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New York City is arguably the largest and most diverse cultural melting pot on the planet. The cuisines of over 100 countries around the world are represented in its restaurants. So when I got the opportunity to go on a food tour of the Little Guyana neighborhood, I jumped at the chance! Come with me as I go on a Guyanese food tour of Little Guyana in Queens, NYC!
Our journey began on Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard. Liberty Avenue is the mecca for Indo-Caribbean cuisine in New York. Shiva is Trinidadian and took me to have the ultimate Trinidadian breakfast at Tropical Jade 3.
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I could see shrimp, goat, duck, rotis, and more there. It’s a diner-style restaurant with a long buffet where they serve you. We ordered the doubles (thin, stuffed flatbreads), roti, buss-up shot, dal puri, bake & saltfish (fried pastry stuffed with salt fish), curry shrimp, and stew pork.
My Sorrel soda tasted a little like cranberries and Shiva’s banana soda tasted exactly like bananas! First, we jumped on the doubles, which were doughy and contain chickpeas and chutneys. They were very spicy! I loved them with the spicy hot sauce!
Next was the baked & saltfish. It contained bacalao, or codfish and was a little fluffier and had more texture than the bread in the doubles. The spicy sauce took it to another level! The stew pork was chunky, fall-apart tender, and went great with the roti.
The large roti with the curry shrimp was excellent and was more of a light, stew-like curry. I also liked the potatoes in the dal puri. But the curry shrimp gravy was out of this world!
Back outside were displays of fruit and vegetables outside a supermarket. We walked past nail salons, sari shops, Pooja shops, fruit vendors, and more shops selling cultural items. I could hear Hindi music coming from a lot of them. We stopped inside a sari shop called Henna Fashion Inc. Everything there was beautiful!
From there, we continued on an stopped at a coconut vendor outside. He cut the top off so I could drink the water inside. It was super refreshing! Then, he cut it open so we could eat the cool, filling meat inside! It took me right back to Asia!
At Anita’s Fashion Pooja Center, we saw statues of Hindu gods as well as Indian bridal gowns and other clothing. Then, on 123rd and Liberty, we headed to Avenue BBQ Hut. In the kitchen, they made us some BBQ lamb and BBQ chicken platters with barbecue sauce and garlic sauce over a bed of fries.
The BBQ lamb was delicious and high-quality. I loved the barbecue sauce and the fries underneath. It was my first time having barbecued lamb and it blew my mind! I couldn’t get enough of it!
We followed that with some sparkling apple juice and then jumped on the chicken. It fell right off the bone. One of my favorite Caribbean chicken dishes ever!
Then, we headed past bakeries, shops, and more to Fiwi Foods, a food truck on 124th and Liberty selling jerk chicken, jerk pork, oxtails, curry goat, and more. But we were heading to Little Guyana Bake Shop. Shiva even gave me a Backyard Republik gift bag!
We made a quick stop inside Singh’s Roti Shop & Bar, a famous roti shop with a huge menu. Everything looked amazing! We tried a crisp Carib lager and quickly checked out Sybil’s Bakery & Restaurant.
At Nest Restaurant, we got che chi kai chicken, two types of wontons, fried chicken with rice, and more. The che chi kai chicken was light and crispy, and the jerk chicken wontons were great. I also loved the Chinese chicken fried rice. The blueberry & cream cheese wontons were so unique!
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In this video, we will take you to Little Guyana in Richmond Hill/South Ozone Park Queens, one of our favorite food neighborhoods in NYC. We take you on a tour of delicious Trinidadian and Guyanese food down Lefferts Blvd and Liberty Avenue.
1. Trinciti Roti Shop
111-03 Lefferts Blvd
South Ozone Park, NY 11420
Aloo pie
Bake and shark (weekends only)
2. Good Hope Restaurant
121-15 Liberty Ave
South Richmone Hill, NY 11419
Cha chi kai chicken
Jerk pork fried rice
3. Sybil’s
132-17 Liberty Ave
South Richmond Hill, NY 11419
Tennis roll
Pepper pot
Guyanese chicken patty
4. Singh’s Roti Shop & Bar
131-18 Liberty Ave
South Richmond Hill, NY 11419
Doubles
Dhalpuri roti with Goat curry
5. Veggie Castle
132-09 Liberty Ave
South Richmond Hill, NY 11419
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Chef Marcus Samuelsson goes inside the Indo-Guyanese community to explore its roots and cuisine. Marcus eats Trinidadian roti, visits a cross-cultural bush cook, plays cricket and learns how to make a traditional Guyanese chicken curry. [Originally aired 2018]
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The Best Trini and Guyanese Food in New York City! Best in the WORLD?
