Journal

Stories from the table.

Food, music, people, the island and the nights. Written from the beach, not a desk.

The bamboo facade of Pomona with its neon sign, cacti and terrace tables

Food · 10 October 2026

Cocktails on Gili Meno: five tequila, five rum, and two bottles from the same Chilean family

What is behind the bar at Pomona on Gili Meno: the tequila and rum cocktails, the difference between plata, reposado and anejo, and a Chilean wine that spent more than a century being mistaken for Merlot.

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Four friends with drinks and fruit at a long blue table in the garden

Food · 9 October 2026

Where to eat on Gili Meno, from a late breakfast to the nine o'clock table

We are not going to rank our neighbours. Here is what we serve on the west beach, what it costs, and when each part of the menu makes sense.

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Ceviche, fish tacos, nachos and two bottles of Corona on a blue table

Food · 9 October 2026

Peruvian food on Gili Meno: anticuchos, pollo a la brasa, and a pisco sour with a Chilean passport

Ceviche, anticuchos in aji panca, Peruvian chicken a la brasa and pisco sours, on the west beach of Gili Meno. Plus one honest admission about the pisco.

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Food · 19 September 2026

Juices, smoothies and lighter plates on Gili Meno

Cold-pressed juices at 50K, smoothies at 60K, and the lighter end of a menu that is otherwise cooked over fire. Everything on the west beach of Gili Meno.

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