Although I am still not regularly online, I feel like I have been neglecting my blog. So although I don’t have the energy to write anything particularly interesting, at least I can report on where I have been eating 
With pictures.
Champers Restaurant is off the main South Coast Road in Barbados, literally ON Accra Beach. The location is reason enough to visit this restaurant since you see nothing but those crystal clear blue waters of Barbados – as if you are asea. Sitting at the table and staring out at the sea was so soothing. While this may have influenced my views of the food, I do have pictures to prove that at least the meals also looked great 
I had lunch there as part of a business meeting, so I can’t claim to have experienced the regular experience. However, the food was excellent, so at the very least the chef is good! And judging by their online menus the meals offered for the group lunch are part of their normal offering. The Menu at right, which was printed especially for our group, offered the
following:
To Start
Warm Duck Breast & Apple Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Champers Caesar Salad
Coconut Shrimp and Chilli Sauce
Main Courses
Shrimp Curry with Basmati Rice & Vegetables
10 oz Striploin Steak with Peppercorn Sauce with Frenh Fries
Grilled Dolphin with Orange & Ginger Sauce served with Savoury Rice & Garden Salad
Chicken & Mushroom Fettuccuni with a Creamy Chardonnay Sauce
Desserts
White Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Coulis and Vanilla Ice Cream
Warm Bread Pudding with Bajan Rum Sauce and Ice Cream
Mango Sorbet served with Fresh Fruit
Double Chocolate Brownie with Pecans served with Vanilla Cream Sauce and Ice Cream
They served the meal with these absolutely lovely garlic herbed rolls. Which they took away after the starter. Bad people. Sometimes maybe people want bread during the meal. Especially small little delicious rolls. Good thing I stashed one away in my bag for later!
I had the following (pictured from the left going clockwise):
Starter: Hot Split Pea Soup: The soup was a bit spicy, with ginger and a touch of sweetness. Nice balance of flavours so it didn’t taste like dhal
Main Course: Shrimp Curry with Basmati Rice & Vegetables: It was good shrimp. And a very nice side of fried ripe plantain (love fried ripe plantain – what caramelises better?). The curry itself wasn’t fantastic, but at least it was not bad and gritty (which happens when people think that throwing in curry powder at random intervals will create a “curry”). However, it could have had more flavour. And more of it. Started to think that I should have saved some of the starter to use as dhal! The poppadum thing in which they served the vegetables was also a nice touch. I like to have a range of textures and since they took away the bread it was an acceptable substitute despite not being herbed and garlicky.
Dessert: Double Chocolate Brownie with Pecans served with Vanilla Cream Sauce and Ice Cream: So Good. So Chocolate-y. So very very good. But after the other 2 courses, even though I didn’t eat all my rice (trying to leave room) I still couldn’t finish this.
And there’s a picture of the bread pudding because I was sitting next to a recipient of same. And it looked so pretty. Of course, I didn’t eat that because of the rum sauce. I wish I knew what was topping the desserts though. It looks real, but no clue what it could be. Any ideas? (UPDATE: I have been informed, after taking a picture of the same topping at the Flindt Patisserie that Cynthia mentions, that this is Physalis Peruviana or Cape Gooseberry.
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