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After visiting the Little Guyana neighborhood in New York back in 2021, I returned in February of 2023 to experience more of its incredible cuisine!
Little Guyana is a neighborhood in New York City that’s home to many people of Caribbean descent, from Guyana to Suriname to Trinidad and Tobago. The people there have brought the cuisine from their countries to the neighborhood, so it’s the perfect place to eat authentic Caribbean dishes!
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SINGH’S ROTI SHOP AND BAR: Here, I had some fantastic shrimp doubles and pepper roti, as well a Solo soda, some Mauby, a unique seamoss milkshake, and some curry duck!
SYBIL’S: After checking out the kitchens at this popular spot, I tried some cassava pone, black pudding, and a phenomenal pepperpot that blew me away
VEGGIE CASTLE: Here, I got a seamoss & banana smoothie. They also sell lots of vegetarian patties including vegetarian “beef”, jerk plantain, and lentil.
AVENUE BBQ HUT: At this Caribbean barbecue joint, we tried some unreal barbecued lamb, jerk macaroni & cheese, potato salad, and corn soup!
KAIETEUR RESTAURANT: Here, we went to the bar and enjoyed a refreshing Banks Caribbean Lager, the national beer of Guyana.
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West INDIAN FOOD TOUR!! Trini and Guyanese Food in Orlando, Florida!!
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During my quick road trip to Orlando, I hit up a several Caribbean spots since I was craving the food after my trip to Trinidad and Tobago! Come with me on my West Indian food tour, where I try Trini and Guyanese food!
Joining me was my friend Jon, a.k.a. DJ Jon Jat, who would be taking me to have West Indian food at spots all over the city!
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We started at Singh’s, a Trinidadian spot where we’d get to have some doubles and aloo pies! In the back, we met Angie, who showed us the cooks frying baras, curry for boneless chicken, and more!
After adding the chicken and chadon beni, it cooks for 30 minutes. Elsewhere, they were filling, rolling out, and grilling dal puri. I tried to do one myself!
They have tons of options: mac & cheese, Trini chow mein, jerk chicken, baked chicken, peas and rice, chana, dal, lo mein, egg balls, bacalao, beef curry, oxtail, curry chicken, curry shrimp, pulao, aloo pie, and more. It was a fusion of Indian, Chinese, and Caribbean cultures!
The doubles had a fluffy bara and sweet tamarind. Adding pepper sauce added a ton of spice! Jon’s aloo pie with beef. My aloo pie only contained chana, and adding tamarind made it sweet and savory!
I had a refreshing banana solo with it. Next, the dal puri was great with the shrimp curry. The oxtail was so tender it fell apart. It was great to mix everything together! The flavors and textures were unreal!
Next, we drove 10 minutes to Legends Resto & Lounge for some Chinese and Guyanese food. In the back, they showed us how they make their pineapple fried rice with shrimp and pork, lamb fried rice, lo mein, pepper lamb, pepper shrimp, and roast pork!
The roast pork and the sauce took me right back to my time in China. It was sweet and tangy! Meanwhile, the flavors of the pineapple had permeated the pineapple fried rice. It was too good!
The pepper shrimp were also massive and juicy. The pepper lamb was saucy and almost like the pork in terms of flavor, and the flavors in the lo mein blew me away.
I’d never seen lamb fried rice in my life, but it was unreal. It was so unique. I loved the short grain rice, the sauce, and the peppers. It wasn’t very spicy, but the sauce was very glazy. The fried rice dishes here were unbelievable!
Next, we drove back toward Singh’s to Bakewell Food Court, a Guyanese bakery that sells plait bread, sweets, tamarind balls, sugar cakes, and more.
There, Steve told us that it’s a food court concept and sells everything you could possibly want, from pizza and chicken to curries to sweets and breads!
We ordered a cassava pone and a salara. The cassava pone was a cassava cake, while the salara looked like a fluffy, sticky cake with sugar syrup on the outside and coconut on the inside.
The salara was layered and super sweet! It was like a coconut cinnamon roll, but with coconut. The cassava pone wasn’t as sweet, but was more like a banana bread. It would have been great with some ice cream on top!
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Little Guyana, Queens New York
Out in Queens’ Richmond Hill, not far from John F. Kennedy International Airport, a branch of the A train comes to its eastern conclusion along Liberty Avenue.
