Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Bursting Out of My Shirt

All Trini massive put yuh han in di hair if yuh luv buss-up-shut!

Now I'm not Trinidadian, but you don't have to be to love this tasty Trini (really east indian, read on) treat. This is by far one of the Caribbeans more tasty dishes.

For those who don't know Trinidad has a pretty significant population of East Indian transplants, who brought with them the fine art of Curry and flat bread making. "Buss-up-shut," vernacular for "burst-up-shirt," is the West Indian version of Paratha Roti which is generally served with any one of these sides, bodi, pumpkin, ochro, curry chicken, curry goat, curry shrimp, curry mango just to name a few.

I was reminded of how good buss-up-shut can be when I went to Tassa Roti Shop, a Trinidadian restaurant just North of Atlanta in Marietta and had more than my fill.