Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2017 (#28)

dining
Fine dining
Tobago’s best restaurants pair delectable food
— local, international, and fusion — with ambience
and charm. Many are set in locations
steeped in history (shells of colonial waterwheels,
sugar mills, and plantation houses), or
take advantage of spectacular mountainside
views or refreshing seaside perches.
Quick or casual dining
Bars and other pit-stops by beaches, roadsides,
and hotel developments offer up tasty
favourites. Local stalwarts include crab-anddumpling;
“blue food” (ground provisions);
fresh fish (mahi mahi is among the most sustainably
caught); oil down (breadfruit and
salted meat are the main ingredients); coconut
bake (often served with saltfish buljol);
and a multitude of sweets (benne balls, toolom,
paw-paw balls, tamarind balls, sugar
cake, cashew cake, cassava pone …). Try
condiments like chows and chutneys, and wash
it all down with freshly squeezed local juices.
courtesy seahorse inn
Popular places to dine
Look out for the Pavilion Restaurant (international
cuisine, Black Rock, 639-0361); the
restaurants at the Magdalena Grand (international,
Lowlands, 660-8500); the Seahorse
Inn, Restaurant & Bar (local, Caribbean, and
international, Black Rock, 639-0686); Ciao
Café (Italian, Scarborough, 639-3001); the Fish
Pot (Caribbean/international, Pleasant Prospect,
635-1720); Jemma’s Seaview Kitchen
(Caribbean creole, Speyside, 660-4066); Kariwak
(local, Crown Point, 639-8442); La Tartaruga
(Italian, Buccoo, 639-0940); the Salsa
Kitchen (tapas, Scarborough, 639-1522); and
Shore Things Café (Caribbean/international,
Lambeau, 635-1072).
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