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President of GUYANA Cooks Eid GUYANESE FOOD!! The Best Beef Curry in the World?
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As my adventures in Guyana continued, I was shocked when I got an invitation from the President of Guyana to join him for an Eid celebration at his home! Come with me as the President of Guyana cooks me an incredible Guyanese food feast for Eid!
President Irfan Ali is known for his excellent cooking skills! He and his assistant chef Fiona would be making us an amazing beef curry, which I was super excited to try. He uses all fresh ingredients from his garden. He even makes his own 17-spice mixture!
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He’d be cooking in the old traditional way. First, he washed some dal and some rice. He also would be stirring the food with a giant paddle. He had a giant bucket of fatty meat, which would be full of flavor.
They have smokers where they’d be cooking all the meat. Then, they showed me the garden, where they grow herbs and vegetables like mint, basil, fine-leaf thyme, broad-leaf thyme, parsley, shallots, celery, callaloo leaf, chadon beni, and more. I tried a bit of everything. It was all super fresh and tasty! The callaloo leaf reminded me of spinach!
They also grow grapes on the property, as well as sugarcane. The president planted this garden long before he got elected. You have to bite the outer skin of the sugarcane and tear it off with your teeth to get to the sweet, moist meat inside.
Back at the outdoor kitchen, the aroma was incredible. He started building the curry by adding the fresh meat and the spice mixture to a huge pot. The pot reminded me of some I’d seen in south India! The colors were so rich! It would be ready in just 90 minutes!
Inside, they were cooking some yard fowl and dal. They grind spices using a masala brick. It’s so fresh! I tried some garlic and coconut choka. The coconut choka was really nice, grainy, and a little spicy.
Outside they put a huge piece of beef in the smoker. Then, in the kitchen, Stacey and I had some dal with rice and coconut choka. There was a spicy wiri wiri pepper in there that was super hot! The coconut choka was so different from anything I’d ever had!
Then, they started building a duck curry. The garlic, onions, and peppers with the masala mixture smelled heavenly. I coud have eaten it by itself! Next, she added the duck!
Back outside, President Ali gave me a mug of the dal so I could try it, but it was too hot! Next, he started on the liver fry and gave me a genip, which is a meaty, lychee-like fruit that’s very sweet!
I tried some delicious coconut water, followed by the dal in the mug. It wasn’t too chunky but had a nice amount of spice and some cumin. It was the best dal I’d had in Guyana so far! Next, I tried some of the liver fry, which melted in my mouth! Then, President Ali showed me a cow head and cow heel.
Back in the kitchen, his grandmother was making some pepperpot! But now it was time to eat!
The beef curry was some of the most tender beef I’ve ever had. It had been butchered today, so it was super fresh. The 17 spices gave it so much flavor, but it wasn’t overbearing. After a while, His Excellency even joined us to eat!
Next were coconut buns, which were fluffy and contained raisins and lots of grated coconut. Then, I learned His Excellence had prepared a gift for me: the paddle he used to cook our meal!
We took our duck curry to go. What an incredible day I will never forget! Huge thanks to President Irfan Ali and his family for inviting me into their home!
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Trying Guyanese STREET FOOD for the FIRST TIME! ???????? First day in GUYANA! Completely UNEXPECTED!
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Back in July of 2022, I explored my 90th country, Guyana, beginning in the capital city, Georgetown. Come with me on my very first day in the country as I get my first taste of Guyanese food and explore the capital!
For this trip, I teamed up with Visit Guyana and Discovery Guyana. Our first adventure together was exploring the Bourda Market, followed by a trip to the famous Backyard Café. Inside the Guyana Shop, I saw items made by local women, including achar, cassareep, crafts, pepper sauces, and more.
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The pepper sauces looked amazing. They come in passionfruit, mango, and other flavors. I wanted to buy some. I also saw some cassava bread in packages, green seasoning (for seasoning meats), rubs, sauces, curries, extracts, spices, honey, local wines, and coconut biscuits.
I tried a coconut biscuit, which had a nice crunch and a slight sweetness to it. Lots of dishes here are made with coconut!
They then showed me some Limacol, which is considered a cure-all in Guyana. It’s sort of like Robitussin! Then, we headed into Bourda Market. There were tons of fresh fruit and vegetable vendors selling bananas, massive ripe pears (avocadoes), starfruit, watermelon, pineapple and more.
I loved the juicy and sour starfruit, which they use to make a traditional black cake. They call starfruit “five finger” in Guyana! Next was some fresh pineapple, which was so sweet and tasty! It’s the best pineapple I’ve ever had! I followed that with some amazing papaya.
