Chef Marcus put Ethiopian food on the map over the past two decades and now here is on PBS Food spreading the culture of other highly underappreciated cultures. Please keep these up!
Being of Indo-Guyanese heritage, I enjoyed this. Nonetheless, I would have appreciated some attention given to my Afro-Guyanese brothers and sisters as well!
I agree I am mixed indo and Afro Guyanese and it would be nice to see Afro Guyanese Included as well being the next dominating race We are All one people. One Guyana always. Luv and peace❤
Firstly, the title of the video was "Guyanese Food in Queens" If you want a video on Afro-Guyanese restaurants, then He would have to go to Brooklyn for that. Secondly, nowhere in dis video did anyone say, "well only Indo-Guyanese eat these foods." These foods are eaten by ALL Guyanese people! So stop wid the race-baiting! Third, I notice how your complaint only mentioned "Afro-Guyanese" Why not also mention Chinese-Guyanese, Amerindians, Portuguese-Guyanese???
You're solely missing the point. This video focuses on a specific area of the US that has the largest Guyanese population and their food which is Queens which also has more Indians. People need to think before they make silly comments which can easily be taken out of context. Do you think if they want to do a video of traditional Chinese food in NYC they will go to Brownsville Brooklyn and not Chinatown in Manhattan or Flushing Queens 🤷🏽♂️
As a Guyanese-American, I'm glad to see our food and culture get more recognition. The erasure of other Guyanese ethnicities is disappointing. While other ethnicities are mentioned, Marcus seems primarily interested in telling the story of/only interviews Indo-Guyanese people (other than Sybil's owner who appears to be mixed). I don't think you can appreciate the richness of Guyanese food culture without telling the stories of the different peoples who contribute to it.
Im kind of disappointed in this series as it seems to imply that only immigrants have contributed to US food culture. Marcus has completely ignored the food contributions of indigenous people and African Americans to US food culture. Its odd. Its erasure and I expect a lot more from him.
wow so being Black is the same everywhere! They just inserted a clip of the host greeting her. I hope they do a part two, what about that fried rice, y'all gone tell me what the sauce substitutes is!!! lol
Yes, it is, Guyanese people are trying to steal and claim it as their own, it does NOT belong to them, it was invented and created in a town called Princes Town, southern part of Trinidad 🇹🇹 by the Ali Family.
@@NewYorkPrincess22 you know i was looking through a list of famous Guyanese people and so many of them were black. If i didnt go looking for that info i would never have known this. People need to proud of their heritage, but im also thinking that the reasoning could be they are roped in with the descendants of African Slaves in the US. Which is what people think of first because of how large their population is in the states.
The story from the inspector about when his brother and his pops passed after they stopped working is common for those hard working people I think it’s cuz the body isn’t used to relaxing so it just stops. That’s what happened to my dad too. He retired and tried to relax but had to leave this life. Thanks for sharing!
My pastor was Guyanese. He had integrity. My sister was church secretary and my school was on a college campus that went under. I told her and the church bought the campus and my HS was able to return. Faith of a mustard seed.
Thank you Marcus for throwing the African in there; kudos. Yes, the Indo-Guyanese are approximately 43% of the population, the Afro-Guyanese are a healthy 30%...not to be minimized or overlooked. Peace.
This video is very inspiring. Born in Guyana but raised in Toronto ON, I never lost my roots. Cooking all the many delicious foods Guyana has to offer, I highly recommend a must try for anyone. Thank you for sharing this video.
Unfortunate that majority of Guyanese of African descent were left out! Regular Indian are already ever represented. In Brooklyn I go to a black owned Guyanese restaurant. I stopped watching this.
I live here Liberty Ave , Queens..I think the show did a good job getting different parts of our culture and inclusion of food, religion,music and of course the diversity of the people Making sure to include the "mom n pop" restaurants, church and some of its history
I want to mention a number of other Guyanese spots that are excellent. Two doors or so from Sybil's is Veggie Castle. Veggie Castle used to be on Church Ave. in Brooklyn. Caribbean veggie spots are a dime a dozen now, but Veggie Castle was probably the first or one of the first Caribbean veggie spots. Island Express in Brooklyn on Flatbush between Tilden and Albermale is another excellent spot. I recommend the Barbecue Chicken and the sorrel is top notch. In Manhattan-Harlem, there are two very popular spots. Uptown Juice Bar Cafe on 125th street and Sisters on 124th. Both are between Park and Madison. Sisters has the best saltfish Ive tried. I try to stay away from too much carbs so I usually do the cod fish, yams, collaloo or okra. They have the best okra. It doesn't have the slimy texture.
Brethren stop they made a small video showcasing "guyanese" culture not every individual group of people living there and we all eat the same food anyways might be minor differences
I grew up in Richmond hills (‘97-‘04) and I remb going to Sybil’s… they were always filled with ppl! Richmond hills wasn’t one of the cooler places to live in Queens, but I can say it was prettier peaceful
Born in London 1970, to a Guyanese father and English mother….I’ve always wanted to visit Georgetown. Now oil has been ‘found’ in Guyana they’ve doubled the flights from the UK, USA & SAUDI…..That’s it….I’m going
Hmm as a Afro/indo Guyanese I appreciate your curiosity of my home country and culture. However, Guyana is made up of much more than the indo Guyanese you see on Lib Ave. Ancestors are from India. What about the other countries our ancestors came from? What about Africa? Or the other Asian nations? Or Euro or Portuguese?
txs for saying curry chicken and not chicken curry...my brain wiggles when i hear that...i mean the main dish is de protein or veg, then the spice, right? jeez.
My mother came to NY from Surinam(formerly Dutch Guyana). Similar history except they speak Dutch. Food is similar too, except they have some of their own unique dishes (such as Pom). My grandma used to make a pineapple cake that just melted in your mouth.
They mentioned Muslims during the Sybils portion. It would be difficult to cover the entire diversity of a country like Guyana in a 40 minute show so this definitely should have been titled as Indo-Guyanese.
