A Foodie Day in Curaçao
For food lovers, a day in Willemstad can be one long, delicious crawl: a pastechi-and-coffee breakfast, a traditional Plasa Bieu lunch, an afternoon Blue Curaçao tasting and a street-food or Pietermaai dinner.
Start with a cheese pastechi and strong coffee downstairs. Mid-morning, tour the Chobolobo distillery for Blue Curaçao. Lunch on stoba, keshi yena and funchi at Plasa Bieu. Snack on fruit from the Floating Market. As the sun drops, hit a barbecue truck or a Pietermaai restaurant, finishing with a Blue Curaçao cocktail on the waterfront. Come hungry.
Good to know
- Lunch at Plasa Bieu is the day's must — go before it closes.
- Tour Chobolobo for a Blue Curaçao tasting.
- Finish with a Blue Curaçao cocktail at sunset.
Questions & answers
What food must I try in Curaçao?
Keshi yena (stuffed cheese), stoba with funchi, pastechi, fresh fish and a Blue Curaçao cocktail are the essentials.
Majestic City Palace — a restored 1892 monument in Punda, steps from everything in this guide.