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    Debe Kitchen

    4.2 (16 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Michelle C.

    I know that the Caribbean community has their pick of places for Indo-Caribbean cuisine AND I PROMISE you that you would NOT be disappointed in the doubles and customer service the newly opened Debe Kitchen on Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn. I drove 7 hours from Boston (typically a 3.75 hour ride) because I had a taste for doubles. Yes, foodies like me do crazy things for the love of food. This is the best doubles I've had in the US so far and I've eaten plenty. If you can't get to Debe Doubles Shed in South Trinidad, this is the next best thing. Yesterday, he this husband and wife team was living and working a dream. If that is not love, I don't know what is. I will definitely be back and I'm telling everybody. Thank you for putting up with my many phone calls inquiring about the status of doubles and closing. I should probably explain what doubles is for the non Caribbean readers. Doubles is a Trini street food made of curried chick peas (channa) and bara (a fluffy, fried bread with a yeast based dough), mainland Indians might liken it to chole bhature If you're like me and you won't have good doubles again unless you make it yourself or drive back to NYC, you get bara, channa and condiments packaged separately so that you could freeze it for later use. Oh, I forgot to mention that they make fresh kuchela. This review is based on doubles and customer service alone.

    Gulub Jumune not in oil and long ( Super tasty)
    Kern C.

    3.5 rounded up to 4 on this one for the good service . Their main dish is curry and I wasn't too impressed . To me , the curry is not flavorful in the chicken roti. The outer of the roti could be less chewy and thinner as well . I'd say the roti is closer to average . I also had a doubles. It's outer was a tad chewy just as the roti but was definitely a better dish . The true standouts from this restaurant are their sliced bread filled with fruits , the Gulub jumune , and their aloe pies( with chick peas ).

    S-Ann O.

    Debe Kitchen's food display and excellent customer service was something to experience.  As a first time customer, the food purchase was simple without too much expense consisting of one ( 1 ) shrimp doubles and a plain buss up shut.  Unfortunately, pholourie was sold out (remember to arrive before 4:00 PM).  Therefore, the next best food purchases were doubles and buss up shut. There were ample choices to select from to top the doubles, especially my favorite of kuchela to cover the channa and curry shrimp.  The fragrant smell of the curry enticed the belief of something different and good was contained between the two flour doubles.  The doubles tasted  /  smelled as good as it looked  (See Pictures). Because there was so much curry placed between the shrimp doubles, a piece of the buss up shut was wrapped around the doubles to capture all of the excess curry channa  /  shrimp.  None of Debe Kitchen's delicious curry was going to waste or left on the wax paper (every drop was accounted for).  As a "flour connoisseur", many different types of shrimp doubles and buss up shuts have tantalized my pallet throughout Brooklyn, Queens, and on occasion Manhattan.  However, Debe Kitchen's exceeded my minimal expectations with the abovementioned food selections  /  purchases.

    String beans, pumpkin, curry potatoes with rice

    Service is a bit slow but the food is spicy and well seasoned. I got pumpkin, string beans and curry potatoes over rice. Good food, a bit spicy for me that I had to take a break half way through. I would go again and try their meat items and roti.

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    Had the curry goat and white rice. It was excellent and I'm a very picky eater Hats off chef. I'm

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    The service was bad and i found multiple pieces of hair in my food.the food was not good at all

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    First time ever trying doubles and they do not disappoint! Very cheap and filling too ! Highly recommend stopping by to get some

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