Trinidad and Tobago's street foods
Spicy, sweet and easy to eat
Ella Laloba
You'll find African and East Indian influences in delicious, spicy and sweet dishes everywhere. One of the best ways to sample Trinidad and Tobago's native cuisine is on the street or at the beach.
Local vendors serve up barbecue, jerk meats, rotis, stews, fresh made ice cream and punch. In Trinidad and Tobago there are many stands brimming with eat with your hands foods like roti, dahl puri, fried bake, and, doubles.
Roti is a thin flat bread originating from India ,served with curried chicken, pork or beef.
Dahl puri is similar to roti but softer and filled crushed dahl lentils cooked with saffron and then filled with meat.
Doubles gets its name from the two flat breads called baras, which are filled with chick peas known as channa then topped with sweet with chutneys.
African influenced stews have become a Trinidadian tradition. Beef soup, cowheel soup and oxtail soup combined with fresh herbs and spices are favorites.
South Trinidad is considered a Mecca for East Indian food.
But head to the beach if you want the infamous shark n bake, which just tastes better on the shore.
Shark n bake is billed as the ultimate beach food, reportedly originating on Trinidad’s famous Maracas beach.
It is fried fish, nestled into fried dough, covered with condiments- the more the better, which often include different sweet and tangy chutneys, hot pepper, and sauces with mustard and mayonnaise.
Photo of shark n bake courtesy trinigourmet.com
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Ella Laloba dreams of shark n bake with tamarind chutney
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