Highland Creole Cuisine
Haitian restaurant · Somerville ·
Haitian comfort food: griot, poul fri, diri kole, plantains
Haitian comfort food: griot, poul fri, diri kole, plantains
"Legume, a stewed-down dish filled with veggies like eggplant and cabbage and sometimes meat like tender beef, is a Haitian staple that Highland Creole Cuisine has nearly perfected. The Somerville restaurant offers plates packed with the classic trio: rice and beans, crunchy plantains, fiery pikliz, plus an array of meat and seafood picks —your choice whether you prefer stewed or fried. The creamy potato salad dyed purple from the beets in the recipe is a must-try, too, as a visit isn’t complete without it." - Ashia Aubourg
"A Caribbean restaurant in Somerville mentioned as an example of the neighborhood eateries highlighted by the blog." - Erika Adams
"I notice that at Highland Creole Cuisine most main dishes come with plantains, and you can order banan peze as a side; made by frying, flattening, adding salt and vinegar, then frying again, these have a crunchy exterior, a supple, starchy interior, and a pleasantly salty taste." - Karen Wilber
"I’ve heard that the stewed oxtail is the must-try dish at Pikliz in Winter Hill, but I can’t personally vouch for it as I haven’t tried it yet. On my most recent visit, I enjoyed the coconut stewed chicken with sides of Creole macaroni au gratin and plantains. (Listen, if there’s mac and cheese and plantains on a menu, those will almost always be my choices for sides. You’ll see them more elsewhere on this map.) My husband reports that the jerk pork is quite fiery. —RLB Currently offering takeout and delivery. Order: (617) 625-6255 / Uber Eats" - Terrence Doyle
"A Haitian restaurant that offered comforting, home-style dishes for the author's family, especially when the author's mother missed Haiti—notably griot (fried pork), banan peze (fried plantain), and pikliz (pickled cabbage with Scotch bonnet peppers)." - ByCleopatra Zuli