MUST TRY DISHES
MUST TRY DISHES JUNE 2024
Must-try Caribbean Dishes & Where you can
find them
| Dish & Description | Where Found? |
|---|---|
| Ackee & Saltfish - fruit resembling scrambled eggs cooked with salted codfish and aromatics) | Jamaican restaurants, Ingredients at Caribbean markets |
| Plantain & Root Vegetables - Plantains - Fried, Mofongo, Tostones Root Vegetables - Yuca, cassava, yam dishes | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
| Beans & Rice, Rice & Peas - using black beans, red beans, pigeon (gunggoo) peas, cooked with spices and sometimes coconut milk | Jamaican and Trinidadian restaurants |
| Tropical Drinks -Fruit & Vegetable-based, flavored with ginger, etc., or served with Rum | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
| Fried Bread & Caribbean Sandwiches Cubano with roast pork Bake & Shark - Fried bread and fish with myriad sauces such as culantro, tamarind, pepper, etc. Fried or baked flat Breads with fillings - Doubles & Rotis - breads accompanied by curries Jerk Chicken with cocoa bread | Cuban restaurants Trinidadian restaurants Most Carib Restaurants |
| Curried Chicken, Goat & Tofu -marinated in curry, cooked with ginger and sometimes coconut milk) | Caribbean & Caribbean influenced restaurants |
| Jerk - Chicken, pork, lamb, salad | Caribbean & Caribbean influenced restaurants |
| Caribbean Soups/stews Pepper Pot (soup and stew), Sancocho Red bean, Fish tea | Jamaican, Guyanese Dominican, Puerto Rican Panamanian - influenced |
| Ox Tail Stewed/Grilled (Haiti) | Caribbean & Caribbean Influenced restaurants |
| Hand-held Pies - Patties & Empanadas, Pastelitos, filled with beef, goat chicken, vegetables, spinach | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
| Coconut, Fruit & Rum-based Desserts - pones, rum and fruit cakes, banana fritters | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |