Comments on: A Walk Through the West Indies, Via Crown Heights. Restaurants, Part 2.

By: emilyspearl

emilyspearl — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:05 +0000

Thanks for your comment! I will definitely need to eat more polouri!

By: Timothyas

Timothyas — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:10:00 +0000

well, im from America, and my aprents are from guyana, and Ive tried chinese cake before, and i fell into it, and your right, “preparations of Chinese cake varies widely from family to family and from country to country” because the ones that I have eaten arent sticky and have alot of sugar, but yes indeed, the crust is very flaky and thin, but overall it taste very good, and goes down best with water, but not everyone has the same views.

And ive been to “Nio’s Trinidad Roti House & Seafood Shack” with my father plenty of times, i mostly go there for their doubles and polouri, in my opinion they have the best polouri. sadly to say Glorias polouri is mostly dough and not enough chick peas. But they have great roti skins. And, its 2 blocks away from my house, which is very convienient.

By: emilyspearl

emilyspearl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:24:49 +0000

I'm so excited you stopped by to read the site!! I loved loved loved
the food and am looking forward to cooking it at home. Do you cook a
lot?

By: vitra

vitra — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:12:13 +0000

Making my mouth water just reading all this….and I'm from Trini and eat this food everyday….LOL…you have to try curry duck with dalpuri. that should be your next Trini thing when you circle back around to the caribbean food region again :-)

By: emilyspearl

emilyspearl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:32:41 +0000

Wait for the next post, Patrice . . . even BETTER roti is coming up. See, that's the thing about roll vs. slice … I think it just depends on the country making the menu. I was just so confused. I was expecting something round and got something oblong instead (happens a lot).

I want to make some breakfast bake soon based on what Zahra and Whitney told me about how they eat at home. Thank you for stopping by!

By: emilyspearl

emilyspearl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:30:39 +0000

Extremely hungry? You're in luck. As you may know, I'm good at feeding people.

Coconut rolls are the bomb and there are so many West Indian foods that are veggie-friendly! I hope to get more into those foods soon for you and my other veggie friends.

Thank you, B. You rock.

By: Patricec

Patricec — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:19:57 +0000

Love It! As for Sybil's first time I'm hearing it called coconut roll, I always knew it as Coconut slice. I've never had the Chinese cake, but I dream of yellow cake from there on a regular basis.

My love of bake and roti is borderline ridiculous. I haven't made it Nio's but anyplace with homemade peanut punch is worth a trip.

By: bsimi

bsimi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:05:41 +0000

OMG can I have a coconut roll sent to my desk please?! Wow !
Really nice post – every time I had a question in my head – you seemed to answer a few sentences later ;-)
Cannot wait for more – your writing about food covers all the necessary points and makes me extremely hungry.
Well Done!

By: emilyspearl

emilyspearl — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:53:34 +0000

Yay, K!!!! Yes, you have to try roti. If you can't do bones, I
recommend channa or shrimp as the goat and chicken will have de bones.

And yes, I am so excited to get into Puerto Rican cuisine, as that
will take me into upper Manhattan and Queens. So much about food that
I don't know. I'll never get tired of it. Thanks for the love again!!!

By: sassykeewee

sassykeewee — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:46:17 +0000

I have been trying to comment on theis post since 9 this morning. lol
Ahem- Its interesting that part 2 of your trip through the west indies comes on the heels of me watching an episode of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives that featured Pam's Kitchen http://pams-kitchen.com/home/ in Seattle and she was making Roti. This was followed by an episode that featured a Puerto Rican restaurant in Miami Bemnny's Seafood and he was making mofongo, that made me miss my PR friends and their mom's cooking. That said seeing this post was a nice round up. *ahem* I am hoping PR cuisine is in the rotation for I dunno Spring/Summer MOTB.

I have never had roti but watching Pam make it and your post makes me want to try it. I have oft been turned off by carribean food because anything with meat tends to have bones, and I cannot stand picking through my food. Much like clothes shopping I like it neat.

keep on pushing love. there is world of food out there ready for the tasting.