A boat ride to the other end of the island today took us to The Hole in the Wall. “The Hole in the Wall” is a very odd, and highly recommended local restaurant that can only be reached by boat. The restaurant I’m told was established this way: Years ago (from the looks of it I’d guess decades ago) the owner (a very salty looking old gentleman) sailed his catamaran into this island inlet where it sank near a rock cliff. Instead of repairing the boat, or even abandoning the boat and leaving, he built a two story stone house right against the cliff. The cliff itself is the back wall of the house. Pretty smart huh? He only had to build three walls. Then he built a large wood dock over the top of the sunken boat, and on the dock he built a restaurant called The Hole in the Wall.
Other than an array of cold drinks, The Hole in the Wall offers only one thing on its menu… Everything. The Everything cost 475 limps, or about $25 U.S. dollars, and consists of all the steak, crab, lobster tails, mashed potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw, bread, and pineapple cake you can eat, plus all the local hand rolled cigars you can smoke (and they let you stuff a few in your pockets for later.) Because I was so stuffed full of all the other good food, I had to stop after just six lobster tails, and almost fell asleep on the boat ride back. But now I’m back “home” sitting out on the deck with a rum and coke, and I’ve got my second wind, so if you’ll excuse me I’ve got a hand rolled Honduran cigar to smoke.
You can keep the cigars but the food sounds awesome. I made my last guess on your other post.
ReplyDeleteLobster tails...one of my all time favorites.
ReplyDeleteThe Hole in the Wall sounds intrigueing to say the least. Just goes to show you how an optimist turned a bad luck story into a lucrative business.
Itsme: about your guess "close, but no cigar!"
ReplyDeletePam: Good point. If I ever crash my car again, I think I'll just turn it into a hot dog stand!