Friday Night is WEEKLY EVENTS
BBQ Night
Though you will find roadside barbeque stalls operating on most nights, it is on Friday that the majority appear. Each vendor may be working several barbeques at once, cooking up a variety of delicious foods. The barbeques themselves are usually welded from modified steel drums or cylinders and are fuelled by charcoal. Chicken legs and wings are the most common offerings, but also look out for seasoned tuna, chicken and vegetable shish kebabs and mouth-watering racks of pork ribs. You may also come across barbeques that are cooking plantain, cobs of corn and varieties of soups.
FRIDAY NIGHT BBQ Annette’s BBQ & Steam fish, Outside Old Market, below Carew’s
Fish Pot, Fish night, Shatou water, steam fish etc Hot Pot, Shatou water, steam fish & baked ribs night JR’s Bar & Grill BBQ Friday, Chicken, pork chops, ribs, fish
Lesters BBQ, Bar-B-Que night Peter’s BBQ, Steam fish , BBQ ribs, chicken Patricia Bruney BBQ, Independence St, Roseau Rhona’s BBQ, Ribs, chicken, stew pig snout Italia BBQ
An inexpensive and highly popular Friday night dining experience, barbeques are found all over the island. Some of them have developed tremendous reputations and are well patronised. They usually sell sodas, local fruit juices, cold beers, spirits, bush rums and rum punch. In some villages, especially those along the coast, the Friday night barbeque is often a kind of fish fest. Expect to find local people partying and socialising along the roadsides accompanied by loud music and dancing. Anyone is welcome to join in the feast and the fun. At events such as the World Creole Music Festival, Creole in the Park, Carnival and Calypso Tents, you will also see numerous barbeque stalls. Just look for the smoke and the steam, listen out for the music and the laughter, and follow the tantalising and alluring aromas of delicious food to an essential part of Dominican culinary culture and local life. 14
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Top: Sheila’s BBQ, Pointe Michel Bottom: BBQ Plantain, Independence Street, Roseau