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One is expected to eat a doubles the same way as one would a ripe mango; its liquids escaping your mouth and caressing your fingers as you savour the satisfying

By Ramin Ganeshram 27 May 2021 When I visited my father's Caribbean home of Trinidad & Tobago from our New York base, I'd trail behind him as he walked the streets and byways of his youth. Most exciting were the stops he made at street food vendors, who hawked everything from peppered fruits to peanuts and spiced chickpeas, hand pies stuffed with seasoned potato, and shaved iced cones liberally doused with fruit syrups and sweetened condensed milk. But of these offerings only one was the indisputable king: doubles. It's the street food of the twin island nation that emerges a...

For a slice of double delight Many Trinbagonian cuisines have an Indian connection “Where can I get  doubles?” I asked a stranger while walking around Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain on a Sunday morning. The stranger guided me to one corner of the park saying, “Usually you get  doubles there till about 9 am.” As directed, I proceeded and found a vendor who was selling  doubles. It was a small stall on wheels with “doubles for TT$ 5” printed on its body. I had to wait in a q...