Showing posts with label Restaurants in Belize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Restaurants in Belize. Show all posts

Friday, April 27, 2012

Bill Gets A Haircut at Ballers and Fabulous Bread in Belize

Ballers Barber Shop

Bill needed to get a haircut Thursday morning so we headed downtown to Ballers Barber Shop.  It is located on the corner of Middle Street aka Pescador Drive.  When we got there Kobe wasn't busy and Bill was able to get right in.  Kobe was a young Belizean fellow and had cut Bill's hair once before.  I asked Kobe how he spelled his name and he said K O B E as in Kobe Bryant the famous basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.  Looking around the shop and noticing their decorating expertise of large wall posters of Kobe Bryant and other famous players, I am figuring this is also where the name of the barber shop "Ballers" came from.  This was definitely a sports themed style barber shop. 






The last time Bill was at the shop Kobe had told Bill he had not been to barber school and he wasn't a licensed barber, but that barbering was in his "genes".  Kobe's grandfather and his father were both barbers and he grew up around them watching them both cut hair, so that qualified him to be a barber.  Bill thought to his self  "well if it's in his genes he doesn't need any damn school" and he let Kobe cut his hair.  Kobe actually did a really good job.  I can somewhat relate to his barbering skills being in his genes.  I told Kobe that my mother and grandmother were hairdressers as well and I had cut hair like I knew what I was doing before too.  So I guess it does get in your genes and that can somehow qualify you to do hair.  Bill's haircut cost $10.00BZ ($5.00US). 


Kobe getting started.






Looks like they may have a few beers in their spare time.  I hope those were left over from after work and not before work. 


This poster was on the wall.  I guess this was the "gringo haircuts" you could choose from.  The guy in the middle is rocking that haircut.  Maybe next time Bill could try out that style.  It would go great with the beaded beard, don't you think!!

All finished, see no barber licenses required for this great looking haircut.

While I love making my own bread it can be a little difficult to find some of the different kind of flours that you need here in Belize.  So I decided to give Mathieu's  Deli a try and I ordered several different kinds of breads.  I emailed Anna on Wednesday my order and then she emailed me Thursday morning telling me my breads would be ready to be picked up Thursday at 11:00am.  So after Bill's haircut we biked over to Mathieu's Deli and picked up our bread.  Anna is going to email me a long list of all the breads they make.

Mathieu's Deli located on Middle Street going north next to the Fire Station.




We left Mathieu's Deli and got caught in the rain.  It started coming down pretty hard, so we waited underneath the umbrella's at a vegetable stand just down the street.  After the rain slacked off some we biked home.   I was having to dodge all of the puddles so mud wouldn't splash all on the back of my white shirt.  It seems I always have on white when it rains.  We don't have fenders on our bikes yet, so you can get a nice muddy stripe going down your back on rainy days. 

Once we got home I couldn't wait to try out my bread.  I had purchased a loaf of whole wheat sour dough, kamut flour bread and a three grain mix bread.  I wanted to try out my Spicy Stout Belizean mustard I had purchased from the Greenhouse the day before.  So when we got home I made Bill and I both a turkey breast sandwich with our Belizean mustard on the whole wheat sour dough.  They were delish.  I can't wait to try out the other ones I bought next time.

Look at all these healthy breads.

I have this special bread slicing knife I brought from the states and it comes in handy. It is the Original Fiddle Bow Bread Knife.

Turkey breast sandwiches whole wheat sourdough with BBQ Kettle chips I brought back from Mexico.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Dinner at Casa Picasso and Some Amazing Views

Sunday evening on the way to dinner I had to stop and take pictures of the water it was so beautiful.  It was about 6:00pm and this was the view in San Pedro.  The water was so still and there were lots of clouds.  It was amazing.





We went to dinner with Michael and Pamela from Oregon who just moved to Belize this week.  We wanted to try out the Casa Picasso Restaurant.  It is located on Stingray Street which is a little off the beaten path, but so worth it. 

