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Saint Barthélemy Essentials
A considered first route through Saint Barthélemy: the foods that carry its everyday habits, celebrations, ingredients, and memory.
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Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barts Barley Sugar
Sucre d'Orge
Barley Sugar Candies (Sucre d'Orge) — a legendary St. Barts tradition; hard candies made from white sugar and pomme raquette (dragon fruit) for a distinctive red color, historically given to well-behaved children after Sunday Mass; unique to the island and now very rare.
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barts Cornmeal Fungi
Fangui
Fangui — the local St. Barts name for cornmeal fungi, a staple served on holidays with fish blaff or goat colombo; the distinctively named version of a Caribbean staple that anchors traditional family meals.
Guadeloupe
Salt Cod Fritters
Accras de Morue
Accras de Morue — French-Caribbean salt cod fritters, crispy outside and fluffy inside, seasoned with herbs and hot pepper; the ubiquitous appetizer and street snack on St. Barts, found at every local gathering and restaurant.
Guadeloupe
Grilled Lobster
Homard Grillé
Langouste Grillée — fresh Caribbean spiny lobster grilled over open flame with butter, herbs, and garlic; the warm waters around St. Barts provide abundant lobster, making this the island's signature seafood dish.
Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy
Rhum St. Barth Agricole
Rhum St. Barth
Rhum St. Barth Agricole — the island's signature rum brand, blended from agricultural rhums of Guadeloupe and Martinique and bottled under the St. Barth label; available in Blanc and aged versions at luxury boutiques in Gustavia.
Guadeloupe
Ti Punch
Ti' Punch — the ritual aperitif of the French Caribbean, made with rhum agricole, cane syrup, and lime; the essential St. Barts cocktail served at every bar and family gathering on the island.