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Discover all the benefits that Aruba Quality Apartments & Suites

has to offer

Aruba Quality Apartments & Suites has been providing quality service
in Aruba since 1995. On the premises are a total of 73 apartments (46
Studio, 22 loft apartments & 5 suites).

Known for its cleanliness, quiet atmosphere, hospitality at affordable
daily and monthly rates. All 73 apartments are fully furnished and non-
smoking. There is free WIFI on the premises and free international phone
calls from the comfort of your room. There is a fresh-water pool, a fitness
room and a laundry room. 2 BBQ sets outside. Free parking. And a secu-
rity guard at night.

Aruba Quality Apartments & Suites is conveniently located less than 1
mile from Aruba's beautiful Eagle Beach, restaurants, hospital / phar-
macy, casino's, 2 large supermarkets, car rentals, IMAX cinema and a
golf course.

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Tel: (297)-582-0697
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Food culture in Aruba

(Oranjestad) - Like many other cul- find many snack trucks and ca- mon to see leftovers from the main also has a food tradition that in-
tures, an important aspect of the fes that sell sandwiches, pastechis meal reheated and eaten again. cludes snacks and other tasty
Aruban cultural identity is our con- (meat pie), arepas and empana- Tea and coffee are often also delights that you may easily find
nection to food and food traditions. das early in the morning. served with the evening snack. around the island. These include,
The local food traditions consist of Main Meal Saco*, basket, pastechi, kroket,
a melting pot of different cultural The main meal is typically eaten in (Religious) Holidays deditos, Johnny cake and more.
and religious eating habits and most households around noon or in Christmas is probably the biggest These snacks are usually sold at lo-
dishes. the afternoon. This can consist of global holiday, and every cul- cal snack trucks and cafes, often
meat, fish, and chicken—stewed ture has its own spin on what their located on the side of the road.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner or fried—with funchi (polenta) or Christmas cuisine entails. In Aru- In the area of Tanki Leendert and
The routine of breakfast, lunch and rice with stewed vegetables. Of- ba, our Christmas cuisine is again Tanki flip, for example, there are
dinner on the island is one that ten, fried or boiled plantain or pan largely based on Latin-American many of these trucks parked on
does not completely follow a Euro- bati (Aruban pancake) is included. influences, most notably form Ven- the side of the road and often
pean or American routine, despite Stews are a staple in Aruban cuisine ezuela. Ayacas and the famous open until late at night—offering
the major influences from these and can are largely influenced by pan di ham* are two crucial holi- tasty and filling snacks post night-
parts of the world on our culture Latin-American and Latin/Afro-Ca- day dishes, along with stuffed tur- life fun.
and way of living. When it comes ribbean Stews. Some of the more key, roasted glazed ham topped
to the three important meals of the unique stews and soups from the with pineapples, arroz con pollo *ABC Islands: Aruba, Bonaire and
day, most of the Aruban popula- ABC Islands* include sopi di bon- (rice and chicken) and potato sal- Curacao
tion follows a Latin-American influ- chi cora (red kidney bean soup ad, among other items. Traditional *Pan di ham: Derived from the
enced routine. with pig tail), sopi mondongo (tripe drinks include ponche crema (Aru- Venezuelan Pan de Jamon (rolled
soup), carni stoba (beef stew), ban eggnog), chuculati pinda (hot up bread with ham, raisins and ol-
Breakfast comcomber stoba (West Indian chocolate with peanut butter), ives)
Breakfast in Aruba is quite simple: a gherkin stew) and much more. and homemade fruit punch. Des- *Saco: Saco literally means “bag”.
cup of coffee or tea, some bread, serts include, bolo di pistachio (pis- Saco contains fried potatoes,
and sometimes an egg. Some- Dinner Time tachio cake), bolo di cashupete plantains, chicken (and ribs) and
times, due to the need of a quick Dinner time can vary significantly (cashew cake), quesillo (flan), bolo a Johnny cake, served in a paper
“to-go” breakfast, you may also from household to household. Un- preto (dark fruit cake), drigidek bag.
like the U.S. or in Europe, dinner (gingerbread), pan boyo (bread
time typically does not consist of cake) and more. Source: Voeding, voedingsge-
a whole (warm) meal. Instead, woonten en gerechten op Aruba
the evening “meal” can typically Snacks and tasty delights (Nutrition, Food Traditions and Dish-
consist of something lighter, like a Besides meals and dishes that are es on Aruba) by Biblioteca Nacio-
sandwich, though it is not uncom- eaten on the dinner table, Aruba nal Aruba