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- Which jerk experience in the DMV transports you to Caribbean memories of sweet breezes on your face, spicy jerk seasonings on your tongue and a cool tropical drink soothing your palate?
- Where did you find the best street food– Patty, Empanada, Pastelito, Roti or Meat Roll? Was it fried or baked, was the pastry falling apart flaky or dense with each bite? Was there enough filling? Was it flavorful traditional, creative, vegetarian or vegan?
- Is there a true Caribbean rum bar in the DMV? Did you savor aromas released when rum is mixed with fresh fruit juices or the deep flavors from rums aged in oak casks? Tell us about it.
- Where do local Caribbeans go to connect and catch up with community? Did the accents and the lilts transport you to the Caribbean? Did you catch up on the news and melt into Caribbean culture?
- Did you try some unique dishes such as mangu, mofongo, callaloo, ackee & saltfish, tostones, turned-cornmeal or cou cou, cassava pone, or bammy, What was your experience?
- What was your experience with unique Caribbean in-house made, non-alcoholic summer thirst quenchers? Did you try mauby, sorrel, pine or cucumber ginger? What was your favorite?
- Did you create your own Caribbean “staycation” experience? Describe yours. Can you identify the little café in the DMV where you can escape to the Caribbean with dark strong coffee, freshly squeezed orange juice and a great flan?
- Don’t forget that surrounded by all that water, Caribbeans know how to do fish. Do you like yours broiled, escovitched, ceviched, panfried, steamed, poached, stuffed, grilled or jerked? What was your favorite experience?