Critic’s favorite dishes from 2016

Humming with thyme, ginger, garlic and Trinidadian chadon beni, it’s a rich, multicultural delight perfect mopped up with torn ‘buss-up-shot’ roti bread and washed down with clove-scented sorrel: 123 Madison Ave., Albany 776-4418 trinbagocaribbeanrestaurant.com . less 1. Oxtail Stew and Roti at Trinbago : Beautiful oxtail bones in brown sugar gravy.