Brown Sugar the home of authentic
bajan flavour
This Brown Sugar restaurant review highlights this
restaurant as the place you'll want to be... Whether you
want a taste of Barbados fame Flying Fish & Cou Cou or
Pudding & Souse. This Barbados restaurant has long
been regarded as the home of authentic Barbadian flavours.
We had never eaten there before mainly because getting an
authentic Bajan meal was never a problem. All we had to do
was say mum we are stopping by later. And out of thin air
our mothers would whip together some of the most delicious
food you could imagine... Rice & peas with stuff bake
chicken, macaroni pie, sweet potatoes pie, cou cou &
flying fish, coconut sweet bread... to name a few.
This occasion was different we wanted to treat our mothers
to a wonderful Mothers Day lunch. But knowing older
Barbadian women, it is hell to get them away from their
kitchens. So we needed a Barbadian restaurant that would
meet the high standards they set for the preparation of
local cuisine.
The restaurant came highly recommended as the place to
sample the authentic flavours of Barbados
food... but we still had to take a look at the menu
to see what was on offer. Now my wife and I had past the
Brown Sugar’s Aquatic Gap location on numerous occasions
but had never gone in.
On this occasion we wanted to make sure that the
restaurant would meet the taste of our mothers. What we
saw reassured us that this was the right choice. The
restaurant is house in a beautiful traditional Barbadian
style home set amidst lush fern fill patios and cascading
water gardens. And from the time you enter there is a warm
welcoming feel..
What you get at Brown Sugar Restaurant
What really convinced us was the menu… and in particular
the sumptuous all-you-can-eat four-course Sunday Bajan Lunch
Buffet. This feast features a list of more than 25 Barbadian
and Caribbean delicacies like, Split Pea & Pumpkin Soup,
Field Peas & Rice, Macaroni Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, and
Fried/Steamed Flying Fish all delicious and mouth-watering
staples of any Bajan menu.
So quite happy with what we had seen, we place our
reservations… and turn our attention to the difficult task
of convincing our mums that there were other people who
could cook a real Barbadian Sunday lunch. We made our calls
and what a surprise... convincing our mothers to leave their
kitchens and go to lunch wasn’t that difficult. They both
had heard raving reviews of the authentic Barbadian flavour
and wanted to sample the fare.
Then finally, the day was upon us... and as we got dress and
pick up our guest of honour I wondered if this Barbados
restaurant would live up to all of our expectations. We
arrived at the restaurant in time for our 12:30
reservations.
A Day to Remember at Brown Sugar
As soon as we were seated in their charming dining room,
the mesmerizing sounds of steel pan music and the mouth
watering flavours of Barbadian cuisine filled the air... the
ambiance was so reassuring mom said “It felt more like lunch
at family than at a restaurant.”
We got into the buffet line with high expectations… well the
food look so delicious I got a little carried away so much
so that the food on my plate look more like a mountain. My
wife and I both had the Field Peas & Rice, Macaroni Pie,
Sweet Potato Pie, Pumpkin Fritters and Baked Chicken. Our
mothers choose the Field Peas & Rice, Baked Cinnamon
Plantain with Fried Flying Fish and tomato salad.
And for desert all of us decided to try the Golden Apple Pie
and Great Cake with Ice Cream… what a delightful Sunday
afternoon, and to top it all off our mothers past the Brown
Sugar with flying colours. Service was friendly, prompt and
most important the flavour was Barbadian. So if you are
looking for a Barbados restaurant serving sumptuous bajan
fare we recommend the restaurant...