Valentine's Dinner at the Beach!

Love was in the air ...

Our day was busy ... First with a shopping excursion to the seafood market to choose/ plan our special "stay at home" Valentine's Day dinner date!

We headed back to Buddy's Seafood Market 

As a treat we decided that today we would order from the "Steam Bar" menu and neither of us would have to cook this evening! 

What a great idea and we thoroughly enjoyed a delicious celebratory meal ... steamed shrimp seasoned perfectly, corn on the cob, new potatoes and a slice of Buddy's famous key lime pie!

It was a perfect way to spend Valentine's Day!

Gone Fishing!

A great thing about being so close to the Ocean is being able to get fresh fish at the seafood markets, and of course there is no shortage of seafood restaurants.

Luckily both myself and Msr. Honey enjoy most every kind of seafood.

Although Monsiuer does enjoy fishing as a hobby we did not actually work that hard to get the "Catch of the Day" for our dinner.

We walked to a nearby "Fish Market" ... Buddy's Seafood Market only a short walk of 1.3kms to get there and just around the corner from where we are staying.

Unlike the "Fish Markets" located at the Marinas there were no guards at the door hoping you wouldn't buy everything and there would be leftovers ...

Here we found a full service "Fresh" Seafood market ... with so many choices!

What will we have?

Here you can come away with all the fixings for a full course dinner ... today we only purchased two good sized fillets of Snapper. 

We lightly seasoned the fillets and baked them in the oven, served with sautéed potatoes & onions and salad ... It was so delicious!

And the best part ... We had a whole fillet ready to use for our dinner the next night for "Snapper" Sandwiches.

                 

Fresh air, fresh food ... nothing is better!

Destination "Destin" ...

One day we drove along the scenic Highway 30A ... checking out many beach side villages and communities.

Some of these beautiful places are deserving of a return visit ... giving us something else to do.

We ended up in Destin at the harbour ...

where we enjoyed a delicious shared lunch ... at Boshamps Seafood & Oyster House.

A most delicious "Grouper sandwich" served with southern slaw, hand cut fries, and a yummy green tomato chow-chow tartar.

Local Gulf Seafood Gumbo full of oysters, shrimp, Louisana crawfish, okra and sausage ...

This was before we decided we would try oysters prepared in every which way ... so we may have to go again another day to try one of their "Oyster" dishes.

So if you want to enjoy great food with views over the sparkling waters of the harbour ... 

Be sure to visit Boshamps at 414 Harbor Blvd. Destin, Fla. 32541

www.boshamps.com