Cane Menu
Cane, a Trinidadian restaurant located in Washington, DC, offers a diverse menu with options for everyone. From jerk wings to Trini-style pies, the appetizers set the tone for a flavorful experience. The lunch bowls and rotis showcase traditional flavors with a modern twist, like the Trini-Chinese chicken bowl. Save room for desserts like the bread pudding or coconut cream flan, both highly recommended by patrons. The cozy atmosphere, attentive service, and unique cocktails add to the overall dining experience. With positive reviews highlighting the delicious oxtails, pepper pot, and impeccable customer service, Cane proves to be a must-visit spot for those craving authentic Trinidadian cuisine. Don't miss out on the opportunity to enjoy a taste of the Caribbean in the heart of DC at Cane.
Appetizers
Jerk wings
24-hour marinated, smoked & grilled jerk wings
NEW Trini-Style Beef Pie
Trini hand pie stuffed with spicy beef filling, and served with culantro sauce or tamarind mayo. These are NOT Jamaican Patties.
NEW Trini-Style Eggplant Pie
Trini hand pie filled with fire-roasted eggplant, served our house-made pepper sauce.
Doubles
Fried bread or bara, topped with cumin-spiced channa
Hops
4 Trini-style rolls, served with spicy butter
Geera Pork
Cumin-spiced pork belly
Trini-Chinese Chicken
Fried and glazed with oyster sauce
NEW Salt cod buljol with bakes
A salad of salted cod, pimento peppers, scotch bonnet, red onions, garlic and culantro, served with floats (fried breads).
Cow Heel Soup
Cow heel, chilis, lime and culantro
NEW Dhalpuri Roti
Layered flatbread flavored with ground split peas, cumin, and garlic; and stuffed with curried potatoes and your choice of curried beef, chicken or channa
Veggie Rice Bowl
Curried potatoes and channa, and tomato choka. Served with coconut rice, cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Trini-Chinese Chicken Bowl
Fried and glazed with oyster-habanero sauce. Served with coconut rice cucumber chutney and pickled chilies.
Curried Beef Bowl
Curried beef with potatoes, and channa. Served with coconut rice and cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Curried Chicken Bowl
Curried chicken with potatoes, and channa. Served with coconut rice, cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Geera Pork Belly Bowl
Cumin-spiced pork belly, served with rice, cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Oxtail Bowl
Marinated and braised oxtails, served with rice, cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Jerk Wing Bowl
NEW: Jerk wings, served with rice, cucumber chutney & pickled chilies.
Curried Shrimp Bowl
Curried shrimp, curried potatoes and channa over coconut rice, topped with cucumber chutney & pickled chilis
Lunch Bowls & Rotis
Sweets
Bread Pudding
House-made hops bread, dulche de leche, milk, spices
Coconut Cream Flan
Coconut cream custard, caramel, coconut flakes
NEW Currant Roll
Trinidadian pastry layered with currants.
Pepperpot
Oxtail, cowheel, & beef chuck stew, served with coconut rice, and hops
Oxtail Plate
Marinated and grilled oxtails served with rice.
Small Snapper Escoveitch
Whole deep-fried snapper, culantro sauce, pickled chilis, served with rice.
Medium Snapper Escoveitch
Whole deep-fried snapper, culantro sauce, pickled chilis
NEW Hakka Pork Ribs
Hakka-spiced pork ribs, garlic-culantro sauce and pickled peppers served with coconut rice
Plates
Paratha (Buss-up-shut) Tiffin Boxes
NEW Personal Herbivore (serves 1)
Potato and channa curries, and your choice of tomato or eggplant choka, served with paratha (buss-up-shut) roti
NEW Personal Omnivore (serves 1)
Potato and channa curries, with your choice of one (1) protein curry (beef, chicken, goat or shrimp) and paratha ("buss-up-shut") roti
NEW Family Omnivore (serves 2-3)
Potato and channa curries, with your choice of up to two proteins (curried chicken, beef, goat, or shrimp), served with paratha (buss-up-shut) roti (serves 2-3)
NEW Family Herbivore (serves 2-3)
Potato and channa curries, with tomato and eggplant chokas, served with paratha (buss-up-shut) roti
Coconut rice
Jasmine rice, coconut milk, spices
Crispy Kale
Fried kale, fried channa, chilies and mango chutney
Fried Cabbage
Savoy cabbage, pimento peppers, habanero chilies, garlic, ginger, soy sauce.
Eggplant Choka
Fire-roasted eggplant, garlic, spices
Tomato Choka
Fire-roasted tomatoes, garlic, spices
NEW Dhalpuri Roti "Skin" (Bread only)
Flatbread with a layer of finely ground and spiced split peas inside. Does not come with curries.
NEW Pelau (Trinidadian Peas & Rice)
Trinidadian-style peas and rice, cooked with pumpkin, coconut milk and beef stock.
Fried Plantains
Sweet fried plantain, dusted with cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg, clove, chilies.
Sides
Chutneys, Chows & Sauces
All Sauces
All our house-made sauces - 1) culantro/shadon beni, 2) mango chutney, 3) pineapple chow, 4) tamarind sauce, 5) "cane juice" (habanero pepper sauce)
Culantro/Shadon Beni Sauce
Mango Chutney
Pineapple Chow
Tamarind
Cane Juice - House Habanero Sauce
Tamarind Mayo
Extra Sauce
Currant Roll
Trinidadian pastry layered with currants.
