the search for the most talented chefs and bartenders to represent T&T came to an end with a… hmm… bang doesn’t seem right to say as we’re talking about cocktails. let’s go with SPLASH! day 2 of the THRTA food & beverage competition was the mixology round in which 18 bartenders (minus one who unfortunately… Continue reading MIXIN’ MATTERS
Author: baidawi
Team Leader at Eatahfood
GO TEAM T&T
the Trinidad Hotels Restaurants & Tourism Association started the quest for the best onsunday, january 16th as chefs and junior chefs from some of the top hotels and restaurants, as well as some independents and even students came to try out for the Trinidad & Tobago Culinary Team. it’s a big deal. this is the… Continue reading GO TEAM T&T
FRIDAY LUNCH BUFFET @ TTHTI
(phone rings) BITTT: hello? jason: hi q! how you doin? it’s jason. BITTT: aye jason. what’s up meng? jason: i’m good. our internal internship period is on at TTHTI and i wanted to invite you guys for lunch as my guests… at least, that was the intent of the phone call. it was a bit… Continue reading FRIDAY LUNCH BUFFET @ TTHTI
DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN?
i’ve said it once before and i’ll say it again. if baking is water, i’m a cat. if baking was oxygen, i wouldn’t know how to breath. if baking was diesel, i would be a gas engine. aight, ah think yuh get the picture. i CANNOT bake. not good with flour at all! in situations… Continue reading DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN?
WHAT’S LE BRUNCH?
it’s a refreshing thing when someone says they’re doing something different and you really see the difference. even though a growing number of spots in T&T offer brunch these days, brunch isn’t all that common (for example, this brunch started swinging at about half 1! i doh think we get it yet). so the idea… Continue reading WHAT’S LE BRUNCH?
CRABBY BUSINESS
a good while ago i made tuna patties inspired by something i saw on my favorite tv station. since then i decided to try making crab cakes and just never got around to doing it. until recently that is. i didn’t have all the exact stuff i needed, but i decided to give it a… Continue reading CRABBY BUSINESS
Oven BBQ Pigtail
a few people told me that they come to the blog to get ideas when they aren’t too sure what too bubble. that’s cool. glad to be of service. me? i use my indecisiveness to try out something different. i documented this one to share so you have even less reason to flip a coin… Continue reading Oven BBQ Pigtail
INTERNATIONAL CULINARY FESTIVAL take 1
the first day of the big event at the jean pierre complex/hasely crawford stadium was as unexpected for us as one of kes the illusionist’s tricks to an unsuspecting patron. why? well we expected a great show from iron chef garces (yes english, i did see him chop up the nuts with his knife like… Continue reading INTERNATIONAL CULINARY FESTIVAL take 1
ENTER THE IRON CHEF
so, 1 day before the big taste t&t international culinary festival, we start to get the questions: “so when de iron chef comin?” “de iron chef reach yet?” “yuh know if de iron chef comin still?” yuh know trinbagonians. we have to see it to believe it… myself included. so we went up to the… Continue reading ENTER THE IRON CHEF