Trini Christmas Meal at Maltby Street
Emma and her friends enjoyed their meal
Thank you to those who supported our first event, Trini Christmas at Maltby Street!
From all indications, we succeeded in our mission of bringing out the sunshine in winter with our fantastic, festive Trini Christmas meal!
Can Cook, Must Cook and Chef Hasan de Four and the Maltby Street Lock In presented a wonderful evening of great Caribbean food, vibes and music for 75 happy patrons.
We were happy to attract a mix of Caribbean and non-Caribbean folks. One Turkish couple said they had always been interested in the Caribbean and its food so when they read about our event on the Time Out Blog, they jumped at the idea and they were not disappointed!
Our multi-course festive menu included callaloo shots – a mildly spiced vegetable soup infused with coconut milk; Trinidadian pastelles – the Trinidadian take on the Spanish empanada; Caribbean herb and honey turkey with ackee and sage stuffing, Tobago style pigeon peas – saucy stewed Gungo peas; stuffed sweet potatoes with creole sauce; Chef Hasan’s Ponche a Creme chantilly creme – a boozy rum creme spiced with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and a trio of Caribbean cakes including the rich and fruity rum cake.
It was extremely hectic, but our team worked well together and everything went smoothly. Of course there were a few things that we will do better next time but essentially it was a success.
We got good feedback from the majority of patrons and there were one or two complaints but those were mainly because a couple of people didn’t understand the pop-up concept and were expecting a full restaurant setting.
However, no one complained about the food which was out of this world!
Look at snapshots from Trini Christmas at Maltby Street.
We’ve got to thank the Maltby Street crew for their invaluable assistance and advice during the whole journey, our team of helpers who gave of their time willingly to ensure that we had a successful evening.
Thank you also to the media people and bloggers who gave us a lot of pre-event publicity across Twitter, Facebook and the regular channels.
And of course a huge thank you to the patrons who supported our venture, we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!
See some of the action from Trini Christmas at Maltby Street.