Haitian cuisine shines on TasteAtlas’ 2024 Top 100 Caribbean Island secured 67th place on the annual list of the digital dining guide. The platform highlighted 23 must-try Haitian dishes.
Also known as black rice, diri dak djondjon consists of rice, peas, spices and black mushrooms which gives the dish its dark color. Other Haitian specialties that were mentioned included piklise, which is a spicy-sour delicacy: tasso, marinated goat or beef; akra, a fritter usually made with black-eyed peas, onions, and spices; and griot, which is made from slices of pork shoulder that are marinated and then deep-fried until crispy.
The platform also recommends Barbancourt rum, a 110-proof alcohol is produced one of the island’s oldest distilleries.
“Barbancourt Haitian proof is an outstanding floral rum with green notes of fresh sugarcane juice, hints of tart citrus and a light peppery undertone.” TasteAtlas: wrote:
The platform also suggested three restaurants. Lakou Lakay Restaurant and Guest House, located in the northern part of Milot Island; Les Jardins du Mupanah in Port-au-Prince; and La Coquille, located in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétionville. La Coquille offers an all-you-can-eat buffet, as well as indoor and outdoor seating.
Other Caribbean cuisines in the top 100 included Puerto Rican, Jamaican, Cuban and Trinidadian cuisines, with Greek, Italian and Mexican taking the top three spots on the list.
Haiti in September attracted media attention when Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate J. Haitian-American chef Medejin Guillaume hopes to drown out these false narratives through his work as a culinary professional. I don’t want that story to come out,” he said. “That’s not what we’re about. Our food is delicious. Our cuisine is great if you’ve had it, if you’ve enjoyed having it,” said the James Beard Cohort of 2023. BLACK ENTERPRISE.
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