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09 September 2018

27 August Taste of Trini Tour

 Jesse James is alive and running the Members Only taxi and tours service based in Power Boats yard. He's not a bank robber. He's a very nice man who does a full day Taste of Trinidad tour for groups of cruisers. It's an island tour with history and stories and multiple stops to pick up samples of as many different flavours and dishes as you can possibly eat. We began the day with bakes at 8 o'clock from a stall at the entrance to Peake Marina and ended at 7pm with pork stew, chicken, beans, vegetables from a restaurant in Port of Spain.

in the mini bus

How it works is Jesse give each couple, or single, a plastic plate, plastic cutlery, a plastic cup and napkins. When we reach the roadside food stall he hops out and buys one or two portions of each food which is then divided between us. Sometimes it was a mouthful, sometimes two mouthfuls each. On the day we went we tasted about 70 items from breakfast, through to lunch sitting by a sargassum covered beach on the east coast, fruits, drinks (no coffee) afternoon pastries and cakes, pre dinner fried chicken and dinner. The cost was was TT 585 (£67) each. No one said Trinidad was cheap.
Here are the photographs with captions where I can remember what it was.  Apologies for the blurred images - not easy to take a shot on a moving mini bus.
coconut bake, pumpkin, chow mein

Salt fish bread, salted fish

Chickpea double

meat pie

chapati, calaloo, beans, chaote




















cow heel soup

macaroni pie

potato pie, beef pie

fried salt fish bake



















fish pie?

aubergine, chick pea and?

tapioca ball

Jesse collecting the next taste

cassava, pasta, pork

sorrel drink

veg, barbecue pig tail, and ?

sweet and fizzy drink

lunch of duck, pork, chicken, provision

sweet, liquid peanut butter














































watermelon on the east coast

doughnuts in spicy mango sauce

sugar, ginger and sugar

snack between meals

local Topic bar







fruit cale

shredded coconut cake

red and sweet

fried chicken wings

chocolate and coconut balls










































And finally, for those who still had room, dinner from a restuarant eaten on your lap as we drove back to Chaguaramas at 7pm; stewed pork, stewed beef, pork ribs, mixed vegetables, chick peas, pasta salad, potatoes.

After this I couldn't eat another thing, not even a wafer thin mint, until lunch next day. Burp!



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