Doubles!!!

Despite living in very close proximity to some of the city's best doubles for six years, I had never had them until recently. Because of Karen's urging. She likes to remind me of this.

Let me back up. Doubles are Caribbean food, specifically from Trinidad and Tobago. They're soft bread, similar to naan, filled with a chic pea curry (there are 2 pieces of bread, hence the "double." Or at least we think that's the reason). It's more than a bit like Indian food, which isn't really an accident - after the British outlawed slavery throughout the Empire in the 1830s, the Caribbean began importing indentured servants from around the Empire. Trinidad got most of theirs from India; today, it's estimated that up to 40% of the population can trace its ancestry to Indian migrants.

So, their food is a lot like Indian food. And it's SUPER DELICIOUS and SUPER CHEAP. This whole feast above (2 doubles, a roti, and an Aloo pie) set us back about $8 or $9.