Pirate Radio, Rueben, and Bananakeet Sunsets

Pirate Radio is alive and well, this time broadcasting live from the British Virgin Islands!

Today Talkin' Tourism's second live remote from Tortola was heard. A couple of glitches, like the phone connection going out for 2-to-3 minutes, and a loud jet flying into Beef Island making it hard to hear the radio station and guests, but all and all a successful show from Brandywine Bay Restaurant!

Both Malcolm "Manpot" Boyes and Chef Davide Pugliese were great. Cele surprised Malcolm during the second half of the show with a plate of pork bellies. The sauces accompanying the fried delicacy were delicious! Malcolm and Davide also shared their concept for a chef's show done on a deserted island. To hear the hour show, check out the Talkin' Tourism blog.

Davide told us that he ended up living in Tortola after a pilot strike kept him in the BVI on his first trip. With the Spirit strike pending, I wonder if the same might happen to us. One can only hope! :)

After the show, we headed back to Casa Allamanda for some limin' around the pool and to make dinner reservations for the Banakeet Cafe to enjoy a sunset dinner and music by Rueben.

The Banakeet was not busy when we arrived, but the place filled up shortly afterward. We ran into Malcolm and Candace one more time. The sunset was nice and Rueben's music even better. The Banakeet Sundowners were enjoyed by everyone in the restaurant.

For starters, Gary and I both enjoyed the chef's soup for dinner, which was a creamy, spicy crab and conch chowder. All I can say is YUM and DOUBLE YUM! The soup was rich and filling and I had an Ahi tuna entree on the way. Had I known how filling the soup would be, I would have simply ordered a small salad and called it a meal. The ahi was nice, but not as good as in year's past. A wasabi sauce decorated the top, but there was no ginger to accompany it. I love the zing of ginger so was a tad disappointed, but not too disappointed.

After dinner, we headed 'home' to Casa Allamanda for more star watching and sleep. Tomorrow's plans include a day on the water on our center-console, Emilie.