Lexington Market and Nearby Eateries

Lexington Street, Baltimore nearby the Lexington Market, below is the menu of this place on a two sided placard. Click images to enlarge.

Roti, recipes below



Started in Baltimore City in 1782, Lexington Market expanded in 1803 and again after a fire in 1949. The fire resulted in a new and improved market with spaces designed for kitchens and takeout eateries serving prepared foods. Today one can fine fried chicken, lake trout, chocolate covered nuts, coconut, and other delicacies. There are a lot of eateries around the market as well of the soul food variety. I took a photo of this marketing placard in front of the Caribbean American Gourmet. Not sure what the size of Baltimore’s West Indian Community is; this entrepreneur has made a living however selling Caribbean dishes like patties, jerk chicken, ox-tail, curry goat, roti and soul food standards. East Indian contract laborers who replaced recently emancipated black slaves on sugar plantations introduced roti to the Caribbean in the mid nineteenth century. Roti is a thin large tortilla from Indian made with flour, salt, and water. It’s used like a large burrito to wrap various ingredients. Rotis are particularly popular in Trinidad and Guyana. Here are roti recipes below:



Chicken roti recipe: http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/recipes/recipe.asp?recipe=228

Vegan roti recipe: http://barbadianvegan.blogspot.com/2009/02/tutorial-on-vegan-roti-making.html