Jardin du Cari

Simple Caribbean food

Photo by Elizabeth Ranger

So’s, I love me some goat, y’know? It’s kinda like lamb but with more guts, heft, and twang (woo!). Annnnnd, it’s not the sort of the thing you’re going to find at the local sandwich shop or one of the myriad sushi express places that pepper most neighbourhoods. Thankfully, for the goat lovers there are options in the Mile End. Well, I know of one place now. Jardin du Cari.

The air when you enter is thick with spices. The walls are deep brick red and even in the depths of winter it almost feels like a short whirring fan in the corner to combat the “heat” would make the atmosphere complete. Jardin does Caribbean food in a simple and straightforward way and if you were curious about the exotic details of the cuisine this might not be the place to learn much, but it’s pretty tasty stuff for a fast lunch and it’s real food.

Cloudy got one of the famous rotis – curried chicken wrapped in a soft flatbread (7.30$), and I had to (obviously) get the goat curry (8.75$) with the optional addition of baked pumpkin on the side (+.75$). The pumpkin was bright and crammed with ginger and the curry was warmly spiced, smooth and studded with potatoes and fat chunks of long-stewed goat.

Photo by Elizabeth Ranger

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About the author - Elizabeth cooks and makes desserts at Renard Artisan Bistro on the Plateau. Her obsessions are pastry, pastry, sugar, Asian food, travel and geeky philosophical meanderings. She also works as a freelance illustrator, and has a BFA in Studio Arts and Religion from Concordia. She's been living in Montreal for 6 years.

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