I would like to know how people that have food channels can sample all these different high calorie dishes without gaining weight. Most of the dishes consist of a lot of meat and starches. Where do they put it all? They can eat eat eat.
I’m not sure that he is. I’m also not sure that most African Americans or rather those who are descendants of slaves (US)…regard him as such. That’s not to take away from what he’s doing.
I was glad to see a video about Guyana as this is my heritage. However, I was disappointed that there was a lack of information about the Afro-Guyanese.
Why, when they talk about Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, they only touch on the Indians....as they migrated to these countries, they aren't native. But always leave out the black community smfh.
When the guide mentioned the diversity of Guyana he did not mention the Africans the host was the one that mentioned us. Guyana have an ethnic racial problem looking at that police I would guarantee his ascension to that rank was on the back of black people. Guyana is a segregated country.
Nah its not ok in my opinion. This tends to happen when you purposely don’t want to acknowledge another group of people. How do you not acknowledge a group of people who was clearly there before the influx of Indian indentured servantry.
Guyanese here. Saw Marcus on the show chopped, he was great. It was interesting to me how the Indian man he was with was mentioning all the races of Guyana and not “Africans” and Marcus had to remind him. Anywho, thank you for showcasing Guyanese culture to the world.
@@chipdisillusioned5957 it's just strange that the guy was mentioning all other ethnic groups except for the African descendants, who are the 2nd largest ethnic group in Guyana.
As an individual of Indo-Guyanese descent, I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiment. I would have greatly appreciated gaining deeper insights into the vibrancy of Afro-Guyanese culture and their culinary traditions, as well.
Thank you for highlighting my native land. However, I would like to have learned something about the Afro-Guyanese culture. You would never know that there are people of African descent in the country based on this show, other than saying the African slaves were replaced by Indian indentured servants, he completely shades a giant segment of the population. Wow.
At 4:21 when Raymond was describing the different ethnicities and cultures in Guyana, if chef Marcus had not said "African" I'm pretty sure Chef Raymond would've skipped them. This video shows how Guyanese people can be so racist against their darker skinned country men because either Raymond doesn’t know any Afro-guyanese (excluding the guy at Sybil's who's mixed race) or he conveniently forgot to include them in his little tour for chef Marcus.
I feel the Hindu guy deliberately left out the African race. Clearly his a$$ is racist it was very obvious. That clear wasn't a mistake. I hope the AFRO GUYANESE DONT GO TO HIS SHOP...ANYMORE! I SAID WHAT I SAID PERIOD!
So just want to let u guys know soca music originally is from Trinidad also chutney music is from Trinidad did not come from Guyana but all started in Trinidad🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
he was just stating facts. this video is going to the masses who have no clue and to mistake the origin of soca as Guyana is a cultural disservice to Trinidad@@ijustneedmyself
It’s crazy!!! As beautiful as this is, I’m disappointed the Afro Guyanese weren’t included in this. As an African American who grew up in this side of Queens, the Guyanese people I knew were of African or mixed Indian and African decent. I’m sure it’s hurtful to be erased. Believe me, as an AA I feel it.
The host only went there since it’s easy to access and concentrated on one street. I don’t believe a similar street is present with a focus on mostly Afro-Guyanese food. Correct me if I’m wrong though? Luckily Guyanese food is all basically the same, everyone mixes and matches recipes from the different communities.
It has a lot of Dancehall and Reggae influence. It was created after Calypso dies and Reggae and Dancehall was gaining popularity. It has Calypso, Dancehall and Reggae, as well as Indian influence.
Yes!! Exactly a fusion of "Indian" and "African" beats in an attempt to bring then us together as ALL as one people (I'm GT- we're all culturally Caribbean). It's not a fusion of "Soul" music and "Calypso" music but SoCa is literally the 'backronym' of the words "SOul" and "CAlypso" to make the word SOCA.
I'm usually impressed with Marcus' shows. As an Afro-Mix Guyanese, I'm insulted that he didn't have the decency to give the other 4 ethnic groups of people more than a passing mention. There are others with just as a rich ethnic cuisine. The first Indo-Guyanese guy tried his best to leave Afro-Guyanese out of his list of ethnic Guyanese, so typical.
You're solely missing the point. This video focuses on a specific area of the US that has the largest Guyanese population which is Queens which also has more Indians. People need to think before they make silly comments which can easily be taken out of context. Do you think if they want to do a video of traditional Chinese food in NYC they will go to Brownsville Brooklyn and not Chinatown in Manhattan or Flushing Queens 🤷🏽♂️
So isn't your beef with the first man? The show is highlighting Guyanese culture, particularly the food, as told by the people being interviewed. What do you feel wasn't represented?
As a Trini neighbor, I concur with a lot of the comments here about not including the Afro-Guyanese history, dishes and contributions to the history and cultural makeup of Guyana. When the host of (David's been here) video logs came to Trinidad and Tobago, he also highlighted the Indo-Trini restaurants, dishes and cultural history. Barely grazing on the other just as popular Afro Trini, Spanish, and Syrian dishes that also make up a large demographic of the country. Not until the other UA-cam Influencer Food Guru ( Mark Wiens) who visited Trinidad and Tobago and traveled all over the islands tasting, cooking and getting the real history of how these dishes came into existence and how they've influenced the food culture today as we know it. Marcus needs to go back after reading people's suggestions and do another video with the other restaurants that serve the Afro, Chinese and other races that are makeup of the real Guyanese Cuisine. JMO😊
Sybil’s rotis in the 80’s was the food mecca in Brooklyn on Nostrand Avenue. I remembered when the lines were around the corner All day long and the cars were double parked too! That’s when Sybil was doing the cooking. She definitely deserves some type of permanent acknowledgment in that little section of land at ( Nostrand & Empire)! I’m not Guyanese Or even from the Caribbean But Sybil deserves a permanent acknowledgmt for her contribution to food culture in Brooklyn. ❤
The racism of indo-caribbeans against African caribbeans is so clear is how dismissive they were in this video of African contributions. They bring that caste mentality everywhere they go especially in Trinidad and Guyana.
