Night TRINIDADIAN STREET FOOD TOUR of Ariapita Ave & Savannah Strip in PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2022
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After landing in Trinidad and Tobago, I met up with a couple of friends to go on an amazing Trinidadian street food tour of Port of Spain at night.
After night fell on this beautiful island, I linked up with my pal Chef Jason Peru, who would be with me for the rest of my trip trough Trinidad and Tobago. Our first order of business was exploring the street food stands along Ariapita Avenue! The street never sleeps!
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Our first stop was Doubles Den, which sells doubles. Doubles are flatbread sandwiches made with bara (a fried, golden flatbread) topped with channa (chickpea curry), various chutneys, and sometimes meat and vegetables.
Here, they can add curried duck, goat, lamb, chicken, shrimp, and more! They have tons of delicious sauces! I wanted a bit of everything. The gravy from the duck looked so rich!
I learned that they hang the bara up for a few minutes to let it dry a bit, so it can absorb the flavors of the other dishes more readily. You tear the bara and use it to pick up the various ingredients.
I loved the bara. It had an omelet-like texture. The meat was so tender and flavorful. The duck was incredible, as were the coriander and curried spices. I loved the fat and the meat falling off the bone. The flavors were insane!
Doubles are traditionally more simple and just veg dishes. These are more gourmet doubles. Some people are doubles purists, but these gourmet ones are also pretty popular!
Next, we hopped in the car with our friend David and drove to Yousef Gyros, where they serve Syrian and Lebanese food. The place was packed as it’s super popular! I saw them cooking fries, lamb shawarma, fried chicken wings, beef, falafel, and more! We went with a lamb and beef gyro.
They built us a gyro with lamb, beef, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, barbecue sauce, garlic sauce, ketchup, cheese, and pineapple on a toasted pita. They gyros were huge and so delicious. There were so many flavors and textures.
The crumbly, caramelized beef and the thinly cut lamb were excellent. The pineapple added some sweetness and the vegetables were nice and refreshing! It was big and messy and so good!
Then, they brought us fries, fried pita chips, and some massive chicken wings with ketchup and garlic sauce. The chicken was high quality, perfectly seasoned, and crispy. The garlic sauce was good enough to drink! The garlic sauce on the pita chips was excellent. Then, they brought us a salad made up of the gyro filling!
From there, we drove three minutes to Queen’s Park Savannah, a huge, 260-acre recreational area with historical buildings and food vendors. There were so many people there!
At Jam Bites, we grabbed some chicken feet in a pickled sauce with cucumber. The cucumber had a nice flavor, and the gelatin-like skin and cartilage of the chicken feet was good, but the chicken meat and fat at the bottom had more flavor!
They added some chadon beni (culantro sauce) to the liquid in the cup for some added flavor. Then, I chugged the liquid. It was sharp and herbal!
Then, we saw vendors selling chow, which are bags of various picked fruits and vegetables with a salt, black pepper, lime, garlic marinade. They can do it to pineapple, watermelon, mango, plums, and more!
We got a pineapple, watermelon, prune, and mango chow. The pineapple was pickled, peppery, sweet, and savory. The watermelon was so unique and spiced, while the prune was meaty. The juicy fruit and savory spices were unreal!
Then, we finished with a fresh pineapple-orange-passionfruit-grapefruit juice. It was a sour, sweet, and refreshing way to end our Trini street food tour!
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I'm Filipino American and Trini food is my #1 all time favorite cuisine in the world (Sri Lankan, Malaysian, Thai, Indian, Jamaican are the rest of my favorites - I like spicy, sweet, savory, light curries, mixed with carbs like noodles, coconut rice, roti, bara, festival etc). Nothing can beat a good roti, some doubles, a slice of macaroni pie and a mango juice for me, not to mention the other Trini and Trini-Chinese dishes. A well made roti takes a lot of preparation and feels like a hug from a Trini grandma. 😂 So comforting, especially during the winter. Also, they can actually make a vegetarian dish more desirable than a meat dish. Plus they made East Indian curries nice and light, citrusy and refreshing with the tamarind sauce, cucumber chutney, shadow benny etc. They are the best cooks in the world, bar none in my opinion because they refined the Indian spices and curries, balanced the sweet, savory, spicy, citrusy, sour even better than the Thais, mastered the carbs in terms of textures with the rotis and baras and mixed in the Chinese and African elements. It's hard to battle that combination.
