Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - Da Conch Shack
Winter 2008
Frank's view 
Another idyllic Sunday lunch'
The ultimate in straight to your plate dining has to be found in Turks & Caicos.
Taking the concept of selecting your lobster or crab from a tank one step further, Da Conch Shack plucks lunch from the sea and before you can say sea snail, its slipping down your gullet.
Conch (pronounced conk) is a snail which lives in those large pretty shells that sit on shelves in a number of bathrooms, or even living rooms, around the world.
Da Conch Shack farms the conches in the surrounding ocean and each day a supply is held underwater, just off shore, and brought to the beach as required. The kitchen staff give ongoing demonstrations of conch opening to the diners who gather round a large table on the beach to watch the well practised procedure.
The atmosphere is very informal. This is fundamentally a beach bar, which also serves incredibly potent rum punches at $6 per glass or $28 for a huge pitcher.
The Conch salad is must at $10, as are conch fritters (also $10).
To follow try fresh Grouper, either fried or steamed, at $16.
The Californian wine is very good value at $28 per bottle and you can treat yourself to bottle of Veuve Cliquot for $75.
It's open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. We selected lunch and arrived around 12.30. Don’t be any later or the tables will go!
Da Conch Shack
Providenciales
+1 649 946 8877
http://www.conchshack.tc/
Taking the concept of selecting your lobster or crab from a tank one step further, Da Conch Shack plucks lunch from the sea and before you can say sea snail, its slipping down your gullet.
Conch (pronounced conk) is a snail which lives in those large pretty shells that sit on shelves in a number of bathrooms, or even living rooms, around the world.
Da Conch Shack farms the conches in the surrounding ocean and each day a supply is held underwater, just off shore, and brought to the beach as required. The kitchen staff give ongoing demonstrations of conch opening to the diners who gather round a large table on the beach to watch the well practised procedure.
The atmosphere is very informal. This is fundamentally a beach bar, which also serves incredibly potent rum punches at $6 per glass or $28 for a huge pitcher.
The Conch salad is must at $10, as are conch fritters (also $10).
To follow try fresh Grouper, either fried or steamed, at $16.
The Californian wine is very good value at $28 per bottle and you can treat yourself to bottle of Veuve Cliquot for $75.
It's open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. We selected lunch and arrived around 12.30. Don’t be any later or the tables will go!
Da Conch Shack
Providenciales
+1 649 946 8877
http://www.conchshack.tc/
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