Love that Guyana was represented but the other largest ethnic group, Afro-Guyannese, was not really represented. It's truly irritating to not see Afro-Guyanese people being represented, in general. Let's do better.
I'm from NYC and didn't know too much about Indo-Guayanese culture so I learned a few things here. I will say considering the known history of tension to this day between the Indo and African cultures in Guyana this should have specifically been titled as Indo-Guyanese or alternatively they should have tried harder to include stuff about the Afro side.
Facts. In the beginning, the guy was hesitating to even mention Africans as part of the culture when they make up one third of the country, and is the second major group, not far behind the Indians. I would start off by saying this country is made up of Primarily descendants of India and Africa before mentioning all the other cultures he did.
I'm mostly familiar w' Trini 🇹🇹 + Jamaican food esp trini food bcuz of my heritage, I have yet 2 try Guyanese. Pretty sure they have nice curries like we do in Trinidad. I'm 2nd generation Canadian + theres big Guyanase/Trini/Jamaican communities in Canada hence our big Caribana carnival festival etc. In Trinidad we have cross-cultural food as well bcuz there's a mix of ppl too. We have stuff like pow (chinese pork buns from the Hakka Chinese), bacalao (saltfish buljol) smoke herring, dhalpuri roti, doubles, curry crab + dumpling, aloo + chana, cassava pone yuca from the indigenous and creole foods that can me a mix of african + european. After watching this I realize that Guyana has very similar cuisine 2 T&T. And yes we do kinda laugh a bit at ppl who eat doubles + roti w' a knife and fork but it's all good tho lolll 😊. I've been 2 Marcus's restaurant the Red Rooster + Ginny's supper club in Harlem when I visited NY, it was fabulous + the night we were there they had a jazz band from new orleans playing, great times.
@@magicmike6129yes, they copying EVERYTHING Trinidad 🇹🇹 make and created, DOUBLES for instance was invented in Princes Town, south Trinidad by the Ali Family, that it NOT Guyanese. They are thieves.
@@magicmike6129 But you guys do the same to Jamaica so? You use Jamaican Rice and peas recipe, oxtail recipe, dumplin recipe, irish moss recipe, etc. You guys even say curry chicken like Jamaican instead of Chicken curry like it initially was.
Shame on Samuelsson and the producers of for omitting the contribution of the second largest ethnic group in the country. This piece fails as a work of Journalism. Its impossible to gain an understanding Guyanese food culture without highlighting the African, Amerindian, and Chinese influence. Other comments lay blame on the Indo-Guyanese chef but its obvious the producers were implicit.
Stop including TRINIDAD with Guyana we are not the same! Guyana is a South American country influenced by the Caribbean ! Guyana is influenced by TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ! Please visit TRINIDAD and TOBAGO then visit Guyana and you will understand when I say they are not Caribbean they are influenced by us. Big difference their food is inspired by us as well!
Guyana is a CARIBBEAN COUNTRY, not just influenced. The only thing y'all ever speak on is geography. Not our history, politics, or culture. Stop speaking on Guyana, speak on what you know. Geography isn't the only thing defining the Caribbean. Guyana is culturally and historically Caribbean, you clearly missed that in Social Studies. Starting from when we were colonized by Britain. Just like Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, and all their other colonies in this region. Britain grouped Guyana and Belize with their other colonies nearby, which were the Caribbean Islands. Because of who governed us we shared more commonalities with Britain's other colonies, which were in the Caribbean. We speak Creole, we share the same foods, the same music, similar ethnic groups, etc. This goes for Guyana, Suriname, and Belize. The headquarters of Carcicom (A Community of Caribbean Nations) is in Guyana's capital, Georgetown. We were one of the founders of Caricom. Guyana test for CXC, the Caribbean Examinations Council. As well as CAPE, The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination. We are at the top of both. It's 2023, you can either educate yourself or stop speaking about our country. This is who we are, we aren't influenced by anything it's our culture and has been for millennia. Stop attempting to invalidate our identity based on geography.
@@neter8445 I just gave you a whole rundown on our history and exactly how we're Caribbean and all you can say is "No they're not"? That's how you know you're wrong. That's a matter of opinion not fact. So like I said you can either EDUCATE yourself or stop speaking on us. It's embarrassing for you either way.
Funny, a big part of Guyanese culture is the racism of Hindus toward Afro-Guyanese. The silence of this was deafening. Strange that pepperpot, fried rice, chowmein, cheese straws, pine tarts, black pudding are not indigenous to Indians but no significant homage was paid to the originators. The cultural diffusion was deeply slighted. The Afro-Guyanese influence, the natives, who can claim the main food of pepperpot, the Chinese whose food also deeply influences the culture of eating barely received a mention. The thumbnail should have clearly stated that this was an Indo-Guyanese tribute. It would have made the video more truthful and accurate.
You have hit the nail on the head. At his spot The Red 🐓, he trys to do basic black folk food better than our mother and Aunties. He fails on an epic level . He would have a greater bottom line if he did it the right way from house to house just great or not. Marcus is a culture Vulture.
Interesting how the African or Black influence in Guyanese cuisine is conveniently overlooked. Even Marcus had to remind the interviewee of the African influence in Guyanese cuisine curiously at the last minute...even though both men look of strong obvious African heritage. Somehow the person being interviewed managed to list every minute even European (e.g., Portuguese) and Indian influence, but somehow leaves our African. Yet more than half of Guyana is or looks BLACK. The self-hatred is SO obvious and sad.
