BREAKFAST IN BARBADOS: 7 BEST BAJAN BREAKFAST DISHES TO TRY IN BARBADOS

Today we write about traditional breakfast in Barbados and the best 7 Bajan Breakfast Dishes for you to try. Traditional Bajan breakfast is might not be that famous, but it’s worth the try for integrating yourself more in the Bajan or Barbadian culture while traveling in Barbados. Read here St Lucia vs Barbados

On average, a Barbadian breakfast in a sit-down restaurant in Barbados will cost around $5-8 USD depending on what you are ordering. Coffee and bread will be cheaper than if you order a proper dish for your breakfast in Barbados. Coffee can cost $ 2-3 USD. Click here to book online Barbados activities and day trips

As you see with most of the breakfast in Barbados, dishes will usually include flying fish and salt bread – ingredients that are quite easy to find and available everywhere in the Bajan culture. They also have good coffee and juices. Regular breakfast for weekends in Barbados can include pudding and souse, and versions of their sweet bread.

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WHERE TO STAY IN BARBADOS

The accommodation is really expensive and you will find hotels starting from $60-80 USD if you want the cheapest option. AirBnb is also available, mostly for about $50 USD a night. Click here if you want to find the best deals with Booking in Barbados.

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BREAKFAST IN BARBADOS: BEST 7 TRADITIONAL BAJAN BREAKFAST TO TRY

Ready to see some of Barbados’ traditional Bajan breakfasts? Let’s go.

1. BAJAN CUTTERS / BARBADOS CUTTERS

Barbados Cutters are easily some of the most popular Bajan sandwich snacks. You can have it for breakfast. This is basically Bajan salt bread (not salty at all.

Basically white flour bread or any healthier version if you’re more into that with your meat of choice. You can have a flying fish cutter, a ham cutter, a liver cutter, and even an egg cutter.

2. BREAD AND TWO

A popular version of the Barbados cutters, bread and two is a popular breakfast in Barbados which means bread and two Bajan fish cakes. A popular Bajan breakfast to have.

3. SWEET BREAD

Bajan breakfasts and Bajan dishes can easily include something sweet, and Sweet Bread is a typical breakfast in Barbados. It’s basically coconut cake, sweet and full of spices like nutmeg, and topped with raisins and cherries to make the flavor stronger.

You can technically have it any time of the day, as a snack and if you like starting your mornings more in a sweet note.

4. FRIED FLYING FISH

Ahh, the flying fish. This fish, considered unique to Barbados, got its name literally from it flying high on the water when you’re trying to catch it. Breakfast is anything you already have available in your home, as traditional Bajan breakfast.

You can start a more savory morning by marinating flying fish with traditional Bajan spices, adding salt and pepper, and frying. Perfect to be eaten on its own although typically, eaten with Cou-cou or bread.

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5. BAJAN BAKES / BAJAN FRIED BAKES

An easy breakfast in Barbados, you can have Bajan Bakes in the morning, and perfect for any age, as even kids in Barbados loved them.

Fried like pancakes, Bajan Bakes are a mix of flour, sugar and water. Locals will usually eat their Bajan Bakes with fishcakes, porridge, cheese, cod fish, or even by adding butter to it, like regular bread.

6. BAJAN CONKIES

Another sweet Barbadian breakfast. Conkies is more popularly a cornmeal and can be substituted with sweet potato, pumpkin and coconut, wrapped in banana leaf then boiled.

Conkies were previously typically consumed on Barbados Guy Fawkes day, celebrated on the 5th of November, however now, conkies can now be eaten any time you feel like having one! Another Bajan breakfast perfect for the sweet tooth.

7. PUDDING AND SOUSE

A typical Saturday lunch for a lot of locals in Barbados, the traditional pudding and souse can be eaten as a brunch, or if you’re having a bit of a heavier breakfast in Barbados.

Perfect for when you’re planning to have a bit of a heavier day, too. Basically, Souse is pickled pork, where you use different parts like ears, feet, pig tail, or pig snout. Pudding is sweet potato steamed, with small chunks of breadfruit.

Hope you liked our breakfast in Barbados and Bajan breakfast food blog post. Let us know if we missed any Bajan breakfast dishes in Barbados and which one is your favorite one in the list of breakfast in Barbados.

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