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| - I give this place 3.5 stars.
I was craving oxtail and since I live about 45 minutes my favourite place, Gem's House of Jerk on Airport RD and didn't want to leave my house ..I decide to order delivery from this place because it was on SkipTheDishes.com and had good reviews.
I'm really hesitant ordering oxtail from anywhere that's clearly not Jamaican. I think this place is Guyanese/Trinidadian.
You see, Jamaican oxtail is something special. It's savoury, sweet, perfectly spiced, juicy, tender, fall off the bone, a bit spicy and an all around amazing balance of flavours. It usually comes with a good amount of gravy. Oxtail needs need to be wet. Not a thick gravy, but a sweet, spicy, savoury syrupy gravy.
Charlie's failed to deliver on what I need in my oxtail. The oxtail came on top heaping piles of bland rice and peas. There was no aroma, it kinda had a faint taste of chicken stock. That's about it. The oxtail was decently tender..but it was dry..no gravy at all. What's the point of oxtail with no gravy? It was spiced nicely, and the oxtail tasted fresh..but it was just missing it's characteristic sweet/spicy kick. Instead of a nice coleslaw on the side..they decided to give you boiled/watery/Frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Complete turn off.
They did however give me their homemade hot sauce made with either scotch bonnet or habanero peppers. That was soooo good ! It made the meal way better.
I also ordered the boneless jerk chicken dhalpuri roti. And to be honest, it was pretty good! My only complaint is that there was not enough chicken in the roti..they're was maybe 3 or 4 little shreds of chicken. But it was one of the best rotis I had in terms of flavour. I find rotis with dhalpuri can get very dry and it didn't happen here. I liked it!
All in all I wouldn't come back here unless I was craving some West Indian roti. Which is not very often because I rather get fat eating Jamaican oxtail.
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