Just imagine Marcus had to remind the host that Afro Guyanese are part of Guyana, racism will forever be in Guyana, what a shame. Guyana is a land of six races, are we forgetting that😒😒
I am watching this. But there seems to be resistance by many of the people interviewed (except the historian) to acknowledge people of African descent also are part of the Guyanese population and culture. I have heard more about the Portugese and Chinese, than black people. Africans are regarded as an afterthought. And there was no mention of AmerIndian people who also make up a sizeable portion of Guyanese population. FYI Saltfish, Smoke Hering, Cassava pone, Coconut roll are dishes originating from Afro-Caribbean peoples. Bake originates from Amerindian peoples.
Chef Marcus put Ethiopian food on the map over the past two decades and now here is on PBS Food spreading the culture of other highly underappreciated cultures. Please keep these up!
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Being of Indo-Guyanese heritage, I enjoyed this. Nonetheless, I would have appreciated some attention given to my Afro-Guyanese brothers and sisters as well!
I agree I am mixed indo and Afro Guyanese and it would be nice to see Afro Guyanese Included as well being the next dominating race We are All one people. One Guyana always. Luv and peace❤
They literally did show Afro-Guayanese cuisine in the episode.
Firstly, the title of the video was "Guyanese Food in Queens"
If you want a video on Afro-Guyanese restaurants, then He would have to go to Brooklyn for that.
Secondly, nowhere in dis video did anyone say, "well only Indo-Guyanese eat these foods." These foods are eaten by ALL Guyanese people!
So stop wid the race-baiting!
Third, I notice how your complaint only mentioned "Afro-Guyanese"
Why not also mention Chinese-Guyanese, Amerindians, Portuguese-Guyanese???
You're solely missing the point.
This video focuses on a specific area of the US that has the largest Guyanese population and their food which is Queens which also has more Indians.
People need to think before they make silly comments which can easily be taken out of context.
Do you think if they want to do a video of traditional Chinese food in NYC they will go to Brownsville Brooklyn and not Chinatown in Manhattan or Flushing Queens 🤷🏽♂️
Sybils is clearly featured in this episode.
As a Guyanese-American, I'm glad to see our food and culture get more recognition. The erasure of other Guyanese ethnicities is disappointing. While other ethnicities are mentioned, Marcus seems primarily interested in telling the story of/only interviews Indo-Guyanese people (other than Sybil's owner who appears to be mixed). I don't think you can appreciate the richness of Guyanese food culture without telling the stories of the different peoples who contribute to it.
Exactly what I'm picking
up in the introduction.
Sigh...
What do you mean by mix? He have black Guyanese father and a Indian Guyanese
Well said, and I'm Jamaican.
To be fair to him, I doubt Marcus is the one organizing the interviews and etc.
had to google guyanese food, looks like food serve at random gas station to me. I guess you consider that "richness".
Loving this series. Showing the US how diverse it really is. It has represented the gratitude and love these cultures offer very well!!🙏❤
Im kind of disappointed in this series as it seems to imply that only immigrants have contributed to US food culture. Marcus has completely ignored the food contributions of indigenous people and African Americans to US food culture. Its odd. Its erasure and I expect a lot more from him.
@@anastasiarenaud2568 I’m sure it’s not intentional, the series just started…kind of impossible to cover everything at the start.
As a former New Yorker, I really enjoyed this. I miss the diversity of New York. 🙏🏽Thanks for sharing 😊❤
I noticed that the Indian Guyanese guy almost left out the African Guyanese 😅😂😂he named every group but them....typical tho.
Yep!
wow so being Black is the same everywhere! They just inserted a clip of the host greeting her. I hope they do a part two, what about that fried rice, y'all gone tell me what the sauce substitutes is!!! lol
@@satiricalsartorial Your comments is unintelligible, you're babbling again.
@@satiricalsartorialI don't understand.
Typical coolie
I’m an African American and I have always enjoyed Guyanese and all so called Caribbean foods . Peace and love throughout the Diaspora.
So called Caribbean food? Please tell because Caribbean food recipe's are uniquely Caribbean. Each country has their own recipes.
Doubles! Thats from trinidad right?
Yes, it is, Guyanese people are trying to steal and claim it as their own, it does NOT belong to them, it was invented and created in a town called Princes Town, southern part of Trinidad 🇹🇹 by the Ali Family.
@@rbks1125 Saying it's apart of our culture too, isn't stealing. It's called having similarities. Relax.
@@rbks1125exactly
Watching Marcus Samuelsson live through these journeys is marvelous! ❤❤❤
I feel like black Guyanese are hardly represented
Exactly. I’ve had ppl questioning how I can be Guyanese because I’m black.
@@NewYorkPrincess22Ridiculous!
@@NewYorkPrincess22 you know i was looking through a list of famous Guyanese people and so many of them were black. If i didnt go looking for that info i would never have known this.
People need to proud of their heritage, but im also thinking that the reasoning could be they are roped in with the descendants of African Slaves in the US. Which is what people think of first because of how large their population is in the states.
The story from the inspector about when his brother and his pops passed after they stopped working is common for those hard working people I think it’s cuz the body isn’t used to relaxing so it just stops. That’s what happened to my dad too. He retired and tried to relax but had to leave this life. Thanks for sharing!
I say this all the time. Guyanese men are some of the most hard working men I have ever seen. They sacrifice so much for their family!
My pastor was Guyanese. He had integrity. My sister was church secretary and my school was on a college campus that went under. I told her and the church bought the campus and my HS was able to return. Faith of a mustard seed.
Watching with much nostalgia and pride in my heart.#oneGuyana🇬🇾
Thank you Marcus for throwing the African in there; kudos. Yes, the Indo-Guyanese are approximately 43% of the population, the Afro-Guyanese are a healthy 30%...not to be minimized or overlooked. Peace.
I love the way he described his mother and broke down that was real “ I felt that “”❤️
Good food good conversation that's all you need😊
Good attitude, good manners
This video is very inspiring. Born in Guyana but raised in Toronto ON, I never lost my roots. Cooking all the many delicious foods Guyana has to offer, I highly recommend a must try for anyone. Thank you for sharing this video.
This segment was absolutely educational.
