Le Sigh

Creole Platter

Le Ti Colibri is a rare beast, a French Caribbean eatery in Toronto. But because of other commitments, the owners have decided to close it after only 2 years. I went down to Kensington Market on a sunny Saturday to try out their dishes.

I settled on the Creole platter ($6.50) and a bokit sandwich with tuna ($7). The platter came with two sort of appetizers: a baked pastry stuffed with salt-fish and deep-fried shrimp in batter. The salt-fish was average, there wasn't enough filling to impart much flavour. I couldn't find any shrimp but the chewy dough went great with the spicy salsa-like sauce.

Bokit Sandwich

I was looking forward to the sandwich. Instead of bread, they hand-rolled the dough and cooked it in the deep-fryer. Fresh, crunchy bread? Sounds great! But the result was disappointing. There was no flavour to the tuna though the spicy sauce gave it some punch. The bread was too doughy and also had no taste of its own. I was expecting perhaps a slight sweetness given the aroma. It became simply a chore to eat that much carb.