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Tips
Which Dollar? Yours or Mine?
Make sure you know the currency in which the menu prices
are quoted. If the currency is not written on the menu, ask the
waiter if the prices are in U.S. or Cayman Island dollars.
and at lunch at the C racked Conch include salads; fried calamari;
breaded and fried conch steaks; and beef , chicken, or conch burgers.
More formal and elaborate dishes, available for dinner at the Cracked
Conch, feature some of the most cr eative and upscale combinations
of conch and tur tle steak w e've ev er seen. E xamples include a
steamed-conch-and-snapper-coconut casser ole; a skillfully pr epared
roulade of conch; and tur tle steak braised with P arma ham, fr esh
tomatoes, and basil. Also av ailable is a platter with fr esh local tuna
prepared three different ways: as marinated sashimi, as fried tuna rice
rolls with pickled papaya, and as a tartare with fresh cilantro. Sunday
brunches are festive, with buffet stations set up within the gleaming
stainless-steel kitchen.
North West P oint Rd ., West Ba y, near C ayman Turtle Farm.
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345/945-5217.
www.crackedconch.com.ky. Reser vations r equired. A t M acabuca CI$9- CI$15; at
Cracked Conch dinner CI$26-CI$42, all-you-can-eat Sun brunch buffet CI$26. AE,
MC, V. Cracked C onch daily 11am-3pm and 5:30-10pm; M acabuca Tiki Bar daily
10am-midnight or later.
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Grand Old House
AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN/P ACIFIC
RIM The Grand Old House is the island's premier caterer and hosts
everything from lavish w eddings and political functions to informal
family celebrations. This former plantation house lies amid venerable
trees 2km (1
1
/
4
miles) south of G eorge Town, past J ackson P oint.
Built on bedrock near the edge of the sea, it stands on 129 ir onwood
posts that support the main house and a bevy of gaz ebos.
For appetizers, we recommend the roasted lobster Napoleon or the
marinated conch Cayman Island-style with tomato, cilantro, and Key
lime flavorings. Also worthwhile is the tequila-infused snow crab and
lobster laid on a mango gazpacho with spicy cucumber noodles. A
signature main course is a platter of baked shrimp and scallops gratin
in white wine, or the Cayman-style tur tle steak in a tomato-and-
white-wine sauce. Among fish dishes, we like the fire-roasted Chilean
sea bass in balsamic syr up on a sw eet-potato mash with a candied
lemon-and-mango beurre blanc.
Petra Plantation, 648 S. Chur ch St.
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345/949-9333.
www.grandoldhouse.com.
Reservations r equired. M ain c ourses CI$23- CI$49. AE, DISC, MC,
V. M on-Fri
11:30am-2pm and daily 6-10pm.