Love my fellow Guyanese our culture our food omg n so much more❤🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾❤
Just wish they showed diversity
Afro Guyanese was a throw in. Like “ them too.”
You're very observant 😂
Unfortunate that majority of Guyanese of African descent were left out! Regular Indian are already ever represented. In Brooklyn I go to a black owned Guyanese restaurant. I stopped watching this.
@madjoabutterfly 👍🏾💯 support black business, group economics.
Omg, I love this food spot. Everytime I'm in New York I have to go there. Food is amazing 😍
I live here Liberty Ave , Queens..I think the show did a good job getting different parts of our culture and inclusion of food, religion,music and of course the diversity of the people Making sure to include the "mom n pop" restaurants, church and some of its history
I love Singhs Roti Shop, but as far as i know theyre Trini. Why did yall sneak them in as Guyanese? 😂
thank you for showing guyanese culture
Afro-Guyanese played a very big part in this food and culture. I'm sorry that their only mention was around enslavement.
I’m Latino and grew up on 117 and liberty I remember when this place first opened up food always been delicious from day one
Wow , Marcus Samuelson joyed watching your amazing shows .
Peace health and happiness. Thank you
I want to mention a number of other Guyanese spots that are excellent. Two doors or so from Sybil's is Veggie Castle. Veggie Castle used to be on Church Ave. in Brooklyn. Caribbean veggie spots are a dime a dozen now, but Veggie Castle was probably the first or one of the first Caribbean veggie spots.
Island Express in Brooklyn on Flatbush between Tilden and Albermale is another excellent spot. I recommend the Barbecue Chicken and the sorrel is top notch.
In Manhattan-Harlem, there are two very popular spots. Uptown Juice Bar Cafe on 125th street and Sisters on 124th. Both are between Park and Madison. Sisters has the best saltfish Ive tried. I try to stay away from too much carbs so I usually do the cod fish, yams, collaloo or okra. They have the best okra. It doesn't have the slimy texture.
Good to know these other spots
This is a really good video especially when ppl can talk from where they came from back in Guyana 🇬🇾
Trinidad has a large influence in this neighborhood the best restaurants like Sandy’s and Singh’s are Trinidadian 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Of course we do we are the culture Guyanese copy
Loved this! Please do an episode on the Ecuadorian community in Corona, Queens :)
A great episode next stop Dc little Ethiopia
Yes 👍🏽
yes. I grew up in East Elmhurst Corona area
Where the Afro Guyanese and other ethnicities of Guyana ???? Come on I am proud bi racial Guyanese .
Brethren stop they made a small video showcasing "guyanese" culture not every individual group of people living there and we all eat the same food anyways might be minor differences
These people are black what are you talking about?
This is a great interview!! Im a Queens native and i LOVE Sybil's!
I grew up in Richmond hills
(‘97-‘04) and I remb going to Sybil’s… they were always filled with ppl! Richmond hills wasn’t one of the cooler places to live in Queens, but I can say it was prettier peaceful
Great job and great diversity in foods ❤❤
Born in London 1970, to a Guyanese father and English mother….I’ve always wanted to visit Georgetown. Now oil has been ‘found’ in Guyana they’ve doubled the flights from the UK, USA & SAUDI…..That’s it….I’m going
Will visit once in NY, keep it up Marcus
Thank you for this.
Hmm as a Afro/indo Guyanese I appreciate your curiosity of my home country and culture. However, Guyana is made up of much more than the indo Guyanese you see on Lib Ave. Ancestors are from India. What about the other countries our ancestors came from? What about Africa? Or the other Asian nations? Or Euro or Portuguese?
Excellent 🎉
Beautiful story. Definitely gotta visit Liberty Ave❤
Thank you
The curry chicken looks delicious 🤤
txs for saying curry chicken and not chicken curry...my brain wiggles when i hear that...i mean the main dish is de protein or veg, then the spice, right? jeez.
My mother came to NY from Surinam(formerly Dutch Guyana). Similar history except they speak Dutch. Food is similar too, except they have some of their own unique dishes (such as Pom). My grandma used to make a pineapple cake that just melted in your mouth.
Guyanese Women Are Beautiful
Not really lol they have those dark circles
Technically indentured servitude is not just a “nicer” word, it is a “nicer” version of slavery.
Marcus go Trinidad and have some doubles ,,nothing like it there
Respectfully, come to Harlem my brother too lolo
Last stop A train is Mott Ave 😂😂😂 lefferts is a side stop
A large portion of Caribbean community is Muslim. How come you conveniently ignored it?
we don't mention mental illness here...ssshhhhhh allmysnackbar
I felt the same. NO mention of the muslim community
He did mention that they don’t use pork in their restaurant because they have a large Muslim community 9:48
They mentioned Muslims during the Sybils portion. It would be difficult to cover the entire diversity of a country like Guyana in a 40 minute show so this definitely should have been titled as Indo-Guyanese.
@@BakiSmaki27 agreed maybe they could have skipped the pagwah piece too.
I would like to know how people that have food channels can sample all these different high calorie dishes without gaining weight. Most of the dishes consist of a lot of meat and starches. Where do they put it all? They can eat eat eat.
Why is Marcus the face for black food in America, when he doesn’t consider himself black?? Absurd..
I’m not sure that he is. I’m also not sure that most African Americans or rather those who are descendants of slaves (US)…regard him as such. That’s not to take away from what he’s doing.
He says he is Ethiopian all the time. He is literally from Africa.
@@reedaharris1341 your comment is ignorant
Food looking good i never had it I’m Haitian I will try it soon I get back to Atlanta all I remember I use to date a chick from there she was Indian
Good Showcasing of Guyana with the mentions of Trinidad
I love this video, nicely done but sorry that is the wrong Indian map at 3:02. You guys should research better!
I was glad to see a video about Guyana as this is my heritage. However, I was disappointed that there was a lack of information about the Afro-Guyanese.
The whole entire Guyanese community in nyc is of Indian descent
@@Islam.is.the.truth..That's FALSE. There are plenty of Afro Guyanese ppl in NYC!!
