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| - To me, this place is A-OK, but alas, that's it. I really had a hankering for some jerk but it was crappy weather and Mitzie's was just a little too far to go. So I came to Yelp and this place seemed to have the highest ratings in the immediate vicinity.
Since it was my first visit, I wanted to sample various menu items so I ordered a boneless chicken roti, a jerk chicken dinner with rice n' peas and a double. I also asked for extra hot sauce. All of this was to-go.
The food was prepared and my wait was not long. The gentleman who served me was pleasant and conversational. The restaurant is extremely old school with affixed stools running all the way down a long bar. What appeared to be an early 90's episode of Jerry Springer played on the mounted television. It was about a woman who cheated on her girlfriend with a guy. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
My bag came and the three items came to $23. (The prices of most menu items just went up $1.00 and they haven't yet printed the new menus). It weighed about 8 pounds.
When I got home, I was eager to try everything. My thoughts:
The Jerk chicken was two full legs, broken down to the drums and thighs. They were served over the rice n' peas which had a light topping of brown gravy. There was also a garden salad in the corner simply drenched in what appeared to be ranch dressing. It was a pile of mush by the time I got home due to its proximity to the hot food. It went into the trash. The jerk was obviously oven roasted. It had no bark whatsoever. It almost seemed stewed to a degree. It was somewhat tasty with a nice hit of heat. It did, however, seem to have hints of East Indian flavours (I believe the owners are East, not West Indian). The hot sauce too had East Indian flavours, quite sweet and sour, not reminscent of Scotch Bonnet flavoured sauces I'm used to at other Caribbean spots.
The roti was simply massive. Bigger than any other I have ever had. Perhaps twice the size of most places, BUT... The roti wrap itself was folded over on itself at least three times. There was so much of it. It was, however, supple and flavourful. The innards were less spicy and less flavourful than the jerk and was comprised mostly of potato.
The double was my favourite of all the items. The chana within had a gentle curry flavour and was quite spicy. The bread was wonderfully chewy, a textural treat with the mushy garbanzos inside.
On my way to Caribbean Queen, I noticed two other Caribbean establishments I have never seen before. Neither of them appeared in my prior Yelp search. When I looked them up on Yelp, they both were actually here but under "Imported Food"! Duh? That doesn't help when searching for a restaurant. Get your cuisine types right when adding businesses folks! Anyways, I've changed them both and hopefully they will now appear under restaurants.
I look forward to trying these other two places in hopes that I will find a hidden gem closer to home than Mitzie's. I will not be back to Caribbean Queen. Not because it was bad but because there are many other options and I know there's better food out there.
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