Bourda is a drive-through market, so there are cars as well as pedestrians. Further on, we saw some okra, Guyanese cherries (which were nice and sour), sweet cassava, turmeric, and bottles of peppers. I tried a bite of a really spicy pepper! Next was a super sweet sapodilla fruit.
Then, we headed to the meat, fish, and poultry section, where the vendors were cleaning tons of fresh fish. It reminded me of the wet markets I’ve visited in parts of Asia. They also had some massive catfish, gray snapper, and more. Further on were different cuts of beef and then the household section of the market.
This market dates back to 1876. Then, we went to get some fried fish and pepper sauce! The fish was nice, and the pepper sauce was spicy with a bit of lime. It wasn’t too heavy. I loved it! It had some real heat to it!
Next was some fresh coconut water with cask-aged rum. It was so delicious! Then, we drove 10 minutes to the Backyard Café, which is reservation-only. They grow herbs all over the grounds. There’s a bar and a table outside, as well as an indoor section.
I watched them make rum and punch with passionfruit, lime, vodka, rum, gin, and ice. It was the best rum & punch of my life! I loved the sourness and the refreshing taste!
Next, we started making egg balls. They started by rolling out the cassava dough, which they cover a boiled egg with. Then, they drip it in a turmeric-rich batter and drop it in the hot oil. They fry until they’re golden brown! You eat them with a delicious sauce containing mango, garlic, vinegar, salt, and wiri wiri pepper.
The crunch of the coating was incredible, and the cassava inside was creamy. The mango sauce was fantastic! It was an amazing Guyanese street food! We followed that with some sorrel, which is a refreshing cinnamon and pimiento drink typically eaten at Christmas.
Then, they made the pepperpot with beef, cassareep (a byproduct of cassava), garlic, ginger, thyme, cinnamon, and more. It’s the national dish and you eat it with coconut bread. It was incredible. It had a syrupy thickness and the meat was unbelievably tender and tasty. It fell apart in my mouth!
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COLOMBIAN FOOD TOUR of Jackson Heights!! Arepas, Tamal & Tinto | Queens, NYC
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As many of you probably already know, I’m a lover of all different types of cuisines. From Indian to Mediterranean to Ghanaian to Puerto Rican, I love a good meal. And when you’re in arguably the biggest melting pot in the world—New York City—it’s all at your fingertips. Come with me as I go on an epic Colombian food tour of Queens, New York!
For this adventure, I met up with my friend Diana, who is from Colombia and lives in Jackson Heights, Queens. Jackson Heights is a super diverse neighborhood where roughly 300 different languages and dialects are spoken!
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We started at Cositas Ricas, a popular traditional Colombian-style diner where we started with some tintico, or a small black Colombian coffee. It tasted almost like an Americano. Colombians drink several of them per day! They also have a bar there!
Then, we jumped on the Desayuno Montañero, or Mountain Feast. It contains eggs, hash browns, arroz con frijoles, fried plantains, chicharron, some picante sauce, and an arepa. The chicharrones were crunchy and fatty!
Next, we put some eggs and the spicy sauce on the arepa. I loved the crumbly white cheese on the thin and crispy corn arepa. The vegetables in the red beans and rice where also great! I loved the green scallions in it and the chorizo on the side.
The maduro, or sweet plantains, practically melted in my mouth. It’s a big meal, so I suggest splitting it with someone!
Next, we walked to La Pequeña Colombia, the oldest Colombian restaurant in the city. It’s a more formal restaurant and has Colombian music playing inside. We started with hot chocolate and white cheese. You put the cheese in the hot chocolate and wait for it to melt!
We also had agua panela, or sugarcane water, which is super sweet. It was a little different from the sugarcane juice I get in India. You can add the cheese to it, too. Both are eaten as a midday snack!
My cheese didn’t really melt, but I loved it with the cacao-rich hot chocolate! It was a unique combination.
Then, we had a huge tamal, a mini arepa, and empanadas. Colombian empanadas are made with corn flour, and are different from other types of empanada. These contained shredded beef. They came with a spicy green sauce and salsa rosada, which is mayo mixed with ketchup.
These tamales are wrapped in banana leaves. This one contained pork, nice seasonings, and carrots. It was so chunky and dense. It’s a common brunch meal on Sundays!
We continued down the restaurant strip, where you’ll see lots of street vendors. We continued into a quiet suburb-like area and walked 5 minutes to La Arepa Lady. They made us two different arepas!