@@labella457 you’re weird. That’s not false. The majority are from Indian descent in nyc.
@@Islam.is.the.truth..the Queens Guyanese community is majority Indian. The Brooklyn Guyanese people are mostly Black. There are plenty in NY.
@@Islam.is.the.truth..First you said “ALL” then you said “most”. Try again…
Don’t forget about the Africans
Beg...
Huh? He almost did, he named every group untill the host mentioned it
Yet - barely an Afro-Guyanese person is seen in this video. Sad.
Why, when they talk about Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, they only touch on the Indians....as they migrated to these countries, they aren't native. But always leave out the black community smfh.
You have to tell your own stories
it doesn't matter, as it has no effect on our day-to-day lives.
@blackheartman_TT868 First of all, it doesn't matter. Just because it doesn't bother you or just because you're ok with it, that's your business.
At least you're paying attention
@stillirise7813 I always pay attention, especially when they are trying to count us out.
When the guide mentioned the diversity of Guyana he did not mention the Africans the host was the one that mentioned us. Guyana have an ethnic racial problem looking at that police I would guarantee his ascension to that rank was on the back of black people. Guyana is a segregated country.
I peeped that……..
Beg.
💯 %
that's ok, they have different backgrounds and this always tends to happen when you have 'nations within a nation'.
Nah its not ok in my opinion. This tends to happen when you purposely don’t want to acknowledge another group of people. How do you not acknowledge a group of people who was clearly there before the influx of Indian indentured servantry.
Guyanese here. Saw Marcus on the show chopped, he was great. It was interesting to me how the Indian man he was with was mentioning all the races of Guyana and not “Africans” and Marcus had to remind him. Anywho, thank you for showcasing Guyanese culture to the world.
Thank you for reminding this Indian man about the Africans who was in the land first.
British was there first and don't forget the natives who were there before everyone. So don't act like black people were there first
@@chipdisillusioned5957 it's just strange that the guy was mentioning all other ethnic groups except for the African descendants, who are the 2nd largest ethnic group in Guyana.
I thought I was the only one who noticed this
Typical an Indo-Guyanese doesn't want to mention Afro-Guyanese. I feel like the unity of Guyanese people is one big myth
I wish this episode included the Afro-Guyanese too.
Why would they do that? The African Guyanese community is almost extinct,
Do you have any Afro-Guyanese restaurants to recommend in Queens NY?
Right!
As an individual of Indo-Guyanese descent, I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiment. I would have greatly appreciated gaining deeper insights into the vibrancy of Afro-Guyanese culture and their culinary traditions, as well.
Love it
Thank you for highlighting my native land. However, I would like to have learned something about the Afro-Guyanese culture. You would never know that there are people of African descent in the country based on this show, other than saying the African slaves were replaced by Indian indentured servants, he completely shades a giant segment of the population. Wow.
At 4:21 when Raymond was describing the different ethnicities and cultures in Guyana, if chef Marcus had not said "African" I'm pretty sure Chef Raymond would've skipped them. This video shows how Guyanese people can be so racist against their darker skinned country men because either Raymond doesn’t know any Afro-guyanese (excluding the guy at Sybil's who's mixed race) or he conveniently forgot to include them in his little tour for chef Marcus.
He should have also visited a afro Guyanese restaurant so we can hear from everyone
YES! THIS is the observation I was looking for. I'm not Guyanese yet I felt a way about that!
😞It's sad & embarrassing how a lot of ppl still can't embrace others due to skin tone...The mindset can be so backwards
EXCLUDED...Convenient and intentional...a non-matter for him. Sad!
I feel the Hindu guy deliberately left out the African race. Clearly his a$$ is racist it was very obvious. That clear wasn't a mistake. I hope the AFRO GUYANESE DONT GO TO HIS SHOP...ANYMORE! I SAID WHAT I SAID PERIOD!
Seems like the Afro-Guyanese are in Brooklyn and the Indo-Guyanese are in Queens
Yup
Still divided. Indo Guyanese need to stop their racism though. Us Afro-Guyanese are kind & peaceful.
And afro guyanese are not racist better check your history
@@chipdisillusioned5957 thast what everyone says. they are never racist.
@@killzone866 she should check what the blacks did to the Indians under burnham
It was enjoyable learning about Indo-Guyanese/Indo-Caribbean culture. I hope there's an episode soon about Afro-Caribbean cuisine and culture soon.
You're nieve
@simonfjbthe host is an African himself. He is who should be asked.
Maybe part 2 is coming soon
Don't hold your breath 😅
@simonfjbwhat a silly response
So just want to let u guys know soca music originally is from Trinidad also chutney music is from Trinidad did not come from Guyana but all started in Trinidad🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
They did mention west Indian many times and never once said that soca and chutney is only Guyanese.
Do you want a cookie? Lol
What do u mean by cookie
he was just stating facts. this video is going to the masses who have no clue and to mistake the origin of soca as Guyana is a cultural disservice to Trinidad@@ijustneedmyself
Big facts … People need to acknowledge And pay Homage To the Real Culture ! 🇹🇹
That guy didn't really want to say anything about Africa Samuelson had to mention it
No mention that Doubles started in Trinidad......give credit where it's due!!!
It’s 💯 trini food dem Guyanese copy everything from🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Am not Guyanese but it’s shameful to not showcase the African people culture of Guyana poor 👎
It’s crazy!!! As beautiful as this is, I’m disappointed the Afro Guyanese weren’t included in this. As an African American who grew up in this side of Queens, the Guyanese people I knew were of African or mixed Indian and African decent. I’m sure it’s hurtful to be erased. Believe me, as an AA I feel it.
The host only went there since it’s easy to access and concentrated on one street. I don’t believe a similar street is present with a focus on mostly Afro-Guyanese food. Correct me if I’m wrong though?
Luckily Guyanese food is all basically the same, everyone mixes and matches recipes from the different communities.
