-diving days, we filled part of our day by taking a food tour of Belize. It is the same exact tour we took three years ago, and went to the same places, but it was still deliciously fun. It is a walking tour that takes place in Downtown San Pedro. All the places we went to are owned and operated by local Belizian families.

Our tour guide was Norma. We met at the local town square, then walked to our destinations from there.

Our first stop was at Briana’s for some traditional rice & beans and stewed chicken.

From Briana’s, we went into Saul’s Cigars and Coffee House to sample some rum creams and learn about the cigar making process.

Saul is pouring his very tasty rum creams for us to sample. Ironically, this gentleman and his wife in the background took this same tour with us 3 years ago too. Small world. 🙂

These are the rum creams we sampled. One was a coffee flavored cream, another was coconut flavored and the third was chocolate. I liked both the coffee and the coconut best, probably in that order too.

Learning about the cigar making process in the other room.

Our next stop was El Fogon, which means the hearth or fireplace. In this case, it meant, cooked over an open fire.

Here we enjoyed some refreshing rum punch along with some salbutes and conch fritters.

After finishing at El Fogon, we moved on to The Fry Jack House. Fry jacks are like sopapillas and can be topped with anything from sweet to savory. Larry and I had stopped in on one of our diving days too, after diving, but we ordered something different.

When we went on our own, we split a fried fish fry jack and a Nutella fry jack.

When we went with the tour, we had a fry jack topped with honey and powdered sugar and a chicken fry jack. All are very good.

Our last stop was at the Belize Chocolate Company. We also went back a couple of days later for a Belizan/Mayan chocolate making class, but more on that later.

The group picture for this year. It was a deliciously fun tour. We liked it so much that we went back and did it again. We have now done this tour twice. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well, and “live, love, eat”. ‘Til next time.