Day 3: Calamari
There is a local ice cream shop facing the wharf which Daren and I like to stop by once and a while. If they are out of chocolate coated vanilla, we get the indeterminate fruit twist bar and then sidle over to a bench overlooking the moored boats and enjoy the ocean breeze or watch the moon over the water. We usually have to down the ice cream as quickly as possible because it seems every time we have the hankering for a frozen treat, the electricity on our side of the island has just gone off which means the freezers and the ice cream they hold are anything but cold. Well, as we were walking past the before mention shop without any intention of stopping, the owner hailed us over. As we drew closer we saw what he was doing; grilling calamari kabobs. Apparently he likes the mix of seafood and ice cream. After convincing Daren that it didn't look so bad and that I would be right there with him for the first bite, we bought some. Just to be clear, Daren is usually very adventurous when it comes to most foods, but seafood on the other hand, well let's just say sometimes it smells a little fishy. Anyways, we took the calamari and ate it on our veranda. It was really good and we especially liked it with a healthy dose of tamarind sauce, onions and green peppers. We decided it was one of the most unprocessed foods we had eaten in our lives; we could feel the hard nubs of the suckers as we ate. It seems unusual to eat something with such a short prep. process as catching it and then cooking it. I doubt it was even washed.
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