LOCAL DISHES

"We doh make joke wid we belly"...We don't play when it's time to eat!

When it’s time to eat it's not hard to find a place to calm your cravings. Whether it's casual and fancy places serving Indian, Chinese, South American, Thai, and Middle Eastern food.
If it's McDonald's, Wendy's, Subway, Americn dishes you want, we have that too.

But I suggest for a truly memorable meal, seek out West Indian spots like El Pecos, Hot Shoppe, Mangoes and Trini Flava just to name a few (located mainly in the Port of Spain area). There you’ll find Trini specialties like West Indian stewed beef with dumplings, crab and callaloo made from spinach-like greens, macaroni pie, pelau, and flying fish with coconut sauce, mmmmm.

And be sure to try roti, perhaps the island’s most famous dish: an oval of chewy flatbread flecked with ground chickpeas served alongside or stuffed with your choice of curried fillings, ranging from pumpkin and potatoes to chicken and goat.

Pelau

Roti

But wait how could I forget doubles, that's right we have a dish called "Doubles". Why is it called that? You see it has two bara (two round flat fried pieces similar to bread) and in the middle its filled with curry chana and condiments of your choice. It's a common street food found on almost every corner of Trinidad. Want breakfast but not in the mood to turn on the stove, buy some doubles. You want lunch go buy some doubles, you just finish liming by the bar and your tummy is crying, you got it, go buy some doubles.

If you want to know what ingredients make up a doubles or you want to experiment checkout the link below. 

Anytime, anywhere, doubles is there

 http://www.theoneonefour.com/2009/09/09/recipe-of-the-week-trinidadian-doubles/

"Alyuh" (you all) won't believe but I made "meh"(my) self hungry just by typing this...Think I'll head to Ali's on Utica Ave or Trinidad Golden Palace on Nostrand Ave. Both of these restaurants offer all of the above dishes and are located in Brooklyn. Check them out you wont regret it!