Airport Junk Food Restaurants

[RedVEVO]

The Airport Food Court is a colossal failure .

There seem to be a junk food cartel @ Piarco

Why so much junk food at Piarco ?

[RedVEVO]

Why Missy Cudjoe cannot bring the healthy food from the " Tobago Store Bay " vendors to Piarco ?

Tourists and others have no choice .

[zoom rader]

The Airport Food Court is a colossal failure .

There seem to be a junk food cartel @ Piarco

Why so much junk food at Piarco ?

You have to go outside next to the airport taxi stand for real food but it will cost you.

1% making a killing at the airport

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Al haq does buss head with them prices...the food in that food court not appealing tbh

[Gem_in_i]

Bakery opening soon

[dean_spleen09]

all this to say u went in the airport ?
u hadda be from south

[Numb3r4]

No offence the airport is kinda sh*t, do you expect the food to be any better?

True though the airport is the first and last contact point with the country every effort should be made to introduce and reacquaint the traveller with local cuisine.

To be honest though sometimes I think little to no though went into that airport, it conveys little to nothing about the culture, it seems to be simply a box to recieve and process visitors.

[SR]

Food court is a failure for an international airport. Plus it does smell stink. Poor ventilation from the kitchens

[Numb3r4]

There is also never enough spacee, folks need to wait on the sidelines to swoop in to get a seat/table.

[Redress10]

No offence the airport is kinda sh*t, do you expect the food to be any better?

True though the airport is the first and last contact point with the country every effort should be made to introduce and reacquaint the traveller with local cuisine.

To be honest though sometimes I think little to no though went into that airport, it conveys little to nothing about the culture, it seems to be simply a box to recieve and process visitors.

Ammm no...That makes absolutely no business sense. That's what you have airports and guesthouses for.

Travellers/business people are not interested in "local cuisine" when in an airport. That is why most major airports have the same brands/restuarants globally. This is for the visitor to gravitate to something familiar which they most likely would.

A visitor fresh to a country wouldn't gravitate towards local cuisine because of fear of adverse effects such as food poisioning/ allergies and just not knowing what to order.

We need to know how to separate our offerings in this country. Not everything needs to be "localised".

[trinigamer]

Yeah, KFC next to Royal Castle next to Church's, how much fried chicken can one nation eat?

[pete]

At least there are food options unlike FLL.

[Specialist Baboons]

Man it does have real vibes in the food court..
Level weave pulling!!!!

[zoom rader]

Yeah, KFC next to Royal Castle next to Church's, how much fried chicken can one nation eat?

More money for 1%

[Dizzy28]

Yeah, KFC next to Royal Castle next to Church's, how much fried chicken can one nation eat?

More money for 1%

Ish and kui tung still own RC?

[zoom rader]

Yeah, KFC next to Royal Castle next to Church's, how much fried chicken can one nation eat?

More money for 1%

Ish and kui tung still own RC?

When you pass security to departures it is mostly owned by 1%

[eliteauto]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

[zoom rader]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

Heathrow terminal 5 is about the size of west mall and it is essential a Mall. Guess what there are no junk food restaurants.

Travel to any airport in Europe and it's basically a mini mall without junk food.

USA on the other hand is junk food galore at their airports

[RedVEVO]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

Heathrow terminal 5 is about the size of west mall and it is essential a Mall. Guess what there are no junk food restaurants.

Travel to any airport in Europe and it's basically a mini mall without junk food.

USA on the other hand is junk food galore at their airports

You can get full English Breakfasses at Heathrow.

Piarco is only fry chicken and locals from My Hoe Knee .

[Numb3r4]

No offence the airport is kinda sh*t, do you expect the food to be any better?

True though the airport is the first and last contact point with the country every effort should be made to introduce and reacquaint the traveller with local cuisine.

To be honest though sometimes I think little to no though went into that airport, it conveys little to nothing about the culture, it seems to be simply a box to recieve and process visitors.

Ammm no...That makes absolutely no business sense. That's what you have airports and guesthouses for.

Travellers/business people are not interested in "local cuisine" when in an airport. That is why most major airports have the same brands/restuarants globally. This is for the visitor to gravitate to something familiar which they most likely would.

A visitor fresh to a country wouldn't gravitate towards local cuisine because of fear of adverse effects such as food poisioning/ allergies and just not knowing what to order.

We need to know how to separate our offerings in this country. Not everything needs to be "localised".

Why not, we have both roti and doubles two food types that are fairly convinient and easy to handle, carry and eat. They could be considered local sandwiches of sorts.

Consider a Gyro or Taco both are wraps with a particular filling, now instead of a pita or a corn taco why not have a place selling sadda roti and tomato choka or salsa. The Subway in the airport already offers wraps so roti is not too far off.

The few times I've seen tourists they have been present at the doubles vendors outside so to say people aren't interested isn't entirely accurate.

Many international airports have food courts that offer a wide rande of food types, Orlando International has several Chinese and Italian fast food outlets so to say that you can't have local cuisine isn't entirely accurate you can have it and you can have a fairly diverse offering at that.

Proper labelling and having a a well displayed menu is key as well as having allegy warnings posted.

[RedVEVO]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

Yes come for food while looking @ white people ..
Sometimes they feed us .. show us shiny object , show us fire magic ..

