ChefJohn, Author at Chef John Malik

07 Mar Escape to Belize…NOW

Posted at 15:42h in Belize, Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize Zoo, Placencia, Belize, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 0 Comments

Ready to Visit Belize? We arrived here on November 2nd, 2020 for a year-long adventure. And I believe that qualifies us to answer your questions about your desire to visit Belize. Vaccines are being administered, travelers are making plans and Belize hasn’t been affected by the pandemic...

20 Feb On the Passing of Chef Curtis Wolf

Posted at 18:53h in Belize, Chef Curtis Wolf by ChefJohn 2 Comments

February 18th At 6:00 am this morning I learned a good friend of mine had passed away. And I’m heartbroken. For 17 years Curtis Wolf was the executive chef of a luxurious hotel in downtown Greenville. In my world chefs are prone to jump back and...

17 Feb The Best Bites of San Pedro’s DFC

Posted at 12:12h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, DFC San Pedro by ChefJohn 0 Comments

After seeking out the best eats of DFC, the working-class neighborhood of San Pedro, Belize, I believe I’ve been humbled thanks to a young lady from Honduras and the green bananas she cooked for us. Recently we joined culinary forces with Rebecca Coutant, the force behind...

09 Feb Mayan Chocolate and Cotton Trees

Posted at 16:32h in Belize, Toledo, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 1 Comment

Juan offers me the cacao pod. About the size of a Nerf football, its color is deep orangish yellow with a few tiny dark brown spots and it’s textured, with deep ridges running horizontally. It’s also light, the whole thing weighs less than a pound....

31 Jan Mangroves and Howlers

Posted at 23:06h in Belize, Placencia, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 4 Comments

Raymond is slapping his four-foot-long machete on the Cohune Palm then he barks to the tribe of Howler Monkeys racing across the treetops. His command was a husky “AhhRoof!” that he repeated six or seven times over. Imagine our surprise when one of the young...

25 Jan The Hummingbird Highway to Placencia

Posted at 07:51h in Belize, Belize Adventure, Placencia, Belize, Travel Belize by ChefJohn 0 Comments

Hello Google. How do I say “Which way to the beach in Mayan?” There’s four highways in Belize. No kidding. Four major highways crisscross this country of nine thousand square miles. The Philip Goldson, Western (George Price), Southern, and the Hummingbird Highway. If your destination is...

19 Jan The Jaguars and Speed Bumps of Belize

Posted at 22:50h in Belize, Belize Zoo, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 2 Comments

The big cat quietly scrunched up its body, coiling its muscles as a competitive swimmer would on the starting blocks. Her mass was being converted to momentum, she was kinetic energy, clutching claws, and sharp teeth wrapped in a priceless fur coat. At that moment...

10 Jan Parrots & Horchata in the DFC

Posted at 18:19h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize Adventure, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 0 Comments

On our first morning here back in November we were excited by bird call from a host of tropical flyers. Squeaking Kiskadees, trilling hummingbirds, clucking kingfishers, warbling warblers, jabbering Grackles, boo hooing White Wing Doves, oddly quiet mockingbirds and the most provocative were the parrots....

02 Jan Salt Water and Sea Turtles

Posted at 16:25h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 8 Comments

A soft pull or a gentle tug. That’s how to get your snorkeling partner’s attention. Something more dramatic could mean a spinning propeller is bearing down on you. This was a hard yank. I turn to Amy on my left and she's pointing down...

28 Dec Christmas ‘cakes

Posted at 21:50h in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize, Visit Belize by ChefJohn 5 Comments

Christmas to us, as a married couple, has always meant a big church service, our kids dressing up in new clothes bought just for the occasion, a fine meal and the company of friends and family. Although the years I spent working for hotels or...

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