I used to go to Caribbean Flavours when I first moved to Ottawa five years ago, but I've since been converted by the Sizzler. Put it this way--I find that the food at Flavours tastes like it's been made to order, which given the wait time, it no doubt has. But try those long-simmered, meat-falling-off-the-bone stews and curries they serve up at Sizzler, and you'll see that "fresh tasting" is all relative. I want my oxtail braised the day before, relaxing in its tasty gravy all night, and served hot and tender the next day. Sizzler's oxtail is fantastic; so is their curry goat. Also some of the best chicken roti I've had--though I do have a soft spot for Mugena's, culinary highlight of the Blues festival.
Basically, the oxtail and the goat (with rice and peas, of course) are so good here that I'm afraid I haven't tried much else, except the callalloo greens, served as a side dish. One time they were amazingly good, all spicy and vinegary; the next time they tasted like they'd been cooked with nothing but salt and onions. Still, worth trying, if only to feel a more virtuous after all that meat. The place is nothing to look at--about as much atmosphere as the fast-food wrap joint or whatever it was that used to be in its spot--but plonk one of those velevety stews on a styrofoam plate for me and I'm happy. Check out the Express review and the comments--the Jamaican comment-writer apologizing to his/her mom says it better than I can!
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I used to go to Caribbean Flavours when I first moved to Ottawa five years ago, but I've since been converted by the Sizzler. Put it this way--I find that the food at Flavours tastes like it's been made to order, which given the wait time, it no doubt has. But try those long-simmered, meat-falling-off-the-bone stews and curries they serve up at Sizzler, and you'll see that "fresh tasting" is all relative. I want my oxtail braised the day before, relaxing in its tasty gravy all night, and served hot and tender the next day. Sizzler's oxtail is fantastic; so is their curry goat. Also some of the best chicken roti I've had--though I do have a soft spot for Mugena's, culinary highlight of the Blues festival.
Basically, the oxtail and the goat (with rice and peas, of course) are so good here that I'm afraid I haven't tried much else, except the callalloo greens, served as a side dish. One time they were amazingly good, all spicy and vinegary; the next time they tasted like they'd been cooked with nothing but salt and onions. Still, worth trying, if only to feel a more virtuous after all that meat. The place is nothing to look at--about as much atmosphere as the fast-food wrap joint or whatever it was that used to be in its spot--but plonk one of those velevety stews on a styrofoam plate for me and I'm happy. Check out the Express review and the comments--the Jamaican comment-writer apologizing to his/her mom says it better than I can!