Little Gems

Crab Cakes -  Beach Shack, Sandown - The best ever,

Fresh Crab Meat - Ventnor Haven Fisheries - has been established since 1830. The simple hut has gone and has been replaced with a splendid wet fish shop on the harbour wall. They sell freshly caught fish, freshly prepared crab and lobster and the seasonally short and rare

Crab Pasties - Crab Shed, Steephill Cove

Ice Cream - Minghellas, particularly the ginger

Clotted Cream, natural yoghurt and ginger pudding - from Calbourne Classics

Raspberry Meringue - Mojac's at Cowes -Still a top dessert 

Bembridge Prawns - a short and magical season, look out for them

Cream Cakes - The Old Smithy, Godshill - traditional meringues, choux buns great bonoffi pie at

Bronze Turkey- Brownriggs Poultry, Godshill. Superb quality

Isle of Wight Cherries - fat and tasty. I particularly like the pale golden ones. At various places when in season

Fish and Chips

Corries Cabin  Cowes, (They offer gluten free on Sunday and Tuesday which suggest these are the days they clean out their deep fat fryers - impressive)

Wootton Fish Bar - Wootton

Apple Fritters - Ventnor Pier - they are v.good

Sparkle Cake - End of the Line cafe - Freshwater