Jamaican food - Ya Man!

I present to you - food from my childhood:

Curry Chicken/Goat:
Different from the Malaysian or Indian curry. Jamaican curry is milder and is not as spicy. The chicken may be boneless or with bone. (We sell the boneless chicken but our goat has bones)


Oxtail:
It's hard to describe what oxtail tastes like, but the sauce is awesome as I can just put it on plain rice and eat it! That's exactly how our oxtail looks like except we don't serve it in a blue bowl. We might also add in some lettuce and tomatoes to make it aesthetically pleasing!


Ackee and Saltfish:
Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica. It's not actually sweet and in fact tastes kinda buttery. The fish is salted and dried in the sun. So you get something that tastes salty and buttery at the same time :)


Jerk Chicken/Pork:
This baby is spiccccy!! Especially when you add in the jerk sauce. Sometimes you might see jerk chicken as a kinda light brownish color. I think it looks more authentic when it's black. You can achieve the 'black' colour by burning it (haha) or by using the 'Lo Chau' soya sauce to marinate it.


Jamaican Patties:
Beef: Spicy or mild. Chicken: (curry flavor), Mixed Vegetables. Spinach and saltfish patty. Chickpea patty. We have quite the selection! (The spinach and chickpea patties are made by my dad).


Jamaican Soup:
I used to love this as a kid (and I still do now.) I prefer this over the chinese soups I drink haha. Add in a few dumplings, carrots, corn, chicken and this soup is heavenly (to me). Don't ask me why the package says that...


Desserts/Sweet stuff:
Coconut drops:

Bulla Cake: Tastes like soft gingerbread!

Coconut juice: Who doesn't want this on a regular/normal day in Jamaica when it's like 30 something degrees celsius?

Mmmm.... I want some bulla cake!

Honourable mentions: Trinididian doubles! (2 pieces of fried dough with curry chicken peas in the middle), Chicken/potato/goat roti - a freshly steamed roti that's filled with hot food!, Rum cake (very popular during Christmas, it's actually baked with some rum but the alcohol evaporates :) ), Spice/Easter Bun (+ cheese = heaven)