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| - My girlfriend and I were out strolling around Kengsington Market when we decided to grab a bite to eat. She spotted this quaint little restaurant and walked in as we both love caribbean food. This isn't your typical caribbean restaurant. I believe the owners/chef hail from Guadeloupe (still a colony of France) and the cuisine is quite different from what I have been used to.
Their menu consists of either vegetarian or seafood options. We ordered the following, though I'm not sure of their actual menu names: fruit punch, shrimp and scallop fritters, sandwich consisting of fish and guacamole. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of seafood, but man those were one of the best, if not THE best shrimp fritters I've had. I would never have thought that guac and fish paired well, but that sandwich changed my perception of that. Everything on our dish was so flavorful, spicy but not overpowering. As another reviewer stated, the fruit punch was out of this world; quite difficult to go back to the store bought punch from concentrate after having this.
I really loved their patio as it gave us the feeling of being in the islands. The only reason I didn't give this place a 5 stars was that the interior of the restaurant wasn't quite well done, and space is quite limited. To get to the patio, one has to walk through their storage/dishwashing area. They had just opened the restaurant about a month back, so I'm sure once they are settled in they can perform the necessary renos.
Would highly recommend to check out this restaurant if you are in the general area! Typing this review is making me quite hungry now...
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