Whilhelmina Restaurant – Aruba

A friend recommended this place. It definitely lived up to the hype. It was run professionally with all the little services that you expect from a quality restaurant: changing silverware between courses, cleaning crumbs off table, and all the servers working together as a team. The menu was modest with a variety of fish and meat dishes. The appetizers had twists to traditional fare. The wine list was a decent quality with a variety of choices at a reasonable price.

Before the meal came out the service brought us a palate cleanser (amuse-bouche) and taste of mushroom soup and a pork puff. To start we shared the tomatoes with lobster app. It was a simple clean (fish, lobster, cherry tomatoes) dish. It came with a clear broth. The dish was light and had a slight mustard flavor.

I had the fresh fish dish for the main course. It was a Panamanian rosada fish prepared perfectly in a beet and cream sauce. The fish was white and flaky. Perfectly cooked. The sauce had a nice Smokey hit of flavor. The dish was light with just enough flavor.

Rebecca has the risotto with shrimp and cauliflower.

Dessert was the chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream

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