Comments on: STOKED!: I Finally Land A Guest Spot This Year… HA! http://singleservingbytes.com/2009/11/21/stoked-i-finally-land-a-guest-spot-this-year-ha/ ~Home of Chef Manouschka Guerrier & Single Serving Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Single Serving http://singleservingbytes.com/2009/11/21/stoked-i-finally-land-a-guest-spot-this-year-ha/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Single Serving Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:21:04 +0000 http://singleservingbytes.com/?p=134#comment-47 Thanks for the post & YES this is something that is VERY Haitian, an age old dilemma, like those kids that used to pass themselves off as "French Canadian" at school & as soon as you call their house, let's name this friend Barbara & her mother answers the phone "Allo, who iz dis?" I answer "Manouschka" "Oh... OK hold de phon... *she yells* BAH-BAH-WAHHHH te-le-phon"... Barbara gets to the phone all embarrassed & I'm like "French Canadian my foot!"<br /><br />I will never understand why Haitian people do this but when I questioned the folks at Kassava... & trust me I DID, especially when they had curry goat on the menu & not the brilliant Haitian version called Tassot Cabrit I almost LOST it. Because Jamaican culture is more popular & most people know of or have tried Jamaican food out here 3,000 miles away from the East coast, that's why East coasters like yourself are more savvy on the flavors. This is how the choose to market themselves.<br /><br />Kassava is passing themselves off as a Caribbean restaurant & sneaking patrons the Haitian goods & blowing them away. Pras Michel from The Fugees is one of the co-owners & this is the same method they used with their music, slapped listeners heavy with the reggae infused beats & then snuck in the Haitian, whatever's clever I'm not going to complain about it anymore... they deliver & the food is VERY authentically Haitian & damn good & once I get my own cooking show more of America will know, like yourself, how freaking GREAT it is. <br /><br />THANK YOU so much for such a powerful & so dead on comment & thank you for sharing my blog on your twitter, I am grateful beyond measure. Looking forward to hear more from you. Thanks for the post & YES this is something that is VERY Haitian, an age old dilemma, like those kids that used to pass themselves off as "French Canadian" at school & as soon as you call their house, let's name this friend Barbara & her mother answers the phone "Allo, who iz dis?" I answer "Manouschka" "Oh… OK hold de phon… *she yells* BAH-BAH-WAHHHH te-le-phon"… Barbara gets to the phone all embarrassed & I'm like "French Canadian my foot!"

I will never understand why Haitian people do this but when I questioned the folks at Kassava… & trust me I DID, especially when they had curry goat on the menu & not the brilliant Haitian version called Tassot Cabrit I almost LOST it. Because Jamaican culture is more popular & most people know of or have tried Jamaican food out here 3,000 miles away from the East coast, that's why East coasters like yourself are more savvy on the flavors. This is how the choose to market themselves.

Kassava is passing themselves off as a Caribbean restaurant & sneaking patrons the Haitian goods & blowing them away. Pras Michel from The Fugees is one of the co-owners & this is the same method they used with their music, slapped listeners heavy with the reggae infused beats & then snuck in the Haitian, whatever's clever I'm not going to complain about it anymore… they deliver & the food is VERY authentically Haitian & damn good & once I get my own cooking show more of America will know, like yourself, how freaking GREAT it is.

THANK YOU so much for such a powerful & so dead on comment & thank you for sharing my blog on your twitter, I am grateful beyond measure. Looking forward to hear more from you.

]]> By: Leah http://singleservingbytes.com/2009/11/21/stoked-i-finally-land-a-guest-spot-this-year-ha/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Leah Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:37:38 +0000 http://singleservingbytes.com/?p=134#comment-46 Hello my fellow foodie!!! I'm loving your review and will post it on my twitter page. I live in my Miramar btw!! The only thing that annoyed me about the review is the Haitian restaurant. WHY are they passing themselves off as a Jamaican spot? Reggae music? Play the Kompa. Also, they mentioned JA in their "about us" section but couldn't put Haiti? Oh yes French Antiles....rolls eyes. I'm not even Haitian but this annoys me bad. Be PROUD and say it loud! I'm not a fan of Cuban food b/c I find it pretty bland but the spot above sounds pretty good! Hello my fellow foodie!!! I'm loving your review and will post it on my twitter page. I live in my Miramar btw!! The only thing that annoyed me about the review is the Haitian restaurant. WHY are they passing themselves off as a Jamaican spot? Reggae music? Play the Kompa. Also, they mentioned JA in their "about us" section but couldn't put Haiti? Oh yes French Antiles….rolls eyes. I'm not even Haitian but this annoys me bad. Be PROUD and say it loud! I'm not a fan of Cuban food b/c I find it pretty bland but the spot above sounds pretty good!

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