"My favorite breakfast in the world is called doubles" 🇹🇹
As a Trini, just a correction - Soca is not Soul and Calypso fused. It is actually a fusion of Indian and African beats
It has a lot of Dancehall and Reggae influence. It was created after Calypso dies and Reggae and Dancehall was gaining popularity. It has Calypso, Dancehall and Reggae, as well as Indian influence.
It was because of Dancehall sound system and toasting culture that revolutionized Soca
@@Den-gz4yo no...look up ras shorty I
@Den-gz4yo you're delusional
Yes!! Exactly a fusion of "Indian" and "African" beats in an attempt to bring then us together as ALL as one people (I'm GT- we're all culturally Caribbean). It's not a fusion of "Soul" music and "Calypso" music but SoCa is literally the 'backronym' of the words "SOul" and "CAlypso" to make the word SOCA.
I'm usually impressed with Marcus' shows. As an Afro-Mix Guyanese, I'm insulted that he didn't have the decency to give the other 4 ethnic groups of people more than a passing mention. There are others with just as a rich ethnic cuisine. The first Indo-Guyanese guy tried his best to leave Afro-Guyanese out of his list of ethnic Guyanese, so typical.
I picked up on that quickly. 😢
You're solely missing the point. This video focuses on a specific area of the US that has the largest Guyanese population which is Queens which also has more Indians.
People need to think before they make silly comments which can easily be taken out of context.
Do you think if they want to do a video of traditional Chinese food in NYC they will go to Brownsville Brooklyn and not Chinatown in Manhattan or Flushing Queens 🤷🏽♂️
So isn't your beef with the first man? The show is highlighting Guyanese culture, particularly the food, as told by the people being interviewed. What do you feel wasn't represented?
they are in Queens not Brooklyn.
don’t be insulted go make a better episode
Hello. Where is the African aspect of Guyana?
It's only 20%
Guyana is the land of six people. 1.Indigenous, 2. East Indian, 3.African, 4. Portuguese, 5. European and 6. Chinese.
As a Trini neighbor, I concur with a lot of the comments here about not including the Afro-Guyanese history, dishes and contributions to the history and cultural makeup of Guyana. When the host of (David's been here) video logs came to Trinidad and Tobago, he also highlighted the Indo-Trini restaurants, dishes and cultural history. Barely grazing on the other just as popular Afro Trini, Spanish, and Syrian dishes that also make up a large demographic of the country. Not until the other UA-cam Influencer Food Guru ( Mark Wiens) who visited Trinidad and Tobago and traveled all over the islands tasting, cooking and getting the real history of how these dishes came into existence and how they've influenced the food culture today as we know it. Marcus needs to go back after reading people's suggestions and do another video with the other restaurants that serve the Afro, Chinese and other races that are makeup of the real Guyanese Cuisine. JMO😊
❤indeed
Correk is rite!
Great highlighting the Guyanese community and learning about their rich food and history. A must stop on a NYC visit.
That's true, but Afro Guyanese needs to be highlighted too
Sybil’s rotis in the 80’s was the food mecca in Brooklyn on Nostrand Avenue.
I remembered when the lines were around the corner All day long and the cars were double parked too!
That’s when Sybil was doing the cooking.
She definitely deserves some type of permanent acknowledgment in that little section of land at ( Nostrand & Empire)!
I’m not Guyanese Or even from the Caribbean But Sybil deserves a permanent acknowledgmt for her contribution to food culture in Brooklyn. ❤
The racism of indo-caribbeans against African caribbeans is so clear is how dismissive they were in this video of African contributions. They bring that caste mentality everywhere they go especially in Trinidad and Guyana.
Since when is doubles Guyanese, it is from Trinidad…
Did you miss the part that mentioned the shop has Guyanese and Trinidadian food?
Let's pretend it's Guyanese and while we're at it let's pretend everything they steal from Trinidad 🇹🇹 is Guyanese too, 😉
Thank you 😂
@@magicmike6129 It's not "stolen" it's called having similarities. As many Caribbean islands have to one another.
@@Gt_Vibes445 We improved on you boring food.
Love that Guyana was represented but the other largest ethnic group, Afro-Guyannese, was not really represented. It's truly irritating to not see Afro-Guyanese people being represented, in general. Let's do better.
These people don’t look black to you, check your eyes
I'm from NYC and didn't know too much about Indo-Guayanese culture so I learned a few things here.
I will say considering the known history of tension to this day between the Indo and African cultures in Guyana this should have specifically been titled as Indo-Guyanese or alternatively they should have tried harder to include stuff about the Afro side.
Facts. In the beginning, the guy was hesitating to even mention Africans as part of the culture when they make up one third of the country, and is the second major group, not far behind the Indians. I would start off by saying this country is made up of Primarily descendants of India and Africa before mentioning all the other cultures he did.
Do you know why this is you know why he’s playing this you know what he’s doing it is playing the line and his BS sing it 💩
@@Myraisins1Exactly
I'm mostly familiar w' Trini 🇹🇹 + Jamaican food esp trini food bcuz of my heritage, I have yet 2 try Guyanese. Pretty sure they have nice curries like we do in Trinidad. I'm 2nd generation Canadian + theres big Guyanase/Trini/Jamaican communities in Canada hence our big Caribana carnival festival etc. In Trinidad we have cross-cultural food as well bcuz there's a mix of ppl too. We have stuff like pow (chinese pork buns from the Hakka Chinese), bacalao (saltfish buljol) smoke herring, dhalpuri roti, doubles, curry crab + dumpling, aloo + chana, cassava pone yuca from the indigenous and creole foods that can me a mix of african + european. After watching this I realize that Guyana has very similar cuisine 2 T&T.
And yes we do kinda laugh a bit at ppl who eat doubles + roti w' a knife and fork but it's all good tho lolll 😊. I've been 2 Marcus's restaurant the Red Rooster + Ginny's supper club in Harlem when I visited NY, it was fabulous + the night we were there they had a jazz band from new orleans playing, great times.