Casa Picasso Restaurant
All four of us biked over to Casa Picasso and we were greeted by Adam and Jackie, the owners.  They moved to Belize about 7 months ago from the US.  Adam helped us park our bikes and then we were seated in the dining room. 


Jackie and Adam were super nice host.


Bill, Debra, Pamela and Michael


I love art, so I really loved all of the colorful art that decorated the restaurant throughout.  We sat in the screened in dining area inside.  But there was a nice bar area to sit outside if you liked.

Lots of beautiful Belizean art every where.

Cozy little sitting area.

Lots of sitting area.

The inside bar area.

The outside sitting area and bar.

The menu had lots of interesting dishes to choose from.  The portions were larger than in most restaurants that I have eaten in Belize too.  I had enough to take home and have for lunch the next day.  Check out these wonderful dishes we ordered. 


Grilled Calamari

Malaysian Chicken Satay

Grouper wrapped in banana leaves

Roasted potatoes with tomato sauce

Rendered Pork Belly


We bought along our own personal mosquito zapper that we had purchased in the states.  We wanted to give it a try to see how well it would work.  It seemed to work just fine and we were mosquito free all evening. 


Our waiters Curt and Sebastian.  They were great.  Curt is Maria's (Maria's Fruit and Vegetable Stand) grandson.  Both did a great job and were super sweet guys.

Any one recognize who this guy looks like and is related to?  He also works at Casa Picasso.  This is Greg, Coconut Leo's son.  He works back in the kitchen and is a friendly guy also.  Love that smile. 

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Belize Red Cross, Caliente and Bingo



Since moving to San Pedro in Belize I have volunteered at several events.  It has been a great way to meet other people living in Belize while also helping out the community.  Friday I attended my second meeting with the Belize Red Cross.  Lily Bowman, director general and several other Belize Red Cross members came over from the mainland to talk about bringing back a branch of the Red Cross to the Cayes.  There use to be a branch office here in San Pedro, but it is no longer here and no one really knows what happened to it either.  So we are currently working to re-open the Belize Red Cross on the island of San Pedro.

The Belize Red Cross (BRC) does a huge range of things across the country and are mostly known for their response in a disaster.  However there’s lots of other things that they do when there isn’t an emergency going on:  read more.

If anyone either locally or globally would like to get involved with the Belize Red Cross please drop me an email.  Thanks again to the Belize Red Cross for reaching out to San Pedro and to everyone else who came to the meeting yesterday.  Don't forget to join the Belize Red Cross facebook page.

Friday night we went with friends Gigi and Paula to check out Caliente, a restaurant located on the beach.  On Friday nights they have half price margaritas and taco specials. The food was really good and the margaritas weren't bad either.



Me, Bill, Gigi and Paula.


Having some fun, yaya!!


After eating dinner at Caliente's we went over to check out bingo at the San Pedro Lions Club.  This seems to be the Friday night place to be in town.  Every Friday night they have bingo games starting at about 7:00pm until 9 or 10pm.  The place was packed with adults, children and dogs and everyone seemed to be having a great time. 

He was calling out the bingo numbers.

Check out this high tech bingo board.

 
Where else could a kid go and play bingo with his dog at his side?

Everyone was anxiously waiting for their number to be called. 

She told me she wins bingo every weekend.

"Bingo" we have a winner!

Paula playing with the babies.

She was steady selling bingo cards.

Stephanie was selling chances to win a milk cake and 6 pack of cokes for $1.00BZ.  I told her I would take diet cokes and that I would be waiting for her to call me on Monday to deliver my cake. 

A few belikins and bingo

Bingo pooped him out.

Lots of happy people.

Here is Jan Brown with Marco Gonzalez Maya Reserve Site verifying another bingo.

 
The San Pedro Lions Club sells BBQ chicken plates every weekend and makes some of the best desserts.  The orange cake is to die for.