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Marthe48

(18,359 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 01:09 PM Sep 5

I'm going to eat at a Caribbean restaurant

I haven't eaten Caribbean food. If you were eating Caribbean (or Latino) food, what are some must have meals?
I'm going with my friend's sister, and she hasn't eaten there either. Food adventure
Thanks for any ideas!
I'm on my way to see my friend, will check in later

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I'm going to eat at a Caribbean restaurant (Original Post) Marthe48 Sep 5 OP
Great food! PJMcK Sep 5 #1
Conch fritters, beans and rice. displacedvermoter Sep 5 #2
Mofongo Sneederbunk Sep 5 #3
Carribean food is so varied. bullimiami Sep 5 #4
Caribbean foods Americanme Sep 5 #5
If oxtail& steamed cabbage is on the menu try thst IMO irisblue Sep 5 #6
Thanks for the good ideas! Marthe48 Sep 5 #7
Pernil, hands down no_hypocrisy Sep 5 #8
We went to the Caribbean place Marthe48 Sep 5 #9
Cuban? Jamaican? Puerto Rican? Retrograde Sep 5 #10
The restaurant adv as Marthe48 Sep 6 #11
bummer irisblue Sep 6 #12

PJMcK

(22,527 posts)
1. Great food!
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 01:13 PM
Sep 5

Jerk chicken
Conch fritters
Ginger

There are many great choices. Be careful since some dishes are spicy. Enjoy!

bullimiami

(13,759 posts)
4. Carribean food is so varied.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 01:24 PM
Sep 5

If you eat meat probably Oxtail.
Chicken. My favorite is Chicken in brown sauce.
Of course rice beans and plantains.

irisblue

(33,720 posts)
6. If oxtail& steamed cabbage is on the menu try thst IMO
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:02 PM
Sep 5

Oxtail is like bone in beef stew that falls apart when you pick up your fork.
There is a local place half mile from me that I have gone to, & ordered that special 4 times this summer.


Marthe48

(18,359 posts)
7. Thanks for the good ideas!
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:18 PM
Sep 5

I saw mofango on their menu. I'm hoping for rice and beans. I don't mind spice at all.

Marthe48

(18,359 posts)
9. We went to the Caribbean place
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 06:29 PM
Sep 5

It was cafeteria style, and my friend wanted sit down. So we went next door to an Italian place. I had a meatball sub, she had a meat and cheese sub. Tasted good, and we enjoyed a catch up
I'll get to try Caribbean one of these days.
Thanks for the ideas. I bookmarked the thread

Retrograde

(10,472 posts)
10. Cuban? Jamaican? Puerto Rican?
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:46 PM
Sep 5

The Caribbean has a varied history, with influences from the various colonizers, immigrants (voluntary and not), and the remaining natives.

For Cuban, Cristianos y Moros (black beans and rice) and ropa vieja. For Jamaican, jerk chicken, rice and peas, roti. I don't know enough about the other islands to comment. If fried plantains are on the menu definitely get those.

Marthe48

(18,359 posts)
11. The restaurant adv as
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:11 AM
Sep 6

Caribbean/Latino

I'm a little familiar with Jamacian recipes, not sure I've ever had an authentic meal.
Not sure what cuisine this one offered.

Anyway, I didn't get to eat there yesterday

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