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Local food favourites Here’s a list of local favourite foods and flavours that you should definitely try. Accra: fritter of flour or grated yam flavoured with saltfish, thyme and pepper (African origin) Buljol: shredded saltfish mixed with onions, tomatoes and olive oil, often served with coconut bake Callaloo: soup made from dasheen leaves, coconut milk, ochroes, pumpkin, and sometimes salted meat or crab Chow: fruit, especially green ones, pickled in vinegar, salt and pepper. Favourites include mango, pineapple, West Indian plums Corn soup: a split peas-based soup with corn and dumplings Doubles: a popular Indian snack consisting of a soft, fried flour-and-split pea shell filled with curried chick peas. If you’re not a “pepper mouth”, ask the vendor for doubles with “slight pepper” or “no pepper” Macaroni pie: baked macaroni, milk and cheese dish, often accompanied by stewed meat and peas Pastelle: seasoned meat, lentils or soya with olives, capers and raisins in a cornmeal casing and steamed in banana leaves. A Christmas staple Pelau: a one-pot dish of rice, pigeon peas and meat, often cooked in coconut milk Pholourie: seasoned fritters made with flour and split peas, dressed with chutney sauces Roti: hefty flour wrap (often with ground split peas) filled with your choice of curried vegetables and/or meat. Sada roti is a slightly stiffer, greaseless variation, commonly served with choka, vegetables sautéed Indian-style Bake-and-shark: That’s the usual Trini beach tradition, but for environmental sustainability, we suggest substituting equally tasty and richly seasoned fillets of flying fish, mahi mahi (“dolphin”), squid/calamari, carite, tilapia, wahoo, lionfish; or a vegetarian option, to go with the fried leavened bread (bake) and condiments (see below) that make this seaside dish such a local favourite Sno-cone: shaved ice drenched in syrups or kola and condensed milk (on request) Tamarind balls: a sweet (sometimes peppery) made from the pulp of the tamarind fruit, rounded by hand and rolled in sugar Condiments: Trinis love to douse their foods with condiments such as pepper, garlic, tamarind or barbecue sauce, ketchup, chutney and pickled fruits and veggies Baked fare: cassava pone, coconut sweetbread, fruitcake/black cake, coconut bake 20 discovertnt.com
Fruit: mango, passion fruit, cashew, grapefruit, orange, portugal, shaddock, pommerac, pommecythere/golden apple, chennette/guineps, guava, melon, five fingers/carambola, sapodilla, soursop, pawpaw/papaya, pineapple, tamarind, peewah, chataigne Drinks: sorrel, mauby, ginger beer, coconut water, sea-moss, barbadine, soursop, rum punch, local wines made from local fruits Herbs and spices: nutmeg, clove, garlic, ginger, chadon beni, peppers, roucou/annatto, bay, anise, thyme, lemon/fever grass, spring onion. Photo by Sarita Rampersad discovertnt.com 21
Page 2 and 3: TRINIDAD Contents Welcome 7 A messa
Page 5: Welcome! Come and discover trinidad
Page 8 and 9: Accommodation: where to stay Intern
Page 10 and 11: Local stalwarts Stylish, full-servi
Page 12 and 13: Eco escapes: to the mountains & the
Page 14 and 15: Guesthouses, B&Bs, self-catering ap
Page 16 and 17: dining in trinidad You could, quite
Page 18 and 19: Top choices You’ll find internati
Page 22 and 23: . De Avenue”: the dining and nigh
Page 24 and 25: Nightlife & entertainment Monday an
Page 26 and 27: Arts & culture Every culture is uni
Page 28: The East Indian vibration The most
Page 32 and 33: Fashion & jewellery Trinidad has pr
Page 34 and 35: .Retail therapy what to buy & where
Page 36 and 37: Festivals & celebrations Trinidad
Page 38 and 39: Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (tt
Page 40 and 41: Jamette consciousness: Trinidad Car
Page 42 and 43: Pan yards & Panorama Lovers of the
Page 44 and 45: J’ouvert The reign of the Merry M
Page 46 and 47: Carnival in context The roots of Tr
Page 48 and 49: Tours, eco escapes & adventures Bea
Page 50 and 51: Tips & Tricks Lifeguards are typica
Page 52 and 53: Trinidad piping-guan (pawi). Photo
Page 54 and 55: Round-the-island tour Trinidad’s
Page 57 and 58: Sunlight peeps through the branches
Page 59 and 60: The Fondes Amandes Community Refore
Page 61 and 62: Preserving our natural and built he
Page 63 and 64: The North & northeast Galera Point
Page 65: UWI Zoology Museum Located at the N
Page 68 and 69: The Hanuman Murti & Dattatreya Yoga
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The Southland Pointe-à-Pierre Wild
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A caiman. Photo by Stephen Broadbri
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Our top eco escapes & adventures Hi
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Turtle-watching From March to Septe
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A good sport Trinidadians take thei
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Swimming & aquatics A new world-cla
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Advertiser listings staott KAPOK HO
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Advertiser listings zanzibar kaizan
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Trini Macqueripe Bay Maracas Bay Hu
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Cocorite, Westmoorings, Chaguaramas
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Dieg NORTH WEST TRINIDAD e a S N C
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Port of Spain Port of Spain a NORTH
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SOUTH TRINIDAD Pointe-à-Pie Gulf o
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Southern Main Rd y a central Y o u
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100 Charlotteville, Tobago. Photo b
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Visitor information Scheduled carri
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travel basics Money matters Money:
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t&t in a nutshell Economy Oil and g
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TIME CAPSULE c 15,000-1,000 BC: isl
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Calendar of events 201 For more on
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Anniversary th
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Accommodation: where to stay Where
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BELLEVISTE APARTMENTS 20 self-conta
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Buying property Single-family homes
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Try these Tobago specials Baked goo
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Nightlife & entertainment Happy hou
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Beaches: our top 20 YYou can hardly
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Leeward/Caribbean Sea coast Tips &
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Explore the Culture Tobago’s cult
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Speech bands Part of Tobago’s uni
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Tobago heritage: folklore & traditi
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Tours & adventures One of the advan
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Sightseeing & more! Round-the-islan
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Did you know? The Buccoo Reef/Bon A
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Our top 5 eco experiences Turtle-wa
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Tobago’s marine world Coexisting
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Golf Tobago has two 18-hole golf co
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PUZZLES Wordsearch Beaches Birding
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