- Remember, if you've never been alone you
should try it sometimes, but eventually it gets sad.
I'm Cody Reese and I'm your New York City host
for Five Buck Lunch. My love of food has taken me to more
than thirty-five countries. I've worked as a cook, farmer,
and cheese maker. Now I'm in NYC in search of the tastiest
and cheapest foods my debits can buy. Join me as I take you
to the dankest lunch spots for five bucks or less.
(upbeat music)
I'm barely even a doctor but I do know that the stomach
is basically a large bag that you sometimes fill with food.
Now getting enough yum yum inside of your tum tum when you
only have a few little rumple dumpkins, well that sounds
pretty similar to the premise of the show don't you think.
And luckily for us almost every culture seems to have some
sort of bread stuffed with some sort of something.
Gyoza in Japan, Coxinha in Brazil, freaking Momos, talk
about empanadas, hot pockets. Today we're getting Haitian
Beef Patty. Now these bad boys are flakier than my ex best
friend Kyle, and they're also filled with more steamy meat
than a junior high freaking locker room.
But before I smash lets go see what these little beef freaks
and patty monsters are thinking.
(upbeat guitar music)
What, uh, what do you do?
- I'm a fashion stylist.
- Oh damn dude! Before we get into this larger conversation,
what do you think about the way I'm dressed?
- I mean, hey, I could work with you.
- Uh oh, he's working with me
(laughing)
- Ladies, I'm signed! ( girls screaming)
Can you describe my style in maybe a couple words?
- It's your own style. Your style is very unique for you.
- Okay. Today we're talking about Haitian food
- Yes
- What's the platonic Haitian patty like, what's the ideal?
- It's like an orgasm in your mouth
- Oh damn, sounds like my bar mitzvah
(laughing)
- You put it in your mouth, you want to cut your fingers out
- Damn, your like damn I want to cut my whole hand off.
- Haitian beef pattys just superior to the
Jamaican beef patty.
- Damn dude shots fired, ping ping
- It's buttery, it's soft, it's flaky. You do not get that
from any other type of patty, I'm sorry.
- Damn! If you were going to get food for under five
bucks, where would you go?
- Right across the street
- Where? To Kafe Louverture
Yay! I'm at Kafe Louverture and I'm going to go see how
many of my little money duckets I can
use to buy how many little patties we can.
See you there!
(cheerful guitar music)
Hi!!
- Hi, how are you today?
- I'm doing well. So, today we're talking
about Haitian patties
- Yes
- Are you from Haiti?
- Yes I am
- How'd you learn how to make patties?
- When I was seven my grandmother taught myself
and my cousins
- That's awesome
- And I've been doing it for years
- So, what's the difference between a Haitian beef patty
and like a Jamaican beef patty?
- Well Jamaican patties are very well known.
And Haitian patties are a little bit less under the radar
but, you know so good. The difference is that a
Haitian patty is a puff pastry. We make the puff pastry
here is fresh. My grandmothers recipe for over fifty years.
Our fillings, um, we have vegetable
We have chicken, beef, haring, lamb, and codfish.
- So what can I get for five bucks?
- Two patties.
We have a vegetable soup.
It's a traditional soup from Haiti.
- That's the Joumou?
- That's the Joumou. You pronounce that very well.
- Thank you very much
- So I'm going to get a beef patty and a vegetable patty.
- Five dollars
- Amazing. Cool. There you are.
- Thank you
- Thank you so very much
(cheerful music)
No, you're under arrest.
Oh, hey, thank you so much. Damn was that guy a mail man or
what 'cause I just got some golden brown envelopes delivered
to me. You got Mr. Beef and Mademoiselle Vegetable.
Now lets break these guys open. You got them nice and crusty
and golden on the outside.
See what it looks like on the inside.
Oh hell yeah dude!
You got these different layers here, you see it's all
crusty on the outside and crunchy, and then as you go
farther inwards a puff pastry it kind of like steams
as they're cooked. Then on the inside you got a little
ground beef you got some peppers, some onions.
All right, I'm going to make an introduction between
this little guy and my mouth.
This is so freaking flaky bro.
Damn dude. That kind of really brings this whole new thing
to another level. The filling is like nice and spiced
a little bit of bite and kick to it.
Here we got our vegetable here.
Bottoms looking nice and golden brown.
Isn't that right Mac?
So, lets give it a little broom broom huh?
Packed with veggies. Take a look.
You got a little mushroom boys in here, carrots, some
spinach, maybe some onions, and peppers.
That's fresh as hell my friend.
Taste almost like your eating like a
vegetable soup inside of it.
This ones a little bit mellower .
And it's all kind of like stewed together.
Nothing dominates, which is nice. Except of me.
After two of these dudes I'm definitely going to be full.
But if you got an empty stomach bag and you never had a
Haitian patty before, take your soft old teeth and your
sweaty old mouth down to Kafe Louverture.
Until next time. And if you came here and for some reason
you had more than five dollars, lucky freaking you!
If I was you I would get this fish sandwich right here.
Oh, dang! It's got some Cod in there, its got avocado,
its got little vegetables, nice little spicy mayonnaise.
Come on down and get yourself a slamwich!