[Redress10]

No offence the airport is kinda sh*t, do you expect the food to be any better?

True though the airport is the first and last contact point with the country every effort should be made to introduce and reacquaint the traveller with local cuisine.

To be honest though sometimes I think little to no though went into that airport, it conveys little to nothing about the culture, it seems to be simply a box to recieve and process visitors.

Ammm no...That makes absolutely no business sense. That's what you have airports and guesthouses for.

Travellers/business people are not interested in "local cuisine" when in an airport. That is why most major airports have the same brands/restuarants globally. This is for the visitor to gravitate to something familiar which they most likely would.

A visitor fresh to a country wouldn't gravitate towards local cuisine because of fear of adverse effects such as food poisioning/ allergies and just not knowing what to order.

We need to know how to separate our offerings in this country. Not everything needs to be "localised".

Why not, we have both roti and doubles two food types that are fairly convinient and easy to handle, carry and eat. They could be considered local sandwiches of sorts.

Consider a Gyro or Taco both are wraps with a particular filling, now instead of a pita or a corn taco why not have a place selling sadda roti and tomato choka or salsa. The Subway in the airport already offers wraps so roti is not too far off.

The few times I've seen tourists they have been present at the doubles vendors outside so to say people aren't interested isn't entirely accurate.

Many international airports have food courts that offer a wide rande of food types, Orlando International has several Chinese and Italian fast food outlets so to say that you can't have local cuisine isn't entirely accurate you can have it and you can have a fairly diverse offering at that.

Proper labelling and having a a well displayed menu is key as well as having allegy warnings posted.

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No one gonna buy any "sada and choka" etc...How are you going to sell/translate that to a tourist. It's not about the food...It's about the brands available. You said "The Subway"...Subway is an international brand. It's easily recognisable etc...The "sub" as a sandwich also have international appeal.

The average tourist doesn't even trust to drink our pipe water. How you going to get them to buy indian/local food that they wouldn't even look at twice at in their own country etc. A taco from taco bell will always be appealing, so will a burger from mcdonald's. A burrito from chipotle would also suffice. These are international brands.

Chinese and Italian food are easily recognisable and people familiar with what is on offer and what it should taste like. Most chinese/italian restaurants offer the same thing basically globally (egg fry rice etc). "Indian" food offered in the UK is extremely different to that offered here at home.

We are a developing country and not many people are familiar with our food etc. If you were to visit Haiti and you were in a food court selling indigenous foods, would you risk your health to "try it out" or would you head towards the mcdonald's, bk or kfc and order a number "4". Remember people also travel with children etc...Do you think the average child wants a "big mac" or "sada roti/pumpking" before the flight?

If you all are advocating for a local alternative for the locals who may be interested then I could agree because variety is always good. If it is just localisation of an international airport then we are fooling ourselves again.

[Redress10]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

Heathrow terminal 5 is about the size of west mall and it is essential a Mall. Guess what there are no junk food restaurants.

Travel to any airport in Europe and it's basically a mini mall without junk food.

USA on the other hand is junk food galore at their airports

You can get full English Breakfasses at Heathrow.

Piarco is only fry chicken and locals from My Hoe Knee .

Yeah but it's not the breakfast served down at ur local pub. It's probably Garfunkle's or another major brand. I think Rituals/Vie De France have something in the Airport where they serve Fry bake/saltfish/smoke heering alongside other local offerings. Not sure though.

[RedVEVO]

men traveling to the airport to buy food and upset with the choices lol. Airport=mall for some apparently

Heathrow terminal 5 is about the size of west mall and it is essential a Mall. Guess what there are no junk food restaurants.

Travel to any airport in Europe and it's basically a mini mall without junk food.

USA on the other hand is junk food galore at their airports

You can get full English Breakfasses at Heathrow.

Piarco is only fry chicken and locals from My Hoe Knee .

Yeah but it's not the breakfast served down at ur local pub. It's probably Garfunkle's or another major brand. I think Rituals/Vie De France have something in the Airport where they serve Fry bake/saltfish/smoke heering alongside other local offerings. Not sure though.

Rituals's cheese sandwich is $24 and turkey $30 .. or more now

There is no place to sit and have a comfortable meal with a family.

Actually there are no chairs to sit . It scarce like US dollars

[RedVEVO]

^^^

Oh yes .. you can get US dollars @ $8.87 to 1

[Paw Patrol]

Man it does have real vibes in the food court..
Level weave pulling!!!!

Is air port or payless you talking about.

A rel Guntress haven yes

[Specialist Baboons]

Man it does have real vibes in the food court..
Level weave pulling!!!!

Is air port or payless you talking about.

A rel Guntress haven yes

The Guntresses wild and bashy!!!

[Paw Patrol]

Man it does have real vibes in the food court..
Level weave pulling!!!!

Is air port or payless you talking about.

A rel Guntress haven yes

The Guntresses wild and bashy!!!

Omg yaaaaaaasssss bitchh slayyyyyyyyyyy

[Specialist Baboons]

Weaves gone wild

[paid_influencer]

I think the food court is p. good actually.

The KFC we have locally is arguably the best in the world.

Royal Castle is great, especially the pepper sauce. I looked forward to getting a Royal Castle box with that pepper sauce any time I got back to trini after a long time away.

And the doubles outside the airport early in the morning. Good memories. thank you RedVivo for bringing them back.