Calypso - Pompano Beach, Florida

Calypso Menu

Caribbean style food is in abundance in South Florida but few places do it as well as Calypso in Pompano Beach.

Tucked away in a little strip shopping center, Calypso is cheerful and busy and the service always comes with a smile. The menu is family friendly (so are the prices) and the food is all cooked fresh.

We love the steaming plates of jamaican jerk or curry wings.and  have also  done takeout and wing orders for large parties.

For me, the favorite is the conch – conch fritters, grilled and cracked conch, conch chowder - I have had it every way at Calypso and loved it every way -  Excellent quality, tender and well-seasoned and consistently wonderful.

The kids like the fish and chips or fresh fish sandwiches but I also recommend the cutters and anything seasoned in the jerk.

Calypso is a great favorite to add to your regular restaurants!

Sherlock and the Weird Plant

Went for a walk this morning as the storm clouds are building and may wash out the rest of the day and I found THESE:  little alien plants...I have never seen anything like them and I searched online but could not find any leads.  They seem to grow off of a vine and they are sticky looking - since they are wild, I did not touch them or put my nose down there til I am sure they are not poisonous.  There was no strong aroma but they definitely grow along the ground.  The "flower" starts off as a pod and then when the pod breaks open, the berries are there.  So - any help in identifying would be great!!!!

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I am adding this : after MUCH searching - I found this link - Another picture - which is a blog from a trip to Saba in the Caribbean - HOW WILD!  now looking for reference to snake eyes - think it could be a fungus??

 OK - an hour or so later - I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  see here Momordica Charantia and the common name is Balsam-Apple!   It is actually part of the cucumber family!  WOW - how neat...it is in all tropical locations and I started to track it from a reference in a botanical guide for Belize which eventually led me to the above link.  Phew - now I am done being Sherlock Holmes and off to have some coffee.