The NATIONAL DISH of BARBADOS!! Trying Fish & Cou Cou in Oistins!

CRAIG: https://www.instagram.com/sundownsuperhero/ NERISSA: https://www.instagram.com/lazie_crazie VISIT MY TRAVEL BLOG: https://davidsbeenhere.com/ With a sunny Saturday afternoon in Barbados ahead of me, I headed back to the town of Oistins, this time to try another iconic Bajan dish, fish and coucou! On Saturdays, the local like to eat their national dishes, and fish and coucou is one of many national dishes in Barbados. My boy Craig, his girlfriend Nerissa, and I stopped by Fred’s Bar & Restaurant for some saltfish and coucou. It’s usually flying fish, but saltfish and herring are interchangeable with it. SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/3JR71yN MY LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/davidsbeenhere They served me some coucou, which is made with cornmeal, and some saltfish gravy. I also wanted a separate one with herring, so they made that for me, too. The herring looked so delicious! Then, they added some pickled cucumber and sweet potatoes. Everything came to 54 BBD, or exactly $27 USD. But then it started raining out of nowhere. While we waited for the rain to die down, we checked out some funny sayings posted on the wall. Finally, it was time to eat! The coucou had a texture similar to mashed potatoes. I loved the salty saltfish sauce and the okra in it. The pickled cucumber added a nice bit of acidity. I also loved the herring! The bones were so tiny, I could easily eat through them without having to worry. I really liked the coucou a lot. It was so tasty. The fish was throughout the entire dish, and it was very moist. The gravy was nice and rich! The sweet potato was also very nice! Then, we drove five minutes to Dread Hop Brewing, the only craft brewery on the island, to try some beers. They started bottling their beers in 2014 and then they launched their current space in 2020 during the pandemic. They have a taproom and a beer garden outside.