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Papillon Restaurant presents:

Chef’s Garden, culinary magic by

European top chef in a romantic garden

PALM BEACH —A true once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The secret garden is located in a traditional Aruban cu-
nucu house creating a magical ambiance. The Chef’s chefs, including two 3-star Michelin
Garden is a 6-course surprise menu with authentic chefs who taught him all the tricks of For more than a decade, Papillon res-
classic French dishes by Dutch top chef Patrick van der the trade. He was also inspired by self- taurant has built a reputation with the
Donk. You will leave this culinary Garden of Eden in an taught Michelin star chef Raymond fusion of classic French cuisine, Dutch
enchanted state creating a memory that will last a life- Blanc OBE who has educated the most and Caribbean flavors. They know how
time. Welcome in the world of wonders where ambi- prominent British chefs of today. to thrill and in collaboration with The Se-
ance, taste and service come together and you feel cret Garden we can only expect phe-
you are being welcomed in the home of the owner and The menu is carefully done with local nomenal.
her team. products, fresh and perfectly matched
with a selection of wines by local som- For reservations:
Sometimes combining the best of the best is a matter meliers. Vegan options are available; Call or WhatsApp: +297 699 5400
of all things falling into place. Every Wednesday from please inform them when you make Email: info@papillonaruba.com
7pm to 10pm you are welcomed to enter a world your reservation. Facebook Papillon Aruba
where food is a passion. Papillon Restaurant presents
their guest chef Patrick van der Donk - and with The The Secret Garden & Papillon
Chef’s Garden menu being a fresh concept on the is- This is an in-home dining experience
land, we’re sure you will fall completely in love with this. where you will feel you are part of an
exclusive setting. Private culinary events
A bit about guest chef Patrick are the owner’s specialty and their lush,
Chef Patrick van der Donk is a true legend on Aruba. tropical garden is also inviting for you to
Chef Patrick attended culinary school in the Nether- relax and indulge in hours of authentic
lands where he worked with several of the best Dutch culinarian delights, a heaven to foodies.

Origin of Papiamento- Aruba’s native language

ORANJESTAD — Papiamento, from Madeirans) to slaves from and several creoles from the east (Iberian hero in the fight against
Creole language of ABC (Aruba, other African regions, and did so in (from Daman, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Romans) and the pastors of the
Bonaire and Curacao) is from their language, Cape Verde Cre- Philippines, Indonesia) and Africa Hermini Mountains, but not much
the Cape Verdean Creole fam- ole (Cape Verdean language) , (Casamança, Guinea Bissau, Si- speaking of our black-African an-
ily (Cape Verdean language) and hence the language implanted in erra Leone and Nigeria, these last cestry.
was taken to the Caribbean in the Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. two releases to the English), all
9th century by the Cape Verdeans originated in the Creole of Cabo We Cape Verdeans understand
of that time (linings and slaves), Unlike many interesting stories, Verde (Cape Verdean language), each other very well with these
experts in cane culture and sugar wanting to link Papiamento direct- which was the French language Antillans and Easterns, whose
production, and who were hired by ly to Portuguese, Galician or Castil- spoken in Portuguese feitories on language is from the same Cre-
Jewish entrepreneurs who went to ian (see Papiamento, on Wikipedia the coast of Africa (from Senegal ole family of Cape Verde (Cape
invest in this business in the Carib- - Portuguese version and Spanish to Sierra Leone), and which was Verdean language), speaking
bean. Cape Verdeans taught this version, where the Portuguese and taken east by the thousands of ca- their Creole and we ours. There-
pre-industrial revolution technol- Spanish, each claim the direct ori- ble - Verdeans (linings and slaves, fore, Papiamento, PapiCristang,
ogy (planting cane and produc- gin of Papiamento), in fact, this is already Christianized and speak- PatuáMacaense and the creoles,
ing sugar, which they had learned not true. Papiamento is not direct ing Creole) who served as sailors said of Portuguese origin, Daman,
from Portuguese, Galician or Cas- and “slaves of arms′′ in Portuguese India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, some
tilian, it is from the Cape Verde caravels, demanding the east. I locations in the Philippines and
Creole family (Cape Verdean don't know why the official history some places in Indonesia, are cre-
language). You can see this best- of Portugal usually omits this fact, oles of the language family Cape
when it's saying obscene words which is in the chronicles of the Verde Creole (Cape Verdean lan-
and offending someone, precisely quinrentist chroniclers, but which guage) and indirectly the Galaico-
as they say today in both ABC and we never saw in the history of Por- Duriense or Galaico-Portuguese, a
Cape Verde islands. The obscene tugal that we study from primary language that the people spoke in
words kept the original, had no education to higher education. Portugal in the 6th and 7th century.
lexical influence either from Castil- However, it has always been tried Anonymous
ian or Dutch. Also the PapiCristang to deceive us, in colonial time, that
of Malacca, the Patuá of Macau, we were descendants of Viriato Source: Dushi Aruba