I had some passionfruit juice while Diana enjoyed lulo juice. Mine was so refreshing and the lulo was very sweet! Next was black coffee and 4 different arepas: stuffed, choclo, sweetened, and arepa de tela.
They came with pineapple, rosada, garlic, hot, and la lechera sauces. The first one was sweet and reminded me of a Venezuelan cachapa. I loved the spicy sauce and pineapple sauce on it.
The sweet arepa with chorizo was good, but the first one was still my favorite. The Arepa de Tela was amazing with the pork and it had a soft but crunchy texture.
Finally, the stuffed arepa contained meat and cheese. The beef was tender and moist, and the arepa was soft and doughy. It was a meat and cheese overload! It was so delicious. The pineapple sauce was a game changer!
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Eating INDIAN CHINESE FOOD in Queens with MY COUSIN Paulina!! NYC
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While I had explored quite a bit of Indian food so far on my trip to New York City, I hadn’t had much Indo-Chinese food. I decided to remedy that by heading out to Queens to eat some of this savory and unique fusion food. Come with me as I try Indian Chinese food in Queens, NYC!
For this epic food adventure, I linked up with my cousin Paulina to take her to Tangra Asian Fusion, which serves delicious Indo-Chinese food! Indo-Chinese cuisine originates in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Chinese people who immigrated to Kolkata brought their food with them, but started making them using Indian ingredients and spices!
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The owners of the restaurant are from Kolkata and Darjeeling. They make everything from chow to momos, which are dishes I’ve enjoyed in northeast India! The restaurant is named after the Tangra region in East Kolkata, which was home to many people of Hakka Chinese origin.
Inside, it looked like a traditional Chinese restaurant. We met with Shi Kai, Yulan, and Ina, and then headed into the kitchen to meet Chef Peter. He made us some Tangra Masala Soup, chicken lollipops, mango lassi!
The Tangra Masala Soup is like an egg drop soup with sriracha, chicken, shrimp, cilantro, and tofu, and the lollypop chicken is a chicken wing where they remove the second bone, push all the meat to one end, and batter and deep-fry it.
The mango lassi was tasty and not too thick, with fresh pieces of mango on top. The soup had the perfect amount of spice. It’s tangy without being overbearing, and is full of flavor. The lightly fried chicken lollipops came with a creamy orange sauce and was crispy and herbal. It was so good!
Back in the kitchen, they made us a few more dishes, including a sweet and spicy Georgia chicken with sesame seeds; chili chicken with ginger, garlic, and onions; fusion tacos with chicken; gobi salt and pepper; a sweet and spicy Szechwan paneer, Tangra masala fried rice with shrimp, and chicken momos with green chutney.
I learned that chilies, garlic, and ginger are the main ingredients in Indo-Chinese cuisine! First, we jumped on the fusion tacos, which contained an incredible tzatziki sauce that made my mouth water!
Next were the momos with cilantro chutney that was almost like a Mexican salsa. Next were the Thai basil noodles with chicken, shrimp, and beef. I could smell the chilies in it! I loved the chewy and refreshing glass noodles and spring onion! They weren’t too spicy, either!
Then, we jumped on the Georgia chicken, which contained a lot of cinnamon! We also tried a mojito with mint. Then, we tried the fried cauliflower with chilies and the tangra masala fried rice. The rice contained chilies, egg, peas, onions, and shrimp and was pretty mild.
The chili chicken had a dry sauce and contained chili seeds. It was really tasty! Then, we tried the Szechwan paneer, which is cubed cottage cheese. It’s dense and the cheese balances otu the spice level of the Szechwan masala.
We ended our meal with chai kulfi with cardamom and saffron, and rose kulfi. The chai one was amazing and also contained cinnamon. The rose contained raisins and was a little fruity. They were both amazing! The chai reminded me of a coffee ice cream!
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Little India NYC | Try The Indian Food In Jackson Heights Queens
Little India NYC: I walk around 74th Street in Jackson Heights Queens and check out the Indian food at the buffet restaurants. I also show all the Indian clothing stores, Indian jewelry stores and Indian supermarkets. Have a look and see what little India in Jackson Heights NYC is really like.
First time in Trinidad and Tobago!! ???????? 20-HOUR STREET FOOD TOUR - Ultimate Food in Port of Spain!!
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PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Welcome to Port of Spain, the Capital of Trinidad and Tobago islands in the Caribbean! I’m so excited to finally be here. So many of you have written to me over the years inviting me to visit for the amazing food and culture, so it’s really an honor to finally be here and to explore the incredible food. Let’s get started eating, we’re jumping straight into a massive 20 hour day of eating local street food!
