Food of British Virgin Islands

BVI food is based on fresh seafood, rice, root vegetables and island spices. Fish and fungi is the national dish, and johnnycakes, roti and conch fritters are common. Flavors are gently spicy with thyme and pepper.

• Main dishes (6)
• Street food (2)
• Desserts and sweets (2)
• Drinks (2)
• Fruits and produce (3)

Staples

• fish
• cornmeal
• okra
• rice
• conch
• lobster
• johnnycake
• coconut

Signature flavors

• thyme
• pepper
• lime
• coconut
• allspice

Main dishes

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Fish and fungi

Fish with cornmeal and okra.

Key ingredients: fish, cornmeal, okra

Conch fritters

Fried conch.

Key ingredients: conch, flour

Roti

Curry wrapped in flatbread.

Key ingredients: roti, curry

Peas and rice

Rice with peas.

Key ingredients: rice, peas

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Lobster

Grilled spiny lobster.

Key ingredients: lobster

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Boiled fish

Fish in lime broth.

Key ingredients: fish, lime

Street food

Johnnycakes

Fried bread.

Key ingredients: flour

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Meat patties

Spiced turnovers.

Key ingredients: beef, pastry

Desserts and sweets

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Coconut tart

Coconut pastry.

Key ingredients: coconut

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Sweet potato pudding

Spiced pudding.

Key ingredients: sweet potato, coconut

Drinks

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Ginger soda

Fresh.

Key ingredients: ginger

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Soursop juice

Creamy juice.

Key ingredients: soursop

Fruits and produce

Mango

Seasonal.

Papaya

Common.

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Soursop

Creamy.

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About this page

Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.

Photo credits

• Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas): Daniel Neal from Sacramento, CA, US, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• 2020-05-08 19 34 28 Chapati being made in a pan in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Rice and Peas: File:Rice and Peas.png: Whispyhistory conversion to jpg: Hike395, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Johnnycakes: Douglas Perkins, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
• Annona muricata 1: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)