Hailing from the stunningly beautiful, untamed Caribbean, the Jamaican Tassa Roti is a culinary experience that you don’t have to hop on a plane to taste. You might even be able to find one in your nearest big city. While most of America has an abundance of Mexican, Chinese, Indian, and Italian food, we don’t see a lot of food places popping up featuring Caribbean food, save the occasional food truck. So if you find one, then take advantage of it.

I played tag-a-long with my foodie friend over to the best-rated Caribbean food shop in Atlanta. It’s a small house on a back street in Marietta called…. Tassa Roti Shop. Shocker, I know. I love trying new kinds of foods (not really into straying out of my comfortable meat zone into house pets or bugs), so I relied on my friend’s experience to lead me. The folks on a Yelp love this place, by the way. Quite a few people from Trinidad commented on the authenticity of the food.

I had the curry chicken tassa roti. Below is how it came to me, paper towel and all.

I love the authentic feel of even adding in the paper towel. It’s like getting your fish and chips in a newspaper. The roti came absolutely piping hot. The “bread” is called roti skin and is very similar to a tortilla but a tad different in the thinness of it. Inside the skin, the curry chicken was mixed with curried potatoes and chickpeas. For those who are expecting a sweet curry like you might find in Thai food, this isn’t that. It’s very savory and as small as it looks in the picture, it is SO filling. I ate half of it and was so stuffed. It’s best served hot. The leftovers were a bit soggy, but still tasty.  Other meat options were the jerk chicken, goat, beef, duck, oxtail, shrimp, and fish. Take your pick, but like I said– I don’t stray too far from my meat comfort zone so oxtail would really be branching out for me. I really enjoyed my roti. I think next time I may try the buffet to taste all the different foods, as well as the homemade ginger beer. And really, you can’t beat an authentic Jamaican in the kitchen when it comes this kind of food.

Have you had a tassa roti? What did you think of it? Which is your favorite type of meat?

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