Day time food is fast food in urban areas. It’s a culture of
‘order and go’ or ‘order and dine’.
During the busy days at the urban areas people have a large
array of fast food to choose from. Their options vary from foreign owned food
places (MNCs), to food courts and street food.
With globalisation there has been an increasing spread of
foreign owned companies throughout the nation. In Port of Spain, these MNCs
have numerous food businesses which include, KFC, Subway, Pizza Boys, Pizza hut
amongst a list of others.
The first photo is a food outlet that belongs to a large MNC
known as Prestige Holdings. Pizza hut is just one of the many food outlets
owned by this organisation. It is a fine place for dining and taking out with
quick service that saves time for the urban people.
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| Pizza Hut, St. James, Trinidad |
The second photo shows a BBQ hut located at Brian Lara Promenade.
In the urban area there are many food outlets and food courts where many local
citizens test their hand by cooking and selling for the public. Grabbing a box
of lunch at one of these establishments is also part of the urban culture.
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| BBQ Shop and Coconut vendor on Brian Lara Promenade |
The third photo shows a street vendor on the Brian Lara
Promenade that is selling doubles. This local treat is a common food for the
urban areas of Trinidad and Tobago. Behind him is further evidence of the
strong presence of the Multi-national food corporations discussed above.
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| Doubles vendor on the Brian Lara Promenade |
In the urban area, food is never a problem. There is a wide
array of options to choose from including local and foreign foods.
The following link gives more information about the Trinidadian eating experiences and describes in more details the food available within the urban area of Port of Spain: Discover Trinidad and Tobago
References:
Discover Trinidad
and Tobago (2014) Retrieved on
March 3rd, 2015 from http://www.discovertnt.com/articles/Trinidad/The-Trinidadian-Eating-Experience/131/3/18#axzz3UkEOhekY
1 comment:
We love this blog....and food, which was a great aspect to add! It's a very informative post and is very similar to ours about food outlets in Chaguanas (http://urbandiversitychag.blogspot.com/2015/04/young-and-hungry.html)
Good job and nice pictures!
Celine and Kristen :)
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