Blue Bay Restaurant

The Portsmouth area has a very small selection of restaurants. We mostly (due to time and money) stick to the quick and easy Chinese food restaurant called Brothers that is right across the street from campus. If we want something a little nicer, we may venture over to the Canadian owned and operated Tomato, but I can count on one hand how many times that has happened. But really who wants to eat out when there is a case of frozen chicken in the freezer? Having company gave us a reason to venture out of our comfort zone (I think we established that would happen earlier while sailing) to Blue Bay restaurant. Of course we called ahead to 1. make sure they were open and 2. had food available. You can never take those two for granted here. Then we called a taxi to take us into town where he dropped us off on the main street by a small alley.

I wish I had looked back at Justin, Chris, and Tyler to see their reaction, but I just assumed they had seen the small sign overhead.

The little arrow on the sign is important to notice because otherwise you would be a little confused. Luckily, I had heard from a friend that to get to the restaurant you walk down an alley to the beach. Justin, Chris, and Tyler followed my lead thankful that someone knew where we were supposed to go. Unfortunately, the sun sets every evening at 6 and we missed watching the sunset from the outdoor restaurant patio (there is no inside restaurant, just so you know) but we could hear the waves on the sand.



The menu was small, but we each found a different exotic drink to try. It made us feel more "Caribbean" but it also made me miss first world countries that use ice. Justin lucked out with his fruity banana drink, the only cold one in the bunch. I must say it is hard to enjoy a warm alcoholic beverage on a warm Caribbean night.

No, that isn't sushi. That is Justin's fish fondue. Tyler ordered a dish with goat, and we tried not to think of the little kids that live on the hill and are always chasing each other up and down the street. Chris had beef in a french sauce and I ate grilled snapper.

Everything tasted really good. When we were done our waitress brought us a complimentary shot of peanut punch.

I was surprised by the consistency of the peanut punch, it is as thick as it sounds.

Eventually the check arrived, hand written on a cute little card. It was a great experience overall, just remember to go early to catch the sunset and order the banana drink because it is served cold.