Trinidadian food in Orange County

[taganov]

It's 2010 and I still cannot find a decent chicken roti on the west coast! I was in Florida recently and had the pleasure of eating at Joy's in Lauderhill (www.joysrotishop.com) but am having trouble finding anything approaching authentic Trini food in southern Cali.

Does anyone know of a decent spot? I'm aware of a couple good Jamaican places, but it's not quite the same.

[ChefRoux]

T-George's in Echo Park makes Hatian-style Chicken

[arimachild]

Yes, I completely agree with the fact that there is no good Trini or West Indian food in SoCal. I've looked and even that Caribbean Treehouse does NOT have good roti, it doesn't even taste real.. anything opens up, I would love to know

[rastan]

I’ve been trying to find Surinamese roti (i.e. with chicken/beef/lamb curry, potatoes, hard boiled egg, green beans – is that similar to Trinidadian roti?), and I came across the suggestions in this thread: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/337801

[rdeman]

Oh boy! Surinamese roti! Haven't had any since I moved out of Amsterdam. Moving to LA soon, but going by what I am reading here I am afraid there won't be any proper West Indian roti- let alone Surinmese roti (best of em all!) in SoCal?

[tkemeny]

I feel your pain. 7 years after moving here from Toronto, I have given up: there is no Trini food anywhere around here - not just in OC, but southern cali, period. Someone please prove me wrong!

[apple7blue]

What about Indian food? Trinidad has a majority or large plurality population of Indian descent. Joy's looks like it has meat curries with parathas.

[hrhboo]

Indian food isn't the same, the spices and flavor profile are very different.

The only Trinidadian restaurant I know of is Caribbean Treehouse in Inglewood.

[Das Ubergeek]

I haven't ever seen anything. The only non-Jamaican, non-Cuban Caribbean place I can think of is Eva's Caribbean Kitchen in Laguna Beach.