spirits
327 dishes.
cocktailAgua de ValenciaCava with fresh orange juice, gin and vodka, served in a jug.
AkwaduBaked banana with coconut and citrus
AlfajorCookie sandwich of dulce de leche, coated in chocolate or coconutcocktailAlgarrobinaPisco blended with carob syrup, condensed milk and egg yolksauce & condimentAngostura bittersAromatic spiced bitters dashed into cocktails, soups and rum punch
ApfelstrudelPaper-thin strudel pastry around spiced apples and raisins.
Arak eshkoliyotArak poured long over ice with fresh grapefruit juice, clouding milky white.wine & spiritArmenian brandyoak-aged grape brandy from the Ararat valley, famously favored by Churchill
Bahama MamaDark and coconut rum with pineapple, orange and grenadine over ice
Bahamian rum cakeDense butter cake soaked in dark rum syrup, sold in tins
BajaderaLayered nougat praline of hazelnut and almond, sold in gold foil.
Bajan black cakeVery dark fruit cake made with fruit soaked for months in rum and falernum
Bajan sweet breadCoconut loaf with cherry and spice, sliced and eaten with cheesedessertBamkuchRing-shaped tree cake baked layer by layer on a turning spit.bread & pastryBanana breadMoist loaf from the island's banana crop
BarmbrackSweet fruit loaf hiding charms at Halloween.
BatidaCachaça shaken with fruit juice, sugar and often condensed milk
BaumkuchenRinged tree cake baked in layers on a spit and glazed with chocolate.
Benny cakeChewy sesame and molasses candy sold in small squares
Black cakeDark rum-soaked fruit cake, dense and boozy, cut in thin slicescocktailBloody MaryVodka and spiced tomato juice with lemon, horseradish and celery
Blue drawersSweet cornmeal and coconut pudding tied in banana leaf and boileddessertBojoMoist cassava-coconut cake with rum and raisinsstreet foodBola de BerlimFried sugared doughnut split and filled with egg custard, hawked along beaches.dessertBolo polanarich Maputo cake of ground cashews and mashed potato
Bonbon siwoDense molasses and ginger cookies, spiced and chewy
BorgoñaRed wine with chopped strawberries and sugar, served coldsauce & condimentBourbon vanillaCured black vanilla pods, oily and fragrant, the island's most famous exportcocktailBrambleGin, lemon and sugar over crushed ice, drizzled with blackberry liqueurcocktailBrandy and CokeBrandy lengthened with cola and ice, the default braai drink
Brandy SourCypriot brandy with lemon squash, bitters and soda, long and pale.cocktailBuck’s FizzChampagne with orange juice, poured stronger than a mimosawine & spiritBundaberg RumDark molasses rum from Queensland, mixed with cola and nicknamed BundydessertCacciatellomilk-and-egg caramel custard, rustic crème caramel
CachaçaSugarcane spirit distilled from fresh juice, drunk neat or in caipirinhas
CaesarVodka and clam-tomato juice cocktail with celery-salt rim
AkwaduBaked banana with coconut and citrusAlfajorCookie sandwich of dulce de leche, coated in chocolate or coconutcocktailAlgarrobinaPisco blended with carob syrup, condensed milk and egg yolksauce & condimentAngostura bittersAromatic spiced bitters dashed into cocktails, soups and rum punchApfelstrudelPaper-thin strudel pastry around spiced apples and raisins.Arak eshkoliyotArak poured long over ice with fresh grapefruit juice, clouding milky white.wine & spiritArmenian brandyoak-aged grape brandy from the Ararat valley, famously favored by ChurchillBahama MamaDark and coconut rum with pineapple, orange and grenadine over iceBahamian rum cakeDense butter cake soaked in dark rum syrup, sold in tinsBajaderaLayered nougat praline of hazelnut and almond, sold in gold foil.Bajan black cakeVery dark fruit cake made with fruit soaked for months in rum and falernumBajan sweet breadCoconut loaf with cherry and spice, sliced and eaten with cheesedessertBamkuchRing-shaped tree cake baked layer by layer on a turning spit.bread & pastryBanana breadMoist loaf from the island's banana cropBarmbrackSweet fruit loaf hiding charms at Halloween.BatidaCachaça shaken with fruit juice, sugar and often condensed milkBaumkuchenRinged tree cake baked in layers on a spit and glazed with chocolate.Benny cakeChewy sesame and molasses candy sold in small squaresBlack cakeDark rum-soaked fruit cake, dense and boozy, cut in thin slicescocktailBloody MaryVodka and spiced tomato juice with lemon, horseradish and celeryBlue drawersSweet cornmeal and coconut pudding tied in banana leaf and boileddessertBojoMoist cassava-coconut cake with rum and raisinsstreet foodBola de BerlimFried sugared doughnut split and filled with egg custard, hawked along beaches.dessertBolo polanarich Maputo cake of ground cashews and mashed potatoBonbon siwoDense molasses and ginger cookies, spiced and chewyBorgoñaRed wine with chopped strawberries and sugar, served coldsauce & condimentBourbon vanillaCured black vanilla pods, oily and fragrant, the island's most famous exportcocktailBrambleGin, lemon and sugar over crushed ice, drizzled with blackberry liqueurcocktailBrandy and CokeBrandy lengthened with cola and ice, the default braai drinkBrandy SourCypriot brandy with lemon squash, bitters and soda, long and pale.cocktailBuck’s FizzChampagne with orange juice, poured stronger than a mimosawine & spiritBundaberg RumDark molasses rum from Queensland, mixed with cola and nicknamed BundydessertCacciatellomilk-and-egg caramel custard, rustic crème caramelCachaçaSugarcane spirit distilled from fresh juice, drunk neat or in caipirinhasCaesarVodka and clam-tomato juice cocktail with celery-salt rim