Now that's a good compliment as a Trini 🙏
Thank you 😃
im an ass kisser
I feel you. Roti, doubles, peas and rice plaintain and oxtails. Lord let me stop. 😋😋😋🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@@shugar4847 Yeah, plus they have the Chinese and African influences. Indian x Chinese x African is a difficult combination to beat in terms of cuisine.
Lived in Maraval for 6 years while I was in Trinidad and lemme tell you that this man just covered my weekly routine in one night 😂😭
As a Trinidadian this food makein me want to cry !!! Our culture is sooo beautiful !
But Jamaicans say they are the best cooks.
Girlll I feeling for a plate yes
@@donnaroberts4513 and they're wrong
Wonderful watching the diverse cuisine of Trinidad. Chef Peru is so enthusiastic and knowledgeable.
Love Chef Jason
Anyone supporting Chef Perú will be supporting bigotery and racism.
the way jason speaks about the food you can tell he's a passionate chef
So passionate he is the food god of Trinidad!
It's flavours from Africa and Asia all in one bite. Words can't explain these flavours! You have to try it and only then you'll understand the passion isn't only in David's juice but in the food as well 🇹🇹💯😎
It's true, Chef Jason real passionate about food and his trini cultured food.
Not only passionate but professional at it too 🔥🔥💯
@@Davidsbeenhere lol if you only knew. no Trini like Jason Peru
Another epic video fellas! 😎 Keep the energy up! 🇹🇹 #VisitTrinidadandTobago
Oh yes bro! To many videos 💪💪💪
@@Davidsbeenhere I really wish Mark Wiens was there with you, I know that fruit chow would've been a hit with him as he hates 'sweets'
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Best food hands down is Trinidad. It's because of the diversity of the ppl and culture. One of the few places in the world where they practice religious tolerance. You would find a catholic attending a Muslim function, a Hindu marrying a Muslim etc. In the country some neighbors share their food and produce.
Wow you hit the nail on the head here! I too I've always praised 🇹🇹 for it's religious tolerance that can be found no where else. I always say you can find a mosque, church and Hindu temple all on the same corner and there are no issues. Unfortunately there are outside influence that is trying to divide us religiously so I hope our people can spot the wolf amongst the sheep.
@@rawhenrnh You hit it on the head with the rise in the desecration of various religious sites along with other disturbing trends which do have the outside signature..
Sacha combs: it's not religious tolerance, it's religious freedoms. Tolerance means that it's putting up with each other's religion, freedoms mean that everyone can practice their own religion freely while respecting religions other than their own. Everything else you said is true.
@@rawhenrnh it's not tolerance, it's religious freedoms. There is a big difference. Tolerance means to put up with or abide. Freedoms mean that people from different denominations can practice their religion freely with respect to each other.
Thank you..people dont know how good it is here ..
Seeing the both of you together eating from the same plate was epic. Two legends. Chef Jason has been working so hard promoting Trinidad and Tobago diverse cuisine years now. Thanks David for highlighting our beautiful twin islands. Safe travels on your trip to Iran. One love from beautiful Trinidad and Tobago ❤ 🇹🇹.
Trinidad and Tobago is a beautiful country...
Jamaica is better
@@yaadmangeneral8326 it's not always a competition smh
@@yaadmangeneral8326 no it ain't go and hull yuh yardy mc
@@trini2DBone134 Trini is coolie nothing is African.
@@yaadmangeneral8326 clearly you know nothing about trinidad bc you would know s over 40% have African descent here 🙄
We as the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago automatically claims @DavidsBeenHere as one of us.. He needs his dual citizenship.. he truly has the heart of a trini🇹🇹.
I've never been after seeing this I have to visit the Ave. Great job David!
Next time you come we'll organize a lime for sure! 👌
Not to be missed!
You’ve never been? Now I am more Trini 😝
@@FoodieNation I'm in.
@@Davidsbeenhere ikr... I've only done the daylight not the night.
