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            Experience the modern twist of tradition at L’Avenue Belgian Bistro Aruba!


                                                              scene;  being  the  only  Bel-
                                                              gian-owned, Belgian restau-
                                                              rant  on  the  island.  This  win-
                                                              ning  hand  is  not  obtained
                                                              by  many,  and  L’Avenue’s
                                                              delicious  menu  and  wide
                                                              selection  of  Belgian  beer,
                                                              and  European  and  New
                                                              World  wine  emphasizes  the
                                                              bistro’s unique vision to bring
                                                              Europe into the palm of your
                                                              hands!

                                                              Once  part  of  the  famous
                                                              Taste of Belgium restaurant,
                                                              L’Avenue offers a new point     As if that wasn’t enough, en-
                                                              of view and brings a fresh life   joy  your  meal  under  warm,
                                                              to what was once beloved        starry  lights  accompanied
                                                              by  both  locals  and  tour-    by live music performances
                                                              ists.  Crafted  by  Chef  Juan   every  day,  seated  either  in
                                                              Ludeña and his team, enjoy      a  relaxing  and  cool  interior
                                                              a  superb  variety  of  classic   area  of  the  restaurant,  or
                                                              Belgian  and  French  dishes    outside against a backdrop
                                                              served with a touch of inno-    of  the  bright,  colorful  lights
                                                              vation for lunch and dinner,    of the Palm Beach strip!
                                                              including stews, steak-house
                                                              quality  meat  and  their  fa-  More information
                                                              mous  Moules-frites,  served    L’Avenue  is  situated  at  The
             (Oranjestad)—Nuzzled up in a cozy nook of        with  a  variety  of  delicious   Cove  Mall  in  Palm  Beach
             The Cove Mall in the sun-kissed paradise of      and rich broth.                 and is open every day from
             Palm Beach, L’Avenue takes you on a jour-                                        11am to 10pm for lunch and
             ney to experience the true flavors of Belgium.                                   dinner.  To  book  a  reserva-
             Offering a selection of traditional Belgian and                                  tion or ask for more informa-
             French cuisine, this bistro brings the old into                                  tion,  please  contact  their
             the  new  against  a  backdrop  of  laid-back                                    phone line at +297 6996400,
             luxury.                                                                          send  an  e-mail  info@lave-
                                                                                              nuearuba.com,  or  visit  their
             The new kid on the block, L’Avenue currently                                     website  at  lavenuearuba.
             holds a unique position in the island’s culinary                                 com


            Planning on snorkeling? Get to know our Candelchi!


            (Oranjestad)—If  you’re  ever  plan-  Do you know your fish? The Depart-  Under  candelchi,  we  in  Aruba  are  sometimes  caught  and  seen
            ning  on  snorkeling  during  your  ment of Department of Agriculture,  generally  refer  to  all  the  different  occasionally.  They  can  be  distin-
            vacation on Aruba, you may spot  Livestock,  and  Fisheries,  known  as  species of squirrelfish. They all look  guished by different marks such as
            fish that you can’t recognize. One  Santa Rosa, offers this  informative  alike and it's really difficult to distin-  color on the dorsal spine or marks
            of  these  may  be  the  “Candelchi”  article that illustrate some fish and  guish between them.            on the body.
            (Squirrelfish),  a  common,  yet  shy  their names in Papiamento.
            fish that swims all year long in the                                    The squirrelfish family is distinguished  In Aruba:
            waters of Aruba.                    Candelchi,  Squirrelfish,  Holocen-  by  the  following  characteristics.  Candelchi  are  found  on  reefs  or
                                                trus adscensionis:                  They  are  heart-shaped  with  pink  areas  with  structure  in  the  water
            Let's talk about the names of fish.  Candelchi  actually  refers  to  the  or red hues and often show heart-  where  they  can  hide.  Although
                                                entire squirrelfish family or, as some  shaped streaks between the scales  they  prefer  to  hunt  for  food  at
                                                say,  when  we  say  candelchi,  we  along  the  body.  They  have  hard  night,  they  are  also  active  dur-
                                                mean several different species but  fins and are always armed. Over at  ing  the  day.  They  are  edible  and
                                                without distinguishing them by spe-  our sister island Curaçao, they are  delicious  when  prepared  dry  and
                                                cies.  In  this  picture,  we  are  show-  called  "bari  di  clabo"  (nail  barrel)  crispy  with  lime.  It  is  particularly
                                                ing  the  most  common  one  in  our  for that reason.                  challenging to scale the fish, which
                                                waters,  which  is  called  squirrelfish                                is why it is not one of the favorites
                                                in English or scientifically known as  In  our  waters,  there  are  7  to  8  among fishermen. They often live in
                                                Holocentrus adscensionis.           types or species present and they  groups.q
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