Can someone please tell me what kind of food can be found there.

I want to know about steaks (NY strip, porterhouse, T-bone, ribeye), whole chickens, pork tenderloin roast, ribs, bbq sauce, A1 steak sauce, curry. From basics to the tasties, what can you find vs what can you not find in Antigua.

Also, I traveled to several islands in the Caribbean around Antigua in the recent past, and bread is hard to find on most islands. What about bread, rice, pasta, pasta sauces, cheeses, etc.

Please tell all. And if possible, please list some prices as well.

Being Vegan, I can only help you with some stuff:

Bread: easily available (fresh bread costs less than 5 ec)

Rice: easily available (costs between 8 ec to 40 ec depending on brand n quantity)

Pasta: easily available (less than 5 ec)

Pasta sauce: Several brands n flavors (Hunt's brand for 5 ec)

Cheese: all kind of cheeses ; Krafts n several others (around 9-11 ec per pack)

All these are available @ Epi's (the only n one walmart of antigua)

I am a pretty picky eater and I am very happy with the food available at Epicurean...the supermarket.

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ribeye and boneless ny strip is around 10 US dollars a pound, u get really nice 8 oz cuts for 4-5 bucks. the t-bone and porterhouse r a little cheaper but u can only find big cuts (16 oz+) so if u want a nice big t-bone or porterhouse usually around 9-10US. chicken is super cheap like 2 - 3 US a pound, and theres barely any fat - great cuts. i actually prefer shopping for meat here over some food stores in the U.S. bcuz the cuts r always good and slightly cheaper then the NJ-NY area. Sauces - they r out of control as far as price goes. any name brand sauce expect to pay around 3 times as much as in the states, but u will b able to find wutever u want.
Deli meats - almost the same quality as U.S. except the deli slicer makes thick cuts.
Cheese - all kinds - i even found mascarpone the other day to make tiramisu. they import a lot of italian and canadian products from wut ive noticed - so u can find many italian items that would be even hard to find in the U.S. here. cheese i would say goes for roughly the same amount as non-sale prices in U.S. stores - things never go on sale here.

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u make tiramisu!!! yum!! that thing is like 95ec at epi

iwanabmd and everyone else, thank you so much for your contributions. the information here is very helpful. i am so happy i will be able to find steak, good cuts of chicken, and all other necessities as far as food goes. i consider myself a professional chef as a hobby, and would die if i could not get some of my favorites!

Since we're talking about food...I just made really great chicken/vegetable stir-fry and white rice. wow.

you can ask them to make thin cuts too, just tell them before and they can set the machine

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stir fry is some tasty stuff. the other day i made chicken tandoori. first i carmelized the onions in some olive oil finely seasoned with some salt, black pepper, red pepper, red curry, and some other spices to give the onions that flavorful tandoori kick. tossed in some finely chopped fresh garlic and cook almost to the point of making a rue. baked a whole chicken in the oven for an hour while making the onion stock. also, brought about half a liter of 12 percent cream and additional seasoning to a fine boil. as soon as the chicken is finished, peal the meat off the bone, toss both the chicken and the onion rue stock into the boiling cream. then add additional seasoning to taste... simmer for about 15 minutes. and bammm. my chicken tandoori. indian food at its finest. i am not india, but i sure as heck love foreign flavor.

I just had cold Chef Boyardee Ravioli from the can and a Pop-Tart for dessert.

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