![]() ![]() Those proteins also star more sizeably in main dishes. That’s to say that poutine, mac ‘n’ cheese, pasta and tacos are available with a choice of proteins, including jerk chicken, shrimp, goat, oxtail, pork and lobster. The menu here, which duplicates what is available at the Montreal Tropikàl and includes some dishes that were available at Tingz, is large but frequently has a mix-and-match feel. But I’d also like to see its open kitchen pump out more consistently pleasing food, given that our samples ranged from excellent jerk calamari and fine oxtail mac ‘n’ cheese to rasta pasta with mushy morsels of lobster and truffle fries that were irredeemably soggy. Article contentĪfter two dinners at Tropikàl last week, I’m wishing the eatery more staying power than Dougan’s past Ottawa projects had. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. On June 10, the Ottawa location of Tropikàl opened, on Clarence Street where Raphael Peruvian Cuisine had been before its move this year to Elgin Street, a little more than a block from where Tingz had been. I offer this recap because Dougan’s food is back in Ottawa, if not so much the man himself. ![]() He competed on the 2021 season of Top Chef Canada, appeared later on the program Wall of Chefs, and was featured in Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants magazine. Meanwhile, on Food Network Canada shows and elsewhere, Dougan’s star was rising. ![]() In the fall of 2021, Dougan partnered with Ottawa’s Crust and Crate restaurants so that for a limited time, that pizza-based chain served such Anthony-branded dishes as jerk chicken pizza, Tropikàl mac ‘n’ cheese, and garlic cheesy bread with pulled oxtail. After a few months, that delivery-based project also shut. Nonetheless determined to expand into Ottawa, Dougan opened his Chef Jae-Anthony Pop Up in the City Centre complex in early 2021. The chef and owner of the Montreal eatery Tropikàl first hit the radar of Ottawa restaurant-goers in the summer of 2020, when his food was served at Tingz at York Street, which had a run of just a few months. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription.
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