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Kabawa
Caribbean
A dark green dining room holds Chef Paul Carmichael's Caribbean vision: roti with curried chickpeas, fried plantain crowned with salt cod, seared black bass in yellow curry alongside pineapple-glazed sweet potato. This is tropical cooking refined into ceremony, each course a deliberate statement rather than a casual gesture toward the islands.
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