Originally Posted by
azepine00
western options are actually better (good crepes, ok egg options, reasonable selection of cheeses, excellent bakery, lots of fruits, good coffee)
relative to resort buffets it is very good and considering the culinary hopelesness that place becomes in the afternoons/evenings it is worth spending $...
Yes, the breakfast was the best meal by far, in spite of the "college cafeteria" atmosphere and waiting 20 minutes for a coffee as they insist on making it with the espresso machine and the poor guys are overworked. At least one got full enough to skip lunch. Scrambled eggs/omelets were made from egg beaters (I saw the cook dump a carton into a bucket next to the griddle and pouring from it when I asked for an omelet). You would think they could afford the fresh eggs....
What was a real bummer was that in addition to the mediocre and overpriced resort restaurants, all island restaurants we tried were no better than your average vietnamese/asian takeout at any US strip mall, and perhaps worse (lots of rice/noodles and little veggies/meat).