I think I’m going to write about the days food after I’ve done each day. I had originally planned to write about it all after I was done all of the days, but I think that will end up much to disjointed.

My first meal of the trip I didn’t get a photo of – it was a burrito in the Houston airport at about 6-6:30am Houston time. I hadn’t slept at all, and I wanted something easy to eat. I walked up to a BBQ place and ordered the exact same thing as the guy in front of me (a trend which Sean will recognize :P). This thing would have been laughed out of burrito school in Vancouver, but it was pretty tasty. Spicy sausage, egg, cheese and a tortilla. That’s it. Who does that?

Lunch happened shortly after I landed in Belize. I had a feeling that the folks would be hungry when I landed, so I didn’t bother with a big meal in Houston, and I was glad to be right. We stopped at some random side of the road tent somewhere between Belmopan and Belize City. They had a truck with a BBQ and a man hanging out near it, and a tent with what I assume was a mother and daughter team serving food. Jerk pork, rice with vegetables, an avocado, potato salad and a lettuce salad. I didn’t know it at the time, but this meal is almost the quintessential Belizean meal – meat and rice, just needed beans to be added and it was right there. The pork was spiced, but not hot, and was delicious. This was a great meal, and I didn’t get food poisoning :P.

Just before dinner, we had a couple drinks. They served us a rum punch thing that was delicious upon us first arriving, but when we got to the bar it turned out they were expensive so we ordered other things instead :P. A “Belizean Cocaine” – Kahlua, Bailies, …something else…and cream. Woah, potent.

Dinner was at the 5 Sisters, served at that great table set up I photographed the other day. I ordered the shrimp – it came with roasted vegetables, garlic potatoes and cheese on the shrimp. As well as a little butterfly thing on the side (Rebecca says it looks like an owl :P). This was a great meal, and at the time I was really impressed. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by meals to come – we ate at some really fantastic places.

Dessert looks like it was some sort of cakey-nutty thing with a chocolate sauce on top. But I’ll be honest, I can’t for the life of me remember what this thing tasted like. Maybe someone can remind me in the comments? 🙂

Having written that, I wish I’d taken notes on the food! I’m making the assumption that these potatoes are garlic…and I wish I remembered what sort of sauce was on the shrimp. Ah well…maybe a travel journal next time?