Comments on: Visiting Rasam Restaurant again

By: trinimom

trinimom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:51:58 +0000

OOH forgot to add that when Mala stayed with me when she was visiting Trinidad and I made fish curry she was taken aback as it tasted like home food, she was from south india and loved fish and rice….she said it was good to taste the ginger in the fish but it did not over power the curry and coconut… this was how my mother cooked her fish so many moons ago ……lol……

By: trinimom

trinimom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:41:40 +0000

Some foods in Trinidad can be linked to south indian foods through its cooking … example coconut milk is used to cook many vegetables especially chataigne, saim, bodi and spinach. It is also used to cook meats like curry duck and curried or stewed mutton. But the hot pepper and the several other spices are what really makes some of our food like south indian food. We too use cardammon, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in our cooking and for stews as well … the good pot of pelau/ pilaf would do well with spice and clove….and the coconut milk in the curried fish and curried crab and dumplings….
Sound familiar……our food is so varied and that is because of our callaloo heritage.

Food at the Indian place in the new Food Court in Grand Bazaar tasted very good and was reasonably priced….Lilandra and I had to share a combo as it was so much food and the cane juice was so refreshing and that too we shared as it was a tall glass and it was filled.
The nan was also light and very pleasantly garlic flavoured to the right amount……

By: Chennette

Chennette — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Dear Gigakid. Not sure what you were reading, but no one ever said Trinidad food was a substitute for the food from the whole of the Indian subcontinent. But we were discussing the restaurants that are in Trinidad (since we’re not always in a position to fly out or knock at the door of someone from India) and the experiences we have had outside as well. I’ve had quite a bit of Gujarati food in my time, and have gotten used to certain flavours over time.

By: Gigakid

Gigakid — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:14:25 +0000

Dear All, for those of us who have grown up on indian food, you gotta realise Indian cooking in Trinidad is mostly limited to either noth Indian and hardly any other type of cooking. I must say Apsara, enen though is so expensive has not triggered my taste buds, Bombay Duck in Glencoe also lacks something I cant put my finger on, some how everything seems to taste so generic if you have to compare the limited number of restaurants we have in Trinidad. Daawat’s gives you ur value for money but again lacks richness in quality. If its one thing I am not impressed with is whe these restaurants that charge so much dont give you quality and substitue when ingredients are available. And Mani, Gujurati food doesnt seem to hit the spot with trinis especially since it has a hint of sweet. Like wise for south indian food, you need to acquire a taste for coconut and jaggery based foods. So the next time you really wanna eat indian food, trinidad is not the best substitute!!

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Lifespan of a Chennette Sitar, Barbados « — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:48:10 +0000

[...] fairly affordable. I noticed the dish they served the Matar Paneer in looks JUST like the ones that Rasam in Trinidad uses. Must be a Caribbean Indian restaurant supply store. But the plates were cool and [...]

By: chennette

chennette — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:55:10 +0000

Yes, I know much more about Indian food now, especially after a year in the UK and will try almost anything. Favourite is a good lamb karahi. Still not a big fan of their parathas and puris, and only sometimes have nan – but I am a rice person more often than not! I have heard that Apsara didn’t get better with the move to POS, but for reference I think I would like to try it again – my first experience was alomost 10 years ago!

By: Mani

Mani — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:49:26 +0000

I went to college with a guy whose parents were from Gujarat which means I had many trips home with him Memphis, where I learned the hard way that not all Indian foods are curries. But I loved it all. Chennette, have you ever had Matar Paneer? What about Puri with some Shrikhand on the side. I really need to make a trip to Rasam.

By: chennette

chennette — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:21:41 +0000

I said, and I quote “I have actually been to this restaurant space 4 times” (emphasis added).

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:19:31 +0000

but you counted the visit…?

By: chennette

chennette — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:42:37 +0000

I don’t think so – I think it’s two different restaurants – Apsara has just moved to town with valet parking, where they can probably charge more. I haven’t been there though