Jason really gave you a good first day. You start to understand our diverse food and still have so much more to try
Welcome to Trinidad. As someone who was born and raised there you have the best tour guide here. Especially with the history lesson. Hope you have a safe enjoyable trip. You have to visit for Carnival
This video on all these Trini foods is amazing, Thanks David and Chef Jason and I like how chef is explaining everything perfectly. Proud to be Trini. Thanks again David and stay safe.
Thank you!!! So many more videos to come 👍
Literally no one in Trinidad likes Chef Jason. The local elite chefs all think he is stupid and not a real chef who can create authentic dishes. He just talks a big talk. 😂😂
@@johnthebaptist5574 agreed. And I am not even a chef or local chef and I don't like him.🇹🇹🇨🇦
🎶 Trinidad is my land and of it I'm proud and glad...... Kaiso Kaiso - tell dem Sniper. 🎶 Sunny , vibrant and funny, a portrait of the happiest place on earth. So it stands to reason the nourishing food go be a hellava feast. Trini to de bone. 🇹🇹 🇹🇹
Jason, u said the masala is what makes our curry different in the caribbean but you mean 'in trinidad', and maybe guyana, jamaica and the rest do not make their curry spices mix like trinidad, just like thai and indonesian and indian curry are also a different mix. There is no other curry like trinidad curry.
Loved when you said that 'Beyonce would be jealous of the jiggle' from the cow heel, I think it was. and yes, eat natural collagen!!!!
David you are a trini for life now ...your love for pepper and chow is awesome.
I'm loving the Trinidadian accent. And great looking food..I'm salivating.
Air wa yah say
I'm heading straight to Doubles Den when I get to Trinidad in October.... I can't wait!!! Going to Tobago's First Carnival!...and finally going to take a dip in Nylon Pool....yeah!!!
WELCOME TO TRINIDAD IVE WATCHED YOU IN INDIA WITH ALL THE THALIS OF FOOD ALSO WITH YOUR FATHER IN AMERICA ENJOYING DOSA AND NOW ITS GREAT TO SEE YOU IN MY COUNTRY ENJOYING THE FOOD HERE AS WELL AND YOU ARE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON CHEF JASON FOR YOUR SAMPLING I DO HOPE YOU ENJOY EVERYTHING ENJOY YOUR STAY AND BE SAFE 🙏🙏
Everything about this videos makes me feel proud to be Trinidadian 💖🇹🇹👏🏾
Oh my goodness!!! Food heaven .gr8 content david.Jason did an excellent job describing our multiculural food fusion..Trini food in all it's glory .
Thank you so much!! So much more to come :)
Man, that gyro looked insane. Never knew Trini street food was this spectacular. There are a few restaurants in Queens that serve doubles, but not much else. Not that I’ve tried a double in my life. Awesome video.
Edit: Shout out to Jason. Love your energy, pal.
The best place to try doubles is in Trinidad itself. The ones here in America really can't compare!
Got visit Singh's Roti Shop in Queens. They are real Trini folks
@@johnthebaptist5574 trinciti own is better thou yet it still can't compare to trinidad doubles in Trinidad
@@kiamyal8698 Best Trini food is in Toronto, even better than Trinidad.
@@johnthebaptist5574 chech out trini delite
Everything looks delicious and the way Jason describes the food you know it’s good the Avenue is the place to be ❤️💯thanks for sharing cheers from Orlando 💯💯✌️❤️
Amazing bro! Thank you 🙏
Big up Chef Jason..... promoting our wonderful food to ur international friends.... keep it up.....
Great to see my homeland cuisine so aptly described and enjoyed. Makes one want to try everything!!👏🙌
Trinidad 🇹🇹 is amazing. The food, Soca, Carnival, hanging at the Savanah,… what I wouldn’t do for a serious chicken Roti and one of my cousin’s snow cones😋😋😋🇹🇹🇹🇹
I don’t think about Roti while living in Maryland only when I go to Visit T & T. There is none in Maryland.
We trinis love our spices clearly. I need to go try that chow, never seen one with watermelon. This video shows everything I love about my country. Chow, doubles and chadonbenny!!!!!!
Kissa Pollard: you can use any fruit to make chow except maybe bananas. I do it with apples, strawberry and you can just use salt and pepper sauce.
