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Fresh fish right out of the Caribbean

Sea to your plate

traordinary menu starting with appetiz-
ers, salads and their famous fish soup.
The entree dishes consist of a variety
of fresh fish like whole red snapper, fish
steak, fish cake, grilled salmon, mixed
seafood or seafood rice (paella lo-
cal style) combined with sides of veg-
etables, french fries, rice, plantain, the
island’s traditional ‘pan bati’ (slapped
bread) or funchi (cornmeal cake).

Each and every dish is made with pas-
sion, love and dedication. Yes… even
the fried ones!
There are also pasta, meat and poul-
ORANJESTAD – Fish restaurants are ev- try options plus a kid-friendly menu with
erywhere, but do they serve fresh fish crispy chicken or fish nuggets, cheese
daily right out of the Caribbean Sea? burgers, mac & cheese and kid tender-
The Grand Fish Restaurant does. This lo- loin.
cally-owned restaurant is situated mere-
ly 5 minutes from the strip and is open as Pair your meal with your favorite drink
early as 11am for the lunch lovers. or cocktail, a wine of your choice or a
glass of The Grand Fish yummy home- come, guide and serve you for an amazing casual bite
The minute you step inside you can feel made fresh lemonade. and good time.
the homey and cozy warm ambiance
by the décor and the friendly staff who If you haven’t visited The Grand Fish yet, The Grand Fish Restaurant is situated at Taratata Road
will receive you with open arms. check out our local page for a coupon 15, unit #1.
for a free glass of wine and make sure to Open from 11AM – 10PM from Wednesday till Monday
The Grand Fish Restaurant has an ex- drop by. The staff will be happy to wel- CLOSED on Tuesdays!!!q

Another Treasure of Aruba’s Beaches: Sea Glass!

NOORD - It is hard to imag- dumped all kinds of refuse their household garbage, ter long enough is “Sea
ine this happening today, straight into the ocean, which of course included glass.
but years ago people including old cars, and lots of glass. Over the next
30 years the pounding The colorful pieces of glass
waves cleaned the beach, are being used for decora-
by breaking down every- tion, handcrafts and jew-
thing but glass and pot- elry!
tery. The pounding waves
washed the trash up and Once glass makes its way
down, back and forth. Tons into the ocean, the glass is
of polished, broken glass broken up into shards and is tail-lights.
pieces were created by tumbled around in the wa-
the pounding surf. These ter, where sand and other Then, the sapphire rocks
smoothened, colored glass rocks act like sandpaper to are the remnants of bro-
particles then settled along smooth out its rough edges. ken apothecary bottles.
the sea shore in millions, Sometimes as the sea glass The most common and
and that is why you can is passed through fire, it be- the easiest to find are the
find these beautiful and comes fire glass, the rarest brown (Amstel & Polar
colorful pieces on the north of sea glass with certain beer), green (Heineken
shore beaches of Aruba. inclusions, just like precious & Balashi beer) and clear
gems. glass which are the soft
Especially on the strip on much loved “soft drink”
white sand between the fa- For years, the water beat bottles.
mous Natural Bridge” and against the different kinds
the huge red anchor close of trash being dumped. If you like to see the sea
to “Grapefield” beach you Glass, household appli- glass for yourself, and be
will be able to find your own ances and even motor in awe of the power of na-
pieces of sea glass. The sea parts were discarded on ture, rent a car or jeep and
glass that was created is the beach. The waves and go explore our deserted
the product of a very long weather conditions wore beaches on the north side
and interesting process. It down the overwhelming of the island. Make it a fun
can take anywhere from amount of garbage in the family day!
10 to 30 years to make sea water, creating millions of Even if we didn’t mean to
glass. The name for any beautiful smooth rocks. pollute the Beaches how
piece of glass that finds we did, it is inspiring to see
its way to the ocean and The ruby red glass stones just how the earth can cor-
tumbles around in the wa- are typically from old car rect our mistakes.q