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| - Can you say awesome? I can!! Clean, little, new place in Kensington. Seating only on stools at counters around the place. Steps up to door and washroom in basement. Nice paint job, lots of vegan/veg options.
Great french Caribbean music playing, ie. french reggae and rap, very cool, I love to go into an establishment that plays music from it's country of origin. Definitely good vibrations music.
Everything I tried was awesome delicious. I bought a deal voucher, otherwise I would not have known this place opened. I am so glad they had the deal and even happier that I bought it.
First, I started with the codfish fritters. They were so good, they came with a homemade hot sauce that I wouldn't call hot, but full of flavor and so tasty, yummy. A little salad came with the fritters, and whatever dressing they made for it was simply delicious.
I had the... was it cassava? fries. I think so. Now for me they were a tinny bit dry, but that's bc there was no vinegar to shake on them. they young lady didn't even know that us Canadians do that sort of thing and seemed very surprised when I asked for some.
Then I had a sandwich, it was the cod, avocado and something, I forget... but no matter, it was so damn good. I couldn't stop telling the owners how good it was while I was eating it. the homemade bread, was so good, it was an enormous deep fried bun, kind of like a West Indian dumpling but softer.
I ordered the sorrel, ginger drink, uh... yum. It was a perfect balance of ingredients. Once again...homemade.
For dessert, the pineapple cake. It was an individual upside down pineapple cake, it came to the table warm, mmmm. It was moist, a cross between fluffy and spongy but not quite either, so what does one call it? Frickin' good, that's what I call it. And where was this tasty cake made, well in house, of course.
All of that cost me $25. an app, main, side, drink and dessert. totally worth every penny and a generous tip.
The owners are a friendly, young couple, one from Guadeloupe and one from Martinique, who will be happy to help you practice your french. I watched them prepare some things while I was there and all the little steps of chopping what looked like the hot sauce, was done by hand. A lot of love is put in the food here and I think you will taste it in every bite.
They prefer you bring cash instead of credit card. It's a mix between counter and service.
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