Endless TOBAGO BREAKFAST FOOD TOUR!! Doubles + Rustic Food in Crown Point, Tobago!!

After arriving on Tobago the previous night, I got up early to go on an all-out breakfast food tour of the island!

My friend David, and I would be exploring Crown Point on the southern tip of the island. We’d be starting with some doubles at Debe Delights!


They sell doubles, aloo pies, and cheese pies. I watched them fry up the baras. I’m always amazed at how quickly they cook!

They add chana, mango chutney, chadon beni, and roasted pepper to the bara.

The doubles were so tasty and savory. I loved the mango chutney and the roasted pepper. The chadon beni added a nice earthiness. We enjoyed them with some Solo cherry soda, which is customary with doubles.

Next was the crispy aloo pie and a baigan pie, or eggplant pie. They were beautiful and golden brown. I liked tje eggplant more than the aloo!

David and I picked up Jason and Candice on our way to get some coffee. Tobago seemed like an island paradise. There was a lot of colonial architecture.

We drove to The #1 Dirt Oven, where we met a woman named Angela. It was beautiful, cozy, and rustic. They had aloe plants outside. This place is as traditional as it gets!

The had enabel cups, calabash shell bowls, and even masks made from calabash. First, Angela brought us a soursop smoothie. I watched the cook make pancakes from cassava and coconut.

The smoothie was thick and sweet, and milky, and also contained cinnamon and nutmeg.

They also cooked potato hash, steamed bhaji, smoked herring, saltfish buljol, coconut bake, fried shark, jack fish, and more.

Angela grows lots of peppers but can’t handle them. She likes to experiment with the different ingredients. They have lots of pepper sauces!

They also have lots of unique knicknacks around, including maracas, masks, cricket bats, old-school typewriters from the 1960s, and a bit of coral from the reef.

We started with a bread platter of cassava pone, pumpkin bread with cranberry, and sweet bread. The cassava pone contained coconut and almost reminded me of banana bread.

The pumpkin bread contained flaxseeds and sunflower seeds as well as cranberries. It was fluffier and more neutral. It was fresh, smoky, and artisanal.

The sweet bread had a harder feel and denser texture. It also contained flax, sunflower seeds, and dried fruits, as well as vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Sweet breads are essential in Tobago!

Then, we got some cassava flatbread, coconut bake, shark, and fry dry herring, smoked herring, bhaji, the saltfish buljol, and cocoa tea.

The cocoa tea was milky and flavorful! I loved that Angela grated some fresh cocoa on top.

The fry dry herring contained small bones and a slight breading. It was really nice!

The fried shark filet was very meaty and moist, and the coconut bake with pulled smoked herring was really flavorful. I also really liked the salted fish with the coconut bake, too!

The salted cod was better than the other fish. We added some salad and tamarind chutney to the crispy cassava-coconut flatbread, which blew me away. Everything was so fresh.

Adding a mix of everything on top was insane. I loved the papaya chutney, which also contained ginger, turmeric, tomato, and garlic.

Then, I tried the spicy chutney, which hit me right away! The cocoa tea cleansed my palate, and the roasted pepper chutney was maybe a 6 or 7 in terms of heat.

Breaking up everything and eating it with my hands was the best! Then, I saw where Angela has a guesthouse, garden, and is rebuilding the restaurant.

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[Summermessa]

Hi David! I am loving your Trinidad and Tobago coverage! It's all about the people, culture and food for me! I haven't been back to my homeland in years and I watching these videos is making me want to head back for some much needed vacation! Keep up the good work and loads of love! ❤❤❤

[reeneljoseph]

Bake and salt fish, smoke herring and a hot cup of Chocolate 😋 Trini style .

[locutz]

After this series and seeing you handle doubles, I've officially knighted you an honorary Trini 😂

[kimone]

David is having the time of his life!! His facial expressions are killing me 😂 Now I want to go to Tobago as well!

[angelstarr]

It's great to see u loving Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 ❤️ our food and our ppl. Stay blessed and keep enjoying our culture and everything about it

[tammyr]

Very happy that in Tobago you got to try more diversity for breakfast beyond the doubles and aloo!! Nothing like smoke herring/ salt fish and bake…… I never had that cassava coconut bread! I’m about to try soon 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[alieninthecaribbean]

Best time to come to Tobago for food is during Heritage Festival. Your belly will burst going house to house and being fed all the best stuff. Whole suckling pig, so many stewed meats, ground provisions, breadfruit, roast fish, lobster, conchs, clay oven-baked breads. Heritage Festival is in October. So there is still time to plan your visit.

[CelestialAscent]

Every video keeps getting better and better. This is my favorite so far. I LOVE the idea of eating a meal from a big bowl. It's a lot of fun and you know something good is in it. I would like to try my hand at some of these foods. And coco tea ☕? Wow! 👏😇

[AliciaBankhoferEdu]

I’m truly invested and enjoying watching you eat food for 30 minutes at a time. Such a delight! I have to look up these places when I’m back home next time. Keep up the good work! Greets from Austria!! 🇦🇹

[maria_]

Came across your channel recently can't seem to stop watching it truly enjoyed every episode so glad you had an awesome time here being a trini woman I know just how delicious the foods are big up Trinidad and Tobago looked forward to viewing more episodes p.s can't believe a tiny person like you can't eat all that food lol

[ingridbee]

Lovely video, lovely warm people . I can watch you eat all the time. The love and passion about food. 💕💕

[isisheggs]

I love her garden and restaurant so vibrant

[isabellaramsingh]

Man you making fall in love with m, y own country yess.lolzz . loving all this exposure to the under dogs who clearly are brilliant at what they do

[chrystelw]

everything was so traditional! Love the old time cups with the Cocoa tea, my grandma always did that for me with dinner, 💗the fry dry Herring fish, the Cassava pone, interesting Turmeric Papaya pepper sauce, Turmeric is soooo easy to grow! Will try that some time and the Cassava flat breads. Yuh get a real good Tobago breakfast there David!! Great job The Dirt Oven restaurant 👏Love your T-short Logo - TTFA 👍

[lizabetx]

The cassava bread when made without coconut is the contribution of Trinidad and Tobago's original occupants -indigenous people. It was the bread which kept early settlers, the enslaved and the slave owners, alive in the early days of colonization in the Caribbean. Its found in all Caribbean islands. Have it with some ripe Avocado which has been lightly sprinkled with salt.

[SigmaHailey]

Another awesome one, the traditional utensils, food, and you enjoying it all also the friendly and beautiful girls, Sent me back to my childhood days memories, Loved this video, Thankyou David and stay safe on all your travels,

[MOB]

9:51 Kia's skin is glowing, beautiful. Great food but the doubles part was a bit repetitive at this point. Good content keep it coming.

[satiesankar]

Authentic trinbago dishes, I must admit Tobagonians makes the best cocoa tea..

[jacqueykoo]

😋😋😋that last meal with the cocoa brought back memories of my grandmother. Everything you ate she used to make that. The cocoa with sticks of chocolate, cassava pone, sweet bread, herring, salt fish and bake....heaven, definitely heaven. Mouthwatering and the way you eat and explain everything, even more. Over the top.❤❤😋😋😉
Edit: the calabash, my grandmother had trees and used to make them. My uncle made the mortar, wooden scrubbing board for clothes and box ovens to put on the stove when baking. All for my grandmother. Good memories. Thank you.

[jennifermaharaj]

A good variety of Trini breakfast and food.