jamaican me hungry!

SO, a few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to take a quick, AMAZING vacay to JAMAICA!!

Jamaica is known for many things, including music and beaches, but who could forget the food? so, being the foodie i am, I managed to photograph a pretty decent amount of meals. LETS BEGIN. 

jerk chicken, shrimp and pork

One of Jamaica's most famous dishes is "jerk chicken"--basically it's chicken that's cooked over an open grill (with pimento wood) and marinated with TONS of spices. but they also make jerk pork and jerk shrimp too. my first meal in jamaica was the jerk chicken sandwich...such a good start. i also had some jerk chicken skewers (top left)....those were TASTY.

Jamaica's also all about big, hearty meals and lots of root vegetables. this dish probably could've fed 5 people! 

Naturally, being in the caribbean, Jamaica has some pretty slammin bananas, coconuts, papayas, mangos and fruit in general. THIS dish to the left was probably one of my favorites. It was coconut chicken. The chicken was cooked and coated in coconut shreds and AHH it was so good!

(my first ever) RUM CAKE

<<AND THEN I HAD THIS COCONUT CREAM PIE FOR DESSERT. oh my god. we actually ended up going back to that restaurant another night, where i then proceeded to order another slice.

curry chicken served with "rice and peas", which is actually just rice and red beans.

jerk shrimp served in a papaya boat!
they hollowed out a papaya and served the shrimp in
it along with rice and peas, and root veggies.
so good.

And every morning I had this seasonal, local plate of fruit and a cup of blue mountain coffee. 

it's definitely a place we're gonna return to...for the food, of course ;)