Huge thank you to #visitTrinidad for inviting me to Trinidad and Tobago and for making this trip happen!
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And here’s everything we did in the video, and all the food we ate:
Central Market - We started off today at the Central Market in Port of Spain, bright and early in the morning before 7 am. And with Baidawi and David, who go to the market every weekend to do their shopping and have breakfast, we were in the right hands. After exploring the market and the amazing produce and ingredients that go into food in Trinidad and Tobago we then headed to the food court for some local fish broth and cow heel soup.
EatAhFood - Baidawi makes fantastic food videos, especially recipes, and so we bought ingredients and headed back to his house to cook Callaloo, an Afro Caribbean food of simmered down taro leaves and pumpkin and coconut milk. It was so good!
Roti - One of the greatest of all Trinidadian foods is roti - different from anywhere else. The rotis are huge and fresh and then stuffed with pumpkin, potato, and curry of your choice. An afternoon bulging roti with Zaak, was absolutely delicious.
Queens Park Savannah - Port of Spain - To continue on with this street food tour in Trinidad and Tobago, we went to Queens Park Savannah for a coconut and then continued on to the evening street food market to sample a bunch of different local foods - everything from doubles to pholourie and roast fish.
Yousef Gyro ( - Trinidad and Tobago is so diverse and there’s even a local Middle Eastern population including Yousef Gyro, owned by descendants of Syrian immigrants. They make all sorts of wraps and gyros and combinations you won’t find anywhere else. This is the ultimate late night food in Trinidad!
Dass Doubles Factory ( - We did have a quick doubles at the street food night market, but we went to Dass Doubles Factory for the real deal late night doubles. They made the barras fresh and load them up with heavy peppa sauce and delicious curry chickpeas.
Hadco Phase II Pan Groove Orchestra Pan Yard ( - Finally to complete this day we were treated to a panyard lime to see the ultimate instrument of Trinidad and Tobago - steel pan! It was so cool to see and an amazing way to wrap up this ultimate street food tour - and they have delicious food!
Again, thank you to everyone who made this video possible and to #visitTrinidad!
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Authentic TRINIDADIAN FOOD with the QUEEN of CHULHA!! 20+ Trini Dishes in Siparia, Trinidad!!
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After exploring the northern and central parts of Trinidad for the past few days, my friend and I headed to the southern part of the island to meet a woman known as the queen of chulha on Trinidad!
My afternoon with Jason and Candice began in Siparia at Aunty Doll Chulha ke Ranni. Chulha is an earthen clay stove that’s fueled by wood, which flavors the food you cook over it—bread, curries, and more!
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The house was surrounded by bush. The woman here, Aunty Doll, cooks using a chulha, and she sells them. Because the chulha is made of mud, it conducts heat very well.
They also put a tawa atop the clulha. I met Aunty Doll and watched her and the other women make a coconut bake, green mango curry, dal roti hops bread, baked chicken, curry duck, baigan choka, chulha curry chicken, pholourie, and more.
Doll served me some pholourie with pommecythere. They were amazing together. I loved the soft texture.
Next was the saheena, or spinach fritter, which she split and added pommecythere on top. The pommecythere is a fruit chutney with garlic added. It’s so good!
They even make a pholourie curry called kurhi, which is super dense! The pholourie is made with split peas and absorbs the liquid. Her homemade hops bread looked like fluffy little pillows!
Then, she mixed up some dough and water to make dal puri. I learned that Doll has seven children!
The mango curry looked amazing. Then, I tried her fresh hops bread with cheese inside. Next, I got to see all of the chulhas she’s made, and one of the girls there ground up some chilies, coconut, and salt into a paste.
Then, I tried the sada roti with the roasted coconut chutney, which was nearly black. It was smoky and had a tiny kick. It was really nice!
Next, she took the ham out of the oven. It smelled amazing! Then, Doll patted and rolled out some dal puri and cooked them on the tawa. Then, she put it underneath so it puffs up and gets even crispier!
Next, she pulled out a baked chicken pie with macaroni and melted cheese on top. Then, they gave me some pepper roti. It reminded me of some Greek breads I’d had.
It contains pepper, garlic, onion, carrots, and cheese, and wasn’t too spicy. I loved the layers on it!
