Dish & Description | Where Found? |
Ackee & Saltfish – fruit resembling scrambled eggs cooked with salted codfish and aromatics Allspice, black pepper | Jamaican restaurants, Ingredients at Caribbean markets |
Plantain & Root Vegetables – Plaintains dishes: Fried, Mofongo, Tostones Root Vegetables – Yuca, cassava, yam dishes | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
Beans & Rice, Rice & Peas – black and red beans, and pigeon (gungoo) peas cooked with spices and sometimes coconut milk. | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
Callaloo – both a dish and a spinach type green, (differs by country), sometimes cooked with okra, salted codfish, crab meat, coconut milk. | Jamaican and Trinidadian restaurants |
Tropical Drinks – Fruit & Vegetable-based, often flavored with ginger, etc., or served with rum. | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
Fried Bread & Popular 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, salads | Caribbean & Caribbean influenced restaurants Jamaican origin |
Caribbean Soups/stews Popular – 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, fruit, black cakes, sweet fritters. | Caribbean & Caribbean-influenced restaurants |
