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formal than dinners, with a medley of salads, about a doz en pastas
(including a v ersion with crayfish and crabmeat), unusual pizzas
(including an “Austrian” version with brie cheese and smoked P arma
ham), and elegant platters of mostly white-meat and fish dishes such
as chicken scaloppine with M arsala-and-mushroom sauce, and sau-
téed peppered yellowfin tuna with a r ed-bell-pepper sauce. D inners
range from a blue-crab spring roll and lobster quesadillas to rosemary-
marinated duck breast with an orange demi-glacé, and pan-seared sea
bass served with capers and black oliv es.
Buckingham S q., West Bay Rd.
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345/945-3484.
w ww.eragazzi.com. Reser va-
tions recommended Fri-Sat dinner. Lunch CI$12-CI$19; dinner CI$15- CI$35. AE,
DC, MC, V. Daily 11:30am-11pm.
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Thai Orchid
THAI This is the only spot on G rand Cayman that
serves the intricately flav ored and sometimes fier y cuisine of Thai-
land. The interior is graceful, elegant, and rather formal, with black
lacquer furniture and lots of Thai paintings; the waitresses are beauti-
fully outfitted in formal Thai costumes. Favorite dishes include divine
Thai-style lobster and squid with red-curry sauce, Pad Thai, stir-fried
chicken with cashews and bell peppers, curries,Thai-style spring rolls,
and a deep-fried whole red snapper topped with Thai-style chili sauce
(the best dish, in our opinion). A lunch buffet is ser ved on Tuesday
and Thursday.
In the Queen 's C ourt Shopping Plaza, West Ba y Rd .
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345/949-7955.
www.
thaiorchid.ky. Lunch CI$14- CI$19; dinner CI$15- CI$35. AE, DC, MC, V. M on-Sat
11:30am-2:30pm; daily 6-10pm.
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INEXPENSIVE
Al la Kebab
KABOBS If you're in the mood for a convivial out-
door snack with the y oung, the r estless, and the wasted, consider
driving over to this late-night joint for kabobs, open after most other
restaurants have closed for the night. The setting is a vividly painted
clapboard shack plunked do wn in a par king lot adjacent to the
island's biggest theater . There's no dining r oom here, but the dash-
board of y our car wor ks quite nicely as a table. The tasty , juicy
kabobs—lamb, chicken, or beef—ar e seasoned with fr esh herbs and
grilled to per fection. They can be doused with any of a half-doz en
varieties of sauce. Your hosts ar e Alan S ilverman and Laura Winter-
mut (both fr om Canada), and their Caymanian par
tner, F rank
McCoy.
Lawrence Blvd., adjacent to the cinema, acr oss from World's Gym.
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345/943-
4343.
Kabobs CI$4-CI$7.50. No credit cards. Mon-Fri 11am-4am; Sat 11am-2am;
Sun 11am-8pm.
