Local Cuisine 

Trinidad and Tobago’s cuisine is influenced from across the world, ranging from India, Africa, Europe, China, America and Lebanon. Creole dishes were influenced by African slaves, their dishes were mainly stew meats, red beans, “callaloo”, “pelau”, macaroni pie, oxtail soup, beef soup and cowheel soup. East Indian foods were influenced by Indian slaves, their dishes were sada roti (similar to flatbread and served with vegetables such as pumpkin, orcho (ochra), bodi (string beans), and potato), paratha, dhalpourie (roti made with yellow split peas), aloo-pie (made with flour and potato), chokas (roasted vegetables such as tomatoes and eggplant, served with sada roti), Pholouri (made with spilt peas powder and served with a sauce), Saheena (made with spilt peas powder, flour and spinach) and doubles which is national breakfast for many Trinidadians, it is made from flour and split peas patties filled with curry channa and topic with different sauces. There are many Indian sweets and delicacies such as barfi, goolab jamoom, kurma, sweet rice and ladoo. Chinese dishes are combined with Cantonese style mixed with local ingredients and spices. Some dishes include fried rice, fried/ steamed wantons, spring roll, Chinese style chicken, garlic shrimps, etc. There many unusual cuisines such as curried conch, bake and shark, fruit chow (made with mango, pineapple, plums and half/ripe fruits mixed with cilantro, pepper, garlic and lime juice), souse (made with pig feet or chicken feet), black pudden (made with pig's blood, herbs and spices), barbeque pigtail, curried chip (small shellfish that taste similar to clams), curried Cascadura (freshwater fish) and curried/stew wild meat (agouti, wild hog, armadillo, iguana, possum and ant eaters). Trinidadians are famous for their pepper sauce, as they produce the hottest peppers in the world. Pepper sauce is made with hot peppers, lime juice, carrots, cilantro and vinegar. Some of Trinidad and Tobago’s fast foods are barbecue, corn soup, burgers, homemade ice cream, boiled/roast corns and gyros. You can also get freshly cut coconut water and coconut jelly in many different areas throughout Trinidad and Tobago. 

Trinidad local cuisine can be tried at various restaurants around the Great Toronto Area such as; Lena's Doubles and Roti, Radica's Hot & Spicy and Leela's Roti Shop. 

Have you ever been to anyone of these places?

Rice, Callaloo, Baked chicken and Stew Pigtail 

Corn Soup

Doubles with local fruit soda (Apple J)

Indian Sweet: Barfi, Kumar and Sweet Rice.

Home made Pepper Sauce

Pineapple Chow