Then, it was time to finally eat! We had curried chataigne (jackfruit), chana and aloo, kurhi (pholourie curry), murtani (eggplant, onion & tomato curry), chalta anchar (a spicy, condiment made from elephant apple), pommecythere chutney, curried saheena, bhaji (spinach with coconut cream), roasted coconut chutney, mother-in-law (a spicy pepper chutney), pepper roti, dal puri, curried mango, and Trinidad sweet rice (rice pudding).
We ate it all on a banana leaf like a sadhya in Kerala! We had 13 different items! The dal puri was flaky, and I loved it with the kurkhi. The curried multani was smoky and peppery, as was the curried mango.
I adored the curried saheena, which was like a thick, dense bread. The curried chataigne was my favorite so far. The pumpkin chouka was like pumpkin pudding, and the bhaji was like a creamy, smoky spinach dip.
The mother in law wasn’t too hot, and the pommecythere was great. I also loved the cardamom and cinnamon in the sweet rice!
Round 2 consisted of a juicy honey smoked pork, the fluffy coconut bake, spicy roasted curry duck, meaty common foul, curried stewed chicken (which almost reminded me of jerk chicken), juicy and smoky chulha baked chicken, pungent and fatty jeera pork, and crispy baked macaroni pie with chicken.
What an incredible meal and experience!
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The Best Late Night Food Tour in Georgetown, Guyana!
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My first day in Guyana continued with a late-night street food tour of the capital, Georgetown! Come with me as I try some Guyanese street food after dark!
My guide Stacey from Visit Guyana and I started our late night food adventure on Sherriff Street, where we’d be having local fast food! It’s the place to go for quick, easy, and tasty foods!
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Our first stop was Crazy Burgers, where you can buy burgers, fried chicken, and more. They built us a burger with ketchup, cabbage, red onion, garlic mayo, mustard, and a mountain of grilled boneless chicken, topped with shredded white cheese!
The burger was exceptional. It was juicy and creamy, with a prominent garlic flavor. I added a bit of spice to mine, which made it peppery. It was so delicious, but I had to pace myself!
It was raining hard that night, so we waited a bit for it to calm down after a guy from a food truck across the street invited us to try his burgers! At King & Queens Bar-B-Que, we saw that they had chicken and beef burgers, grilled beef, milkshakes, and more.
They’d be making us their special Hawaiian fish burger. Their slogan is “One bite and you’re hooked!” They deep-fried some onions and fried us some eggs. I tried their super spicy pepper sauce, their special house sauce, and their amazing barbecue sauce.
They toasted the bugs, added a creamy relish, and topped it with the fish dipped in the barbecue sauce. Then, they add turkey bacon, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mustard, pineapple, and the egg.
This burger was massive and full of contrasting textures. It was finger-licking good! I loved the garlic in their house sauce. The spice level was subtle and the pineapple added a nice acidity and sweetness. It was the perfect tropical fish burger!
Next, we drove less than a minute to Wild Burgers, where they make wraps and burgers. I watched them make a chicken wrap, but we’d be getting a beef burger. They use ground beef and add hot dogs, ketchup, pineapple, onion, mustard, and an egg. It’s a massive, messy burger that looks almost like a Sloppy Joe!
The burger was so good. It was so saucy, but I had to add a bit of spicy sauce. The fluffy bun absorbed everything. The toppings fall out as you eat, so I couldn’t help but lick the paper. It was unbelievable! What an awesome, calorie-filled street food tour of Sherriff Street in Georgetown!
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Little Guyana in New York: A DELICIOUS Journey!????????????????????????
Exploring Little Guyana in Queens, New York: A DELICIOUS and SURPRISING Journey! ???????????????????????? Join me as I take you on a delicious and surprising journey through Little Guyana in Queens, New York! This vibrant neighborhood is a melting pot of cultures and flavors, and I am excited to share some of the best hidden gems with you. From savory curries to sweet desserts, we'll explore the diverse range of dishes that make Little Guyana a foodie's paradise. Come along on this adventure with me and get ready for a mouth-watering journey through Little Guyana!
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Rare Finds in Little Guyana! ????????
Pepperpot, cookup rice, haasa, curry chicken with roti, metemgee. The beginning of a long list of delicious things to eat in Guyana. If you can’t hop a flight to Georgetown the next best thing is an A Train to Lefferts Boulevard in Queens. Sure, they call it “Little Guyana” but big personalities and big hearts are waiting.
