OMG!!!!! Yasss Kizine Lakay (translation: Home Kitchen) lives up to its name indeed. This restaurant which is a family run business indeed give the flavors from home. My fiancé went to the barbershop 2 stores down a few weeks ago and noticed the grand opening sign. So today we packed our little family into the car and off we went.
We walked in and were greeted with a smile by the woman behind the counter whom was serving a customer and she let us know that she would be with us shortly.(+) We looked down the line and everything was covered. There was white rice, rice and red beans, stewed chicken, stewed turkey, plantains and black bean sauce. I was in the mood for griot (fried pork) but I didn't see any. Just when I was going to call it a day, I decided to ask. She said she had it in the back it just to be prepared.
I had the Fritaille Platter. The first bite I took of the griot was delicious. Because it was just prepared and not sitting in on a hot plate it was moist and so flavorful. ( so good I was chewing with my eyes closed) the meat was well seasoned and not overly salty. The fried sweet potato was also good.
My fiancé had the white rice with beans and griot. He was very appreciative of the presentation of the food. It's the little extra that a business does that let's you know that they truly to love the work that they do. He also agreed the flavors were good as he has grown to like haitian cuisine being that he is of Jamaican decent.
My son….lol… she laughed and he placed his order because all he wanted was white rice and fried Plaintain. An order placed by a true American bred kid.
As your reading this your probably thinking man that's a lot of fried foods. Yes yes it is, but surprisingly it was not sitting in a bed of grease nor was the food oily.
I will be returning to try some other dishes but I have to first get through the left overs in my fridge.
OMG!!!!! Yasss Kizine Lakay (translation: Home Kitchen) lives up to its name indeed. This restaurant which is a family run business indeed give the flavors from home. My fiancé went to the barbershop 2 stores down a few weeks ago and noticed the grand opening sign. So today we packed our little family into the car and off we went.
We walked in and were greeted with a smile by the woman behind the counter whom was serving a customer and she let us know that she would be with us shortly.(+) We looked down the line and everything was covered. There was white rice, rice and red beans, stewed chicken, stewed turkey, plantains and black bean sauce. I was in the mood for griot (fried pork) but I didn't see any. Just when I was going to call it a day, I decided to ask. She said she had it in the back it just to be prepared.
I had the Fritaille Platter. The first bite I took of the griot was delicious. Because it was just prepared and not sitting in on a hot plate it was moist and so flavorful. ( so good I was chewing with my eyes closed) the meat was well seasoned and not overly salty. The fried sweet potato was also good.
My fiancé had the white rice with beans and griot. He was very appreciative of the presentation of the food. It's the little extra that a business does that let's you know that they truly to love the work that they do. He also agreed the flavors were good as he has grown to like haitian cuisine being that he is of Jamaican decent.
My son….lol… she laughed and he placed his order because all he wanted was white rice and fried Plaintain. An order placed by a true American bred kid.
As your reading this your probably thinking man that's a lot of fried foods. Yes yes it is, but surprisingly it was not sitting in a bed of grease nor was the food oily.
I will be returning to try some other dishes but I have to first get through the left overs in my fridge.
****and they deliver. Now that's a thumbs up!****