Bago Eats

There is nothing like a good soup! It will be hard to find anyone who does not boast on their mom's or granny's soup as the best soup they ever had. It is easy to conjure images of  split peas or dasheen bush soup with pieces of provisions like green banana, cassava , yam, sweet potato, dasheen and vegetables like pumpkin and carrots, simmered to a perfection with your favourite meat, fresh herbs and coconut juice. Yum! Well if you can't have your mom's or granny's soup at your fingertips, Annie's Soup is here to the rescue! Every Saturday at the Scarborough Esplanade, Annie's customers religiously line up for her mouth watering fare. Beef soup, cowheel soup, pigtail soup, fish soup and vegetarian soup await hungry customers. Beware! Get there by 11 o'clock for the latest! Her soup is usually sold out by 1.30 p.m! That stands to reason since Annie's opened in 2011, won the Iron Chef Competition in the same year and was the 2012 top local resta

Nestled in the sleepy village of Charlotteville, one will find the latest "talk of the town" - Suckhole Restaurant. Wondering what all the buzz is about? A trifecta of  perfection awaits when you grace this delightful eatery. From the music of waves crashing upon the shore near the restaurant, to the warm and cordial staff that welcomes you with true tobagonian hospitality, to the absolutely delectable food creations that has won rave reviews, Suckhole restaurant is a genuine treasure. Whether dining for brunch or lunch, it is guaranteed that your meal will be fresh and tasty! After all, Charlotteville is literally a fishing village! Whether it's lobster, shrimp, snapper or the seafood catch of the day, or even ribs, the servings are huge, always fresh and absolutely delicious! Onion rings, rice dishes or fries are the perfect accompaniments. When you come to Tobago, make sure to visit Suckhole restaurant. Don't be a sucker!

JnJ's Homemade Ice cream has transformed the Ice cream industry in Tobago. Not only does it contain quality ingredients to provide a rich, creamy consistency in every spoonful but in my personal opinion, it is on par with international brands like Haagen Daaz or Ben and Jerry's. What's so unique about this Ice cream is the emphasis on Caribbean flavours. JnJ's offers popular mainstream flavours like vanilla, pistachio, and chocolate but the highlight for most customers are the guinness, rum and raisin, soursop, coconut, sorrel coconut, passion-mango nectar, and cherry coconut flavours. Though JnJ's flagship icecream store is set in Bon Accord, its popularity ensured that a JnJ's franchise was opened in St. James, Trinidad, in 2016! The company intends to open many more stores all over Trinidad and Tobago in the future. With several exciting flavours to explore, JnJ's Ice cream is definitely here to stay! For more information, check out https://www

Souse - a way of pickling meat - is a common appetizer served on the island. The method usually entails the pickling of meat trimmings with the compliments of sliced cucumbers, scotch bennet peppers, garlic, onions, chadon beni, lime juice and other fresh herbs. Although many meat trimmings can be used, the most common are chicken feet, cow's heel and cow's skin. There are even options for those who 'dine with the swine' like pig's feet, pig's snout and pig's tail. The presentation is usually in a styrofoam cup, sealed in a transparent plastic bag and can be sourced in different sizes. The cup is usually ideal for persons on-the-go wishing for easy transportation, the plastic bag provides the perfect compliment to dispose of the remnants of the trimmings and usually one finishes his experience by drinking the savoury liquid. I'm not an avid lover of the liquid but to each his own. The delicious meat trimmings are enough for me!

Yogurt may seem a healthy alternative to ice cream for many. For those who are avid yogurt lovers, here's an advancement to boring cow's milk yogurt that will leave your taste buds screaming for more and your stomach asking for more......goat's milk yogurt! The Orange Hill Nature Ranch, which is situated in Orange Hill, Tobago, provides cow and goat dairy products. However, the highlight to most are the organic feta cheese and yogurt made of fresh goat's milk - straight from the farm bred goats to your table. This company has revolutionized the yogurt industry and incorporated unique local and seasonal  flavours such as passion fruit, soursop, sorrel, guava and ginger. Trust me...all flavours are equally unique and make you fall in love with them over and over again. If ever you're having an issue sourcing the products on the local supermarket shelves, the company encourages any customer to call and place the order directly. This may seem a bit tediou

BuccooMatic JB (Juice Bars) situated in Buccoo, Tobago, explores a unique variety of tropical juices, fruit smoothies, authentic icecreams and punches. All drinks are made on the spot comprising of fresh tropical fruits and vegetables which deliver a refreshing drink to the customer every time. BuccooMatic's unique culture delivers 'pun playing' daily specials that can be requested. These drinks also provide the nutritional benefits to enhance the customer's purchasing experience. Some signature punches are Molly (mixture of pineapple and bananas); Wet N Wild (soursop and seasmoss); Workman (seamoss, chick peas and peanut butter); Strongman (dasheen, guinness and cassava); Pure Passion (seamoss and soursop); Turn Down For What (dasheen) and many others. So next time you're at BuccooMatics, check out the menu. Have no time? Then just ask for a special and if you're daring, simply create your own. So next time, don't be afraid to choose it, mix it,

Craving something sweet on the island? Say no more.........local delicacies derived from tropical fruits and flavours indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago's culture are readily available through local supermarkets, businesses or vending stalls throughout the island. A vast amount of Caribbean inspired desserts are available. From coconut inspired treats like sugar cake (a mixture of shredded coconut and sugar) and toolum ( a baked mixture of shredded coconut and molasses) to lime balls ( a baked young papaya mixed with sugar and colourings) to fudges of various flavours like . Bene ball A widely popular dessert that locals and foreigners often crave are bene balls or the more popular bene sticks( they're both comprised of the same ingredients but the sticks are easier to chew); preserved fruit such as red mangoes, plums or pommecythere; tamarind balls (a mixture of tamarind pulp and sugar) and nut cakes (made of peanuts, sugar and a hint of ginger). With so many optio

The Blue Food festival is celebrated once per year (usually in the month of October) in the village of Parlatuvier, Tobago. This festival's star attraction is the dasheen (taro) - one of the island's most common indigenous foods. The dasheen is a hairy tuber which when boiled, peeled and sliced, most times take a bluish colour, hence the name Blue Food Festival. The highlight of the Blue Food Festival is the constant ingenuity and innovation of the dasheen root and leaves. Let's review some options for a seven course meal. Inventive appetizers are pizzas and rolls made with dasheen flour, souses and anchars. Entrees - which are the heart and life of the event to most local and international tourists - are usually expressed as boiled dasheen tubes, callalloo (dasheen leaves with chopped ochroes, pumpkins, coconut milk and other spices, boiled and blended or swizzled to create a soup-like dish), dasheen dumplings and many other sides which absorb the sauces of succulent m