Don't you tell me goat isn't delicious...

Whilst walking around Christiansted today in St. Croix, we decided that we'd give local flavor a shot. Meaning, some West Indian cuisine, or some local St. Croix food. Driving into town from the hotel this morning, our driver informed us that this restaurant that we were passing, Harvey's, was the best food, best local food, in town. He loved it. Of course we were sold on this idea immediately. 

We found the place again after walking around town for awhile. It doesn't take too long. It's not exactly huge, sort of on scale with Wilmington NC, maybe a little bigger, but not much. We walked in, and there were a bunch of old kitchen tables set up for the eating. The menu for the day was written on a chalkboard outside the door, and the waitress re-confirmed the menu with us, as she had it written down on a piece of yellow notebook paper. Pretty sweet. There were about 5 or 6 dishes listed, and I can't really remember the other ones, because I was transfixed on the stewed goat. Yes, goat. Both the wife and I ordered that up, post haste. We were not disappointed. This is a place that looks local, and is frequented by the natives, so how could it be bad really? 

The goat looked like something that had been stewing in a crock pot all day long, in a brown sauce that had some hints of maybe saffron, or possibly cumin, or something like that, although the taste wasn't strong. The meat itself was tender and fell off of the bones that came with it. On top of the goat, we had some fried plantains, boiled corn on the cob, a salad with some cucumbers, and other veggies, rice, and some sort of sweet and spicy mashed sweet potato. All good stuff. To drink, I had a homemade lemonade, which considering it was pretty damn hot outside, and we had been walking for hours on end, tasted like a little slice of lemon tart heaven. 

Now look, if you're ever walking around Christiansted, and need something to eat, head over to Harvey's. The atmosphere is local, and all island, and they are apparently very proud of Tim Duncan over there as well (he's native to Christiansted). The food is good, the service is great, and the food local and flavorful. I'd say we'd go back again, it was definitely different, because where else can you get stewed goat? Not too many places around where we live that's for sure. Mmm, goat. So good.