SE POU NOU MANJE! (LET'S EAT!)

One thing is for sure: When you go to Haiti you want to know what is on the menu.  A food vocabulary is really important, especially if you are one of 20 people trying to figure out what is on the menu.

Learning some Kreyol by reading a menu seems practical and essential.  So, I've made the following menu from a compilation of items on various lists I found.  Take note: Spelling varies in Kreyol. We'll just have to deal with that.

MENU

Appetizers

• Akra (Black-eyed pea fritters)
• Lanbi Pike Nan Ji Sitwon  (Spicy marinated conch)
• Plat Fritay  (Fried platter, okra, conch fritter, sweet potato and plantain w/ ti malice and watercress sauce)

Salads

• Chiquetaille de Morue (Saltcod salad)
• Salad Pomdete (Potato salad)
• Salad Zaboka (Avocado salad
• Salad Tap Tap  (Mango, watercress, carrots and mixed greens)
• Salad Zaboka Ak Tomat  (Avocado and tomato salad with onions, house dressing)
• Salad Chiktay  (Mixed salad and avocado topped with herring

Soups

• Bouyon (Meat and vegetable stew)
• Soup Joumou (Squash soup)
• Legim   ( Stew vegetables)

Poultry

• Poul neg Maron ak Kalalou (Chicken with okra and mushrooms)
• Tassot de Dinde (Dried turkey)
• Poul Nan Sos   (Stewed chicken)
• Poul Boukanen  (Grilled chicken)

Meats

• Bef Salé (Dried and fried beef)
• Boeuf á la Haïtienne (Beef with tomatoes and peppers)
• Bef Kalalou Ak Mayi Moulin  (Stewed beef and okra served with cornmeal)
• Aubergines à l'Haïtienne (Eggplant stewed with beef)
• Boulet (Meatballs)
• Griots (Fried pork cubes)
• Kabrit Boukanen  (Grilled goat) 

Seafood

• Krevet (Creole shrimp)
• Lambi (Boiled conch)
• Mori ak Sos (Saltcod with sauce)
• Kribish Nan Sos Kokoye   (Shrimp in coconut sauce)Pwason Gwosel  (Whole fish in lime sauce)
• Pwason Neg   (Fish in lime sauce or blackened)
• Spageti Kreyol  (Spaghetti with tiny shrimp and mix vegetable in creole sauce)

Vegetables and Beans

• Banan Peze (Fried plantains)
• Diri ak Pwa (Red beans and rice)
• Labouyi Banane (Pureed plantain)
• Banann Peze  (Fried plantains)
• Militon Gratinen (Chayote gratineed with cheese)
• Patat Boukannen (Baked sweet potatoes)
• Sos Pwa Frans (Sweetpeas)
• Zepina Nan Sos Kokoye  (Spinach in coconut sauce)
• Mayi Boukanen   (Grilled corn)
• Mayi Moulen (ak sos pwa ou kole) (corn meal with mix bean or bean sauce) 
• Sos Pwa Rouj (Red beans in sauce)
• Veritab Fri (Fried breadfruit)
• Aubergines à l'Haïtienne (Eggplant stewed with beef)
• Pikliz (Spicy pickled vegetables) 

Breads and Grains

• Diri ak Djon-djon (Rice with dried black mushrooms)
• Diri ak Pwa (Red beans and rice)
• Makaroni Gratinen (Macaroni and cheese)
• Mayi Moulen (Cornmeal mush)
• Pen Mayi (Cornbread)
• Pitimi (Millet pilaf)

Sauces and Condiments

• Confiti Mango (Mango chutney)
• Sauce Ti-Malice (Hot pepper sauce)
• Zepis (Creole spice blend)

Desserts

• Benye (Banana fritters)
• Diri Olé (Rice pudding)
• Kok Graje (Coconut candy)
• Pen Patat (Sweet potato bread)
• Plat Eri Twopical  (Fresh tropical fruit plate)
• Gato Zannanna (Upside down pineapple rhum cake)
• Pudin (Bread pudding)
• Blan Mange  (Traditional coconut dessert)

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·       Beverages

• Godrin (Fermented pineapple beverage)
• Ji Chadek (Grapefruit juice)
• Labouyi Bannann (Banana cream)
• Sitronad (Lemonade)
• Te Jenjanm  (Ginger tea)
• Te Kanet Ak Anis  (Cinnamon and star anise tea)
• Kaff Ayisyen  (Coffee)

B  Bon apetite!

----kjl