Posts Tagged ‘lunch’

Patrick
Patrick

Travel Back in Time (or at least to Trinidad) with Roti in Brooklyn

Trinidad Roti

I know Stephen wouldn’t debate this statement: our mom made the best roti ever.
What’s a roti? The simple answer is the ultimate comfort meal of curry wrapped in a thin dough—borrowed from India and perfected in Trinidad and Tobago. The more complicated answer has to do with the emotions that well up within many West Indians whenever we find ourselves on the topic of roti and the role this seemingly simple meal has played in our lives.
Despite my poor memory, I can very clearly remember the feelings (if not the actual experiences) of when our family was blessed with my mom going through the trouble of making us roti.

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Steve
Steve

Taste of the Caribbean: Le Petibonum, Gourmet French-Creole on the Beach

Le Petibonum, Martinique/SBPR

A simple beach shack like this is probably the last place you’d expect to enjoy a 5-course gourmet meal, but that’s exactly what I got when I visited Le Petibonum during my most recent visit to Martinique last month.
I’ve been to Martinique many times in the past few years and had heard of Le Petibonum before, but to say that it exceeded my expectations would be a large understatement. In all my travels, I have never been anywhere that better combines the rustic allure of Caribbean beach shacks with world class cuisine.
Le Petibonum is the brainchild of local chef Guy Ferdinand, who fancies himself as more of an artist than anything else.

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Steve
Steve

Taste of the Caribbean: Plein Soleil

plein

Look at your meal, now back to this photo, now back at your meal, now back to this. Sadly this isn’t your meal, but it would be if you were at Plein Soleil, a tres-chic boutique hotel nestled in the hills above the seaside town of Le Francois in Martinique.
A sublime expression of exquisite style, exclusive amenities and exceptional service Plein Soleil has only 16 guestrooms and suites spread among five colourful villas. Each villa is designed in the style of traditional Martinican creole cases, or petite houses adorned with wooden fretwork. Though sharing the same architectural style, each villa is unique in its own special way, with some seemingly carved from the hillside, further accentuating the property’s transcendent union with nature.

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Patrick
Patrick

Taste of the Caribbean: Callaloo

Callaloo

Ingredients:

12 dasheen leaves or bunch of spinach
1/4 lb salt beef or ham bone (you don’t need to use this if you are a vegetarian)
1/4 lb salt pork (you don’t need to use this if you are a vegetarian)
2 cups of coconut milk
1 tbsp butter
1 green pepper
2 crabs
8 ochroes
2 sprigs of thyme
1 onion, 4 chives
1 cup boiling water

Uncommon Caribbean is unabashedly Crucian, though we’re also very proud of our Trinidad & Tobago heritage. This pride is most evidenced by our strong and unending appetite for Trini food. Can you blame us?

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