Island Roti Bakery Shop

• Cuisine(s): Trinidadian
  Hours: Daily 11:30am-9:30pm
  Price: $$
• Payment Types: cash
  Features: Takeout
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: None
  Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary
  Parking: No Parking

Description

The island is Trinidad, and the goat roti is probably the best in Staten Island, a Christmas package of curried meat, potatoes, and chickpeas wrapped in a festive dal poori -- a Bengali flatbread with crushed yellow split peas between its flakey layers. Pour on the scotch bonnet hot sauce! Three or four rotis are available daily--recently, oxtail, shrimp, and conch--but also seek out the patties and coco bread, cow heal soup, and such pastries as coconut rolls and butter bread. Padded seats and a window counter looking out on Victory Boulevard make the somewhat rickety premises a pleasant place to spend your lunch hour.