Trinidad and Tobago food will blow anyone away once they tried it every food blogger have to come an see for themselves it will be epic
Might need to drive up and make an Avenue and Savannah visit after this 😁😁 thanks for another great episode, David 💯💯, hope to see some of South Trinidad too 💜🇹🇹
Yes you must 🔥🔥🔥
I am happy to see you enjoy our food. You need to visit Trinidad and Tobago from October to March. Our culture start from Divali, Christmas and Canival. The Trinibago welcome visiter to thier homes with alot of home cook meals for free
DAVID this series already looks good, one suggestion any where u go take this nice passionate dude with you , he gonna do the talking and u do the eating and of course we do the watching 🤟🏻🌺🌺
Hey David thanks for showcasing and tasting our Trini street food..one thing though our ketchup in Trinidad is not the same taste of the traditional global ketchup...we make our ketchup more sweeter than the typical bitter..that's why our ketchup stands out and makes one think it's another sauce.
This is my first time watching this guy’s channel. One thing about him he’s not afraid to eat with food around his mouth and everything. I love it! 😆
How amazing is it to see you in my home Country 🇹🇹🇹🇹❤️❤️! The food had my mouth watering!!! I love all of you videos and you do a fantastic job at showcasing the beautiful culture, traditions, beautiful ppl and food. God bless you endlessly! ❤️🤲🏽❤️🤲🏽
That's amazing, I'm so glad I discovered your channel and can see all the diversity we have in the world. Keep up the awesome work David, thank you!!
I am enjoying 😉 watching u guys eating and showing us the beauty of trini foods and different dishes. I am actually salivating. We have so many different cultures here to embrace. Thanks guys. I need to take a trip around trinidad and try different foods. I don't even leave Arima, 🙈
Look for me I will be checking this out soon!!! Thank you chef Jason and David....
I love the savannah strip. As a vegan I go for my corn soup,boil corn and smoothies. It is a great experience
Jason speaks of food like Science . I love it
Look at food , Avenue is the boom best spot to lime and eat food all night and day.😋🇹🇹
Every thing looks delicious the way you ate tells me you enjoyed every thing I love the spices in the fruits also the Curries just like our food in Guyana I am waiting to have you here in Guyana David I am One of your fans Enjoy your tour my friend 😊
I just love the chef Jason. I could listen to him all day. Thanks for making me hungry again. 😊 Gracias
@@thomasjerry7476 good
When I came to England in 1989,from Trinidad I cried the first few months, nothing was tasty.
Enjoying your Trinidad vlogs alot. Keep them coming❤
I hope he explore some of the Creole cooking too and our Spanish influence not just the east Indian and the Asian influence I am Trinidadian of Venezuelan heritage my forefathers have been in Trinidad since 1802
I’m happy watching you enjoying all the good food Trinidad 🇹🇹 bring to you thank for coming to the island 🌴
The food looks delicious and it's in the Caribbean!
trini accent sounds so cool cool
David wonderful watching you Trinidad 🇹🇹 wonderful food
Yes! Doubles is a must! Traditional and souped up! Loving it 😊
Chef Jason is a true Trinibagonian and it shows.
Yes man! Love to see our cuisines on foreign TH-cam channels. You real enjoyed that gourmet doubles!
Garlic sauce is the best!! I wish we had a better selection of foods from around the world where I live in the UK 😞
Great video as always xx
Love your excitement when you eat😋so happy you enjoyed the food from my country 🙏❤️👍
This might be the best one yet
Oh it’s sooooo good!
Series started off strong. Leh we go! 🇹🇹🔥
Somewhere in Peru theres a chef named Trinidad
🤣
I know a chef named jamaica
This comment was so random. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I laughed out loud for real 😂😂😂
Trini gyros are a whole nother beast
One thing would have put icing on this cake! This entire experience would have been much more pleasant in a car-free environment....imagine utilizing the wide avenue....ample space for friends and families, walking, sitting....even hopping on bikes to link up with the Savannah strip....true vision for the future!
All that looking great, missing my home food, all the things I grew up on. You two are really enjoying.
Not a bad job loving it waiting to see the callaloo ,pelau, coo coo curry crab and bake chicken
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David: "Why is this so good?"
Jason: Goes into seasoning details.
Me on Saturday: TAXI!!!!!
