Cayman Islands in pictures: food and drink

Never mind fine dining: as the sun goes down, George Town’s waterfront bars come to life in a riot of colour, enlivened by a dash of rum or the local brew
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A genuine Caymanian meal on Grand Cayman? Welly’s Cool Spot in George Town obliges with a traditional offering of goat curry and rice
Photograph: Martyn Poyner

Take a strip of white sand, back with turquoise sea, top with a beachside fish shack – and hey presto, fish lunch, Caymanian style. What could be simpler than that? Photograph: PR

In the right hands, Cayman’s favourite cocktail, a gloriously sweet concoction known as a mudslide, and the ubiquitous rum punch can be raised to the heights of elegance
Photograph: Martyn Poyner

Considered a natural aphrodisiac, conch comes in many guises. These delicate offerings are a new take on the Caymanian staple, and their shells tiny compared with those normally seen by divers
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Freshly caught red snapper is a real treat in Cayman. It’s a popular ingredient of the Cayman rundown, too, a one-pot dish that can also be made with salt beef
Photograph: Claudia Uribe Touri/4Corners Images

Elegance, tradition and romance come together in the seafront gardens of the Grand Old House, that doyenne of Grand Cayman dining, set in a converted 1908 plantation house Photograph: Cayman Islands

Pirates Point on Little Cayman has made its name for delicious fresh food. Prepared by larger-than-life owner Gladys Howard, salads such as this are a real treat after a morning’s diving.
Photograph: Carl Pendle

While celebrity chefs are hard at work producing their culinary masterpieces, iced rum punch under a palm tree is just the ticket for visitors to Cayman Cookout 2011
Photograph: Cayman Islands

Just an hour or so from the bustle of Seven Mile Beach, what better place for a meal than beneath the palms looking across the turquoise waters of Old Man Bay?
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