{"id":1475,"date":"2011-04-19T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justrw.net\/blog\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2016-08-17T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T22:01:56","slug":"a-taste-of-the-islands-is-too-pricey-at-fishys-tropical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/justrw.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/19\/a-taste-of-the-islands-is-too-pricey-at-fishys-tropical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"A taste of the Islands is too pricey at Fishy’s Tropical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fishy's<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
It gets my goat that it\u00a0is so costly to get my goat!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When you first enter Fishy’s, it’s a bit of a mess!
\nAnd the prices as posted, should really be less
\nBut for a taste of the Islands, it just can’t be beaten
\nThat delightful goat roti was all-too-soon eaten.
\nI’ll be back again sometime, I have to confess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If I were to claim a third\u00a0nationality after British and Canadian, it would almost certainly\u00a0be Barbadian! For almost three decades,\u00a0our closest friends hail from that part of the world and we have happily adopted large chunks of their culture. One of the\u00a0most important aspects of our relationship has revolved around food. Since our children were knee-high to a grasshopper, they probably ate\u00a0as much\u00a0Caribbean-style\u00a0cooking as they did North American; a family get-together would always feature peas and rice, for example, no matter what else might be on the menu.
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\nThe above will explain why I often get a hankering for a good roti. Over the years, Caribbean restaurants have come and gone and we are always on the lookout for any new ones that might crop up and are especially grateful should they happen to be situated in Ottawa’s East End. So you can imagine our glee when our local Caribbean grocer (Cool Runnings at Montreal & Canotek Roads) mentioned that there was one such establishment in a strip mall on Montreal Road near St. Laurent Blvd.<\/p>\n

Just the other day, I happened to be in the neighbourhood and decided that I would treat myself. This would not be my first foray but it had been probably six months since my first. There was never a doubt in my mind but that I would be ordering the goat roti, since it is\u00a0certainly my favourite. What did take me aback somewhat, however, was the price. First, let me mention that although there are a couple of tables with chairs, this is principally a take-out only location. Also, it is not in a particularly upscale neighbourhood. Taking this into consideration, I find the price of $13.50 to be rather high.<\/p>\n

\"Goat<\/a>Since I was already committed, having walked in and perused the menu for some time, I went ahead with my order, somewhat against my better judgement. I definitely made the right decision! The photo on the left really doesn’t do justice to the end product which although highly-priced was worth every penny. It was chock full of tender, perfectly-spiced, boneless goat meat with a delicious curry sauce with just a smattering of potato. It was accompanied with a teasing of\u00a0 ‘island vegetables’ (mostly pre-frozen) and a couple of pieces of fried plantain.<\/p>\n

If you have never tried Caribbean food in general or roti in particular, I recommend that you try it!<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span><\/p>\n