BVI YACHT AND VILLA PROVISIONING WITH MS. PENGUIN… Established in 1997 by a Brazilian business woman with a
flair for cooking and an eye for opportunity. She saw the
need for a service that provided tasty prepared meals for provisioning convenience and at a
moderate price. The Moorings and Sunsail Bareboat Charter Companies in Tortola, Guavaberry - Spring
Bay on Virgin Gorda and Hummingbird House -
Tortola, (the
most popular vacation retreats in the British Virgin
Islands), provide regular customers who enjoy these
delicious gourmet prepared meals and desserts that really do taste homemade.
Ready made and delicious!
PROVISIONING MADE EASY... No chopping, peeling or even mixing! If your vacation
travel plans include a visit to Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke or Anegada in the British
Virgin Islands, whether you are chartering a yacht
or renting a villa and you need to provision, then
be sure to check out the prepared meals on our provisioning menu at Ms.Penguin in Road
Town, Tortola where you will find a large and
comprehensive selection of gourmet meals and
accompaniments, all at very reasonable prices. Provisioning made easy, and cheaper than eating out in
restaurants! You can even place your order now and pick it up when you
arrive or have us deliver it to the boat or villa. Let us do the shopping and the cooking!
When you order a provisioning package from the yacht charter company you will usually receive much more than you can use during your stay. For example, a whole bag of onions that would be enough for one weeks cooking for four people! How much cooking do you plan to do? How much washing up? How much shopping?
Typical lasagna ingredients (in case you didn't know!)
Just some of things you would need to buy if you provision the hard way.
NOTHING
ARTIFICIAL... All the
prepared meals are made in our kitchen using only fresh produce and
NO artificial anything added.
TWO
SERVINGS...
All
containers hold two servings. That is enough of the main course for two people with an appetite. A variety of prepared soups,
appetizers and desserts are available to complement the
main selections of beef, chicken, sea food and vegetarian
dishes.
HEAT & EAT GOURMET PREPARED MEALS...
These are not just frozen T.V. dinners,
they are Gourmet Prepared Meals, frozen for your convenience.
You could buy a whole bunch of provisions from which to put together your meals from scratch; with all the peeling, chopping and mixing - OR you could make provisioning easy and buy these gourmet prepared meals; heat them up in a shallow pan of hot water, and serve. These are tasty and nutritious meals, so you really can relax and feel like you are actually on vacation in a tropical paradise.
Tasty Conch Fritters.
Try making these on your yacht!
Just
Heat & Eat!
Here's an article from ezinearticles.com that explains
everything about provisioning. As you'll see there's a lot involved and, unless cooking is your passion, especially in a small galley, rocking to and fro, not much of a breeze, while everyone else is on deck enjoying the view, you may want to consider an alternative way to spend your time and money. There are restaurants around but that can can expensive and, for the better, more secluded anchorages, there may not be a restaurant within an easy dinghy ride. Not to mention any inclement weather!
Provisioning a Tortola Bareboat Yacht Charter By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Barry_E._Monteiro]Barry E. Monteiro]
If you're going bareboat yachting in Tortola and the British Virgin Islands, you'll need to be prepared for everything. That means you need to provision the boat. Fortunately, in most towns with bareboat charter companies you'll also find provisioning companies who will be happy to deliver proper provisions to your boat at prices comparable to an ordinary store, and who will help you select the provisions you need. This can be a significant savings over asking the charter company to do this for you, and it allows you to easily modify your provision needs by yourself.
If you choose to provision your bareboat yacht yourself, remember the following tips.
Plan your own meals before you go bareboating. Consider what you'll really need to feed the crew, keeping in mind that most crews tend to eat a lighter than usual breakfast and that dinners are often eaten on shore, especially when you spot tempting restaurants that are easy to tie up at. Once you've planned your menus, go online and look for provisioners and their inventories. Often, you can do most of your shopping online before you go on your trip, saving time and worry.
When planning meals, figure on eating breakfast and lunch onboard, but probably only half your dinners on the boat. The rest will be at some of the nice area restaurants.
Small, portable foods can be purchased at home and brought to the British Virgin Islands with you. This will save money on some of the most expensive provisions. Coffee, spices, and meat, for instance, are easy to transport (freeze meat and bring it in a cooler as a carryon) and cost much less at home than at Tortola's provisioners. If you're planning to fish, you can also figure on at least one meal being your tasty fresh catch.
Bring lots of ziplock bags. This saves time, as you can more easily pre-prep and separate out meals, toss them in baggies, and then store them in the ship refrigerator, labeled and ready to prepare. It also makes it very easy to store leftovers. You'll find dozens of other uses for ziplock bags, from storing extra fish fillets to sorting medications or creating quick ice packs.
Buy your rum, gin, and vodka at the British Virgin Islands, but if you want wine and are picky, you may want to bring your own or check ahead for availability.
Because ship water, despite being potable, gains an interesting and unpleasant flavor from the tanks, it's a good idea to get bottled water. Figure on a half-gallon per person per day.
Roaches, unfortunately, are a problem on many boats and yachts, even the nicest ones. Ensure that the charter company you're renting from has recently sprayed for vermin on board before you get on the ship. To avoid carrying more critters onto the boat, take your provisions out of the cardboard boxes the provisioner delivers in before carrying them onto the boat. Roaches like to piggyback in cardboard, and this is the route through which most boats get an infestation.
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