No similarities between Trinidad and Guyana......Guyana just copy our style and claim it as their own.
@@magicmike6129 Eh-heh 😊
@@magicmike6129yes, they copying EVERYTHING Trinidad 🇹🇹 make and created, DOUBLES for instance was invented in Princes Town, south Trinidad by the Ali Family, that it NOT Guyanese. They are thieves.
@@magicmike6129 But you guys do the same to Jamaica so? You use Jamaican Rice and peas recipe, oxtail recipe, dumplin recipe, irish moss recipe, etc. You guys even say curry chicken like Jamaican instead of Chicken curry like it initially was.
Shame on Samuelsson and the producers of for omitting the contribution of the second largest ethnic group in the country. This piece fails as a work of Journalism. Its impossible to gain an understanding Guyanese food culture without highlighting the African, Amerindian, and Chinese influence. Other comments lay blame on the Indo-Guyanese chef but its obvious the producers were implicit.
Stop including TRINIDAD with Guyana we are not the same! Guyana is a South American country influenced by the Caribbean ! Guyana is influenced by TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ! Please visit TRINIDAD and TOBAGO then visit Guyana and you will understand when I say they are not Caribbean they are influenced by us. Big difference their food is inspired by us as well!
HEAR HEAR!! 👍🏾💯
Come wit it👍🏾🇹🇹
Guyana is a CARIBBEAN COUNTRY, not just influenced. The only thing y'all ever speak on is geography. Not our history, politics, or culture. Stop speaking on Guyana, speak on what you know. Geography isn't the only thing defining the Caribbean. Guyana is culturally and historically Caribbean, you clearly missed that in Social Studies.
Starting from when we were colonized by Britain. Just like Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, and all their other colonies in this region. Britain grouped Guyana and Belize with their other colonies nearby, which were the Caribbean Islands.
Because of who governed us we shared more commonalities with Britain's other colonies, which were in the Caribbean. We speak Creole, we share the same foods, the same music, similar ethnic groups, etc. This goes for Guyana, Suriname, and Belize.
The headquarters of Carcicom (A Community of Caribbean Nations) is in Guyana's capital, Georgetown. We were one of the founders of Caricom. Guyana test for CXC, the Caribbean Examinations Council. As well as CAPE, The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination. We are at the top of both.
It's 2023, you can either educate yourself or stop speaking about our country. This is who we are, we aren't influenced by anything it's our culture and has been for millennia. Stop attempting to invalidate our identity based on geography.
@@KayTalkNYC Guyana is not a part of the Caribbean… Guyana is influenced by the Caribbean.
@@neter8445 I just gave you a whole rundown on our history and exactly how we're Caribbean and all you can say is "No they're not"? That's how you know you're wrong. That's a matter of opinion not fact. So like I said you can either EDUCATE yourself or stop speaking on us. It's embarrassing for you either way.
Funny, a big part of Guyanese culture is the racism of Hindus toward Afro-Guyanese. The silence of this was deafening. Strange that pepperpot, fried rice, chowmein, cheese straws, pine tarts, black pudding are not indigenous to Indians but no significant homage was paid to the originators. The cultural diffusion was deeply slighted. The Afro-Guyanese influence, the natives, who can claim the main food of pepperpot, the Chinese whose food also deeply influences the culture of eating barely received a mention. The thumbnail should have clearly stated that this was an Indo-Guyanese tribute. It would have made the video more truthful and accurate.
Well said! As if Afro-Guyanese ppl don't exist. Very strange.
Funny when I see the racism it's always coming from the afro people in the way of name calling.
I love your duff ❤
Presenter sounds like his topics are chosen for him.
You have hit the nail on the head. At his spot The Red 🐓, he trys to do basic black folk food better than our mother and Aunties. He fails on an epic level . He would have a greater bottom line if he did it the right way from house to house just great or not. Marcus is a culture Vulture.
People need Pay homage and acknowledge Where the Music 🎶 Food 🥘 CULTURE Overall Originate From Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
Tell them again bro
Because nowhere else in the Caribbean has music, food or culture. 🙄
@@belladonnatook8851 Nothing wrong who came after Recognize The Originators The founders Alyuh luv discredit Where things started off
@@belladonnatook8851but you’d think steelpan come from Jamaica when it is from Trinidad…
@@Ajm833 I wouldn't think so.
Colourful and rich heritage with delish food and some of the best curries. A healthy Guyanese population in just about every Caribbean island
Interesting how the African or Black influence in Guyanese cuisine is conveniently overlooked. Even Marcus had to remind the interviewee of the African influence in Guyanese cuisine curiously at the last minute...even though both men look of strong obvious African heritage. Somehow the person being interviewed managed to list every minute even European (e.g., Portuguese) and Indian influence, but somehow leaves our African. Yet more than half of Guyana is or looks BLACK. The self-hatred is SO obvious and sad.
Just imagine Marcus had to remind the host that Afro Guyanese are part of Guyana, racism will forever be in Guyana, what a shame. Guyana is a land of six races, are we forgetting that😒😒
What? No equity, diversity nor inclusion in this article! 🙄
I am watching this. But there seems to be resistance by many of the people interviewed (except the historian) to acknowledge people of African descent also are part of the Guyanese population and culture. I have heard more about the Portugese and Chinese, than black people. Africans are regarded as an afterthought. And there was no mention of AmerIndian people who also make up a sizeable portion of Guyanese population.
FYI Saltfish, Smoke Hering, Cassava pone, Coconut roll are dishes originating from Afro-Caribbean peoples. Bake originates from Amerindian peoples.
Any recognition for the Afro-Guyanese??? This could’ve easily been beautiful and wholesome but authenticity is missing.
I’m loving this channel. Learning through food is so dope.
“Guyanese food in queens” proceeds to show doubles 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and no we do not share rights to our dish 🇹🇹
Tell dem is we own🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Doubles is from Trinidad 🇹🇹