Trinidad is like paradise.... The food is amazing.... the fruits... amazing.... and they haven’t had half the street foods😋. You’ll need two weeks of vacation to sample it all 🥰
David you making me miss my beautiful country. Thank you so much for sharing 💙
Wow! food looking so good👌 I went to elementary school on Ariapita Avenue! Nice that David visit Trinidad to taste the wonderful cuisine😄❤
Hat's off good look at Trini street food 🥑🥝! 👍👌💯🔥
Nice job Jason, glad to finally see this. Proud to be a trini🇹🇹🇹🇹
Buddy was a great addition to the video honestly very vibrant food
I'm here in the UK salivating for my sweet T&T foods and juices. Enjoy! 😋
Wow.
The Next time I go to these same vendors....I would play this video to the seller and ask for the same dish........ and wanting the same size portions.....
Here goes.....
Only in Trinidad 🇹🇹
Props to David for going to Trinidad - the first big food youtuber to do so. Not just because it's obscure for most of the world but also because it's not super safe to travel to right now. 😂
Exactly 💯
Mark weins went to Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
@@cwilliams5351 After David though.
Trini Girl here. My mouth is watering for my home cooking/street food. 2023 I will be there soon and will make up for lost time due to COVID! :)
Culantro also tolerates hot weather where Cilantro won't. People who grow herbs and veggies that live in the southern states and like Cilntro find culantro to be a good alternative.
13:41 where Jason said it's like a Beethoven.. Davids face- Priceless🤣..his words "WAW"😂...
Epicness guys!
So amazing and so beautiful always enjoy your videos I am so happy that you visited our beautiful island of Trinidad and Tobago
that first plate with all the meats and the doubles WOAH!
Nice to have you in Trinidad David! Feast on our culture and food! Great job, keep it up!
I am so happy you enjoying our foods. Do come back for carnival, it's a must
Don't worry david it's not you alone I have heard our ketchup is the best...I am so glad you were in good hands
@@thomasjerry7476 hi,,, I am fine by the grace if God, hope you are too and have a wonderful day.
You'll making me hungry over here, just the way you are eating the foods I can tell you really enjoyed every bite.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work the food is very good so much to choose from you need more time to try it all 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Great vlog David. Thoroughly enjoyed this series!!
That gyro though loved how they dressed up the gyro ..my favorite 😍 Greek food and those chicken wings seeing those made me so hungry 😋
Hey David amazing video again i see many have ur guides but i think this one is the best omg lol
David is just loving it!!!
Chef Jason!!!! You did a great job. I am so proud of you showing David a grand experience. You all have me homesick. THANK YOU BOTH.....waiting for the next run....ONE LOVE....
Welcome to my country, u had the best guide to show you around, I love your channel.
Hey I am glad our food is being recognise through out the world all thanks to u u are welcome back to Trinidad and Tobago anytime brother God bless
love to see you sharing our culture with the world
Just tuned in and WOW its amazing to see us showcased. Thank yo Chef Jason you're a wonderful food Ambassador. Kudos to David. Love it all
Looks closely like Indian food....nice...reminded me of Indian night street food...✌✌
It is Indian food… the dynamics change a bit when integrated in the society after some time. Variety of perfection.
Our culture is heavily influenced from india because in the 1800s a lot of Indians settled in Trinidad 🇹🇹
Love this amazing video ❤️❤️
Born and bred in Trinidad living in the US and must say David had more than I ever had in a lifetime with Savannah food flavors, spices, tastes, textures etc. Watching you and Jason there was a party going on in my mouth with every bite ya'll took. No damn joke! 😋😋😋 You both make me wanna be on the next flight out to do what ya'll just did. Aaahhhhhh.....🇹🇹🇹🇹💥💯💥
, watching.. full support here 🇰🇼🇵🇭.
Great video guys!!! ♥️♥️
Mmm lekker! Groetjes lilian! uit Nederland 🙏🏽✌🏽💪🏽💯😋
Good job 👌👍 amazing 👀Greetings for your efforts I admire your travels and dining experiences
Sooooooo homesick…and hungry right now!!! Great job!
And that’s just Day 1 Son. Trinidad and Tobago let’s go!
I know you can handle spicy David...you handled the food like a BOSS👍👍
I am the boss of spice 🔥🔥🔥 India and Thailand taught me well ❤️