Episode Intel:
Little Guyana Bake Shop
116-04 Liberty Ave, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419
Reggie Ate: Pine Tarts, Cheese Rolls
Shivram's Bakery
12905 Liberty Ave, Jamaica, NY 11419
Reggie Ate: Chicken Curry & Roti
Sybil's
13217 Liberty Ave, Queens, NY 11419
Reggie Ate: Chicken & Salt Beef Guyanese Cook-up Rice
Singh's Roti Shop & Bar
13118 Liberty Ave, Queens, NY 11419
Reggie Ate: Guyanese Food and Bedessee West Indian Cream Soda
Dave Guyana Fish Market & Grocery
11808 Liberty Ave, Queens, NY 11419
Purveyors of Florida Hassa!
Liberty Fish World
11808 Liberty Ave, Queens, NY 11419
Remember, food is therapy.
Travel is like taking a cold shower for your soul. The brain fires, the pupils dilate, you stop worrying about the small stuff. Plonking tortillas into a steaming bowl of birria or waiting in line in a cloud of pepper chicken smoke snaps you out of the BS we all create in our head. Hey, these things don’t even have to happen in Jalisco or Kingston, they might be across town or across the state.
Seek it out.
Little Guyana - NYC
A walk along Liberty Avenue in Little Guyana (Queens’ Richmond Hill).
This area of New York City contains a sizable Guyanese population. Guyanese in NYC are the second-largest foreign-born group in Queens, behind the Chinese.
We had a double at Anil's Roti shop, which was outrageously delicious. Then lunch at Pearl Restaurant for some Guyanese-Chinese (Jerk Chicken over Lo Mein). And for home, we waited in line for quite some time to pick up some goodies at Sybil's Bakery, including Guyanese patties (beef and chicken) and coconut drops. Absolutely everything from Sybil’s was phenomenal and worth every second waiting. September 2021.
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Shopping for West Indian grocery in Little Guyana, (Queens NYC) driving on George Washington and White Stone bridge, driving thru Midtown and Lincoln tunnel.
CARIBBEAN CUISINE IN QUEENS
South Richmond Hill in Queens, New York City, is a blend of Guyanese, Trinidadian, Indian and Indo-Caribbean cultures. The neighborhood is diverse and friendly. And the food is extraordinarily good.
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Richmond Hill is in the New York City borough of Queens and is pretty easy to get to from most locations.
You want to get on the A subway line. WALKS NY recommends that you take the train all the way to the end, Lefferts Blvd/Ozone Park.
Be careful not to get the wrong A-train and land up in Far Rockaway/JFK! The line splits at ROCKAWAY BLVD - be aware to catch the Lefferts Blvd/Ozone Park-bound A-train.
• When you leave the station at LEFFERTS BLVD., you will be on Liberty Avenue, the main shopping/eating area in South Richmond Hills.
• We recommend continuing east on Liberty Avenue (the street numbers will increase) until you almost hit Van Wyck Expressway. If you don’t want to walk, you can also hop on the east-bound Q112 bus, and use your Metrocard.
• At 132nd Street and 133rd Street are two excellent eateries, Singh’s Roti Shop & Bar and Sybil’s Bakery respectively.
• After a good lunch, we suggest walking back, westwards along Liberty Avenue – there will be a lot to see; grocery stores that sell the most amazing Caribbean groceries and fresh vegetables, butchers, fish shops, and you could even have dessert at one of the other Caribbean Bake Shops.
• You can also meander north - you don't have to stay on Liberty Avenue the whole time. South Richmond Hill stretches 5 blocks north, to Atlantic Avenue.
• Once you’ve seen enough, you can catch the A train heading west at 104th St-Oxford, which is the southwestern border of South Richmond Hill
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People Wait In 100 Degree Heat For This! | Guyanese Food in New York ????????
Ox Tail. Fried Yucca Dumplings. Black Pudding.
This is not your average buffet. On a day I set out to find some Trini cooking I stumbled into a Guyanese joint in Crown Heights. Guyana is one of those countries perched up at the top right of South America, a place you hear next to nothing about. Evidentially a place with delicious food.
As the woman behind the counter walked me through menu items, a regular walked in to complain he comes two days a week and she wouldn't give him her number. “Come seven days I’ll give you my number”, a classic lunch line quip that has the whole place chuckling.
The rice and peas were comforting, the brown gravy from the oxtail sweet and glistening. It had all the trappings of a good meal. Most of all, the cook cared, with their pride for their country on the line.
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Joy & Snook
762 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11216
Reggie Ate: Guyanese Oxtail, Rice & Peas, Blood Pudding, White Pudding, Guyanese Egg & Cassava Ball
Trinidad Golden Place
788 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11216
Reggie Ate: Trinidad Currant Roll, Trini Meat Pie