The cuisine in Jamaica is notable for its exotic and varied variety. The influence on Jamaican cuisine was rendered by Chinese, Indian, African, Spanish traditions.
The diet of the inhabitants of Jamaica consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, seafood, meat, beans, cereals. Jamaicans love spicy, spicy food, in which they add Jamaican pepper, curry, thyme, cardamom, nutmeg, ginger, garlic. A snack in local institutions can be at affordable prices.
The best dishes of the Jamaican cuisine
First of all, when you come to the island, it is worth to enjoy the pickled meat of chicken or pork, bammy - flat pancakes made from the flour of an unusual manioc plant, a dish in which rice is cooked in coconut milk, where stewed beans,green onions and garlic, pies, stuffed vegetables, meat, fish, dried and dried shrimps with pepper, dried lamb with guava, smoked fish, served with a special mango marinade. It is worth trying goat meat.
Pudding, based on bananas and coconuts, steamed, pies with fillings from various exotic fruits, condensed milk along with exotic fruits - dishes that will interest sweet tooth.
You can eat there in different cafes and restaurants, where you can serve national dishes and dishes of different cuisines around the world. Here, as in other countries of the world, there are fast food establishments.
Favorite drinks of the inhabitants of Jamaica
From drinks, you can enjoy coconut juice, malt - a sweet drink with honey taste, a skijus - a soft drink made from fruit syrup with ice, herbal teas. Drink Jamaicans and ordinary drinks in the form of tea, coffee and cocoa.
From liquor here prefer coffee liqueur, beer, rum made from cane sugar, the most popular is "Captain Morgan Black Label."Beer here is prepared with the addition of ginger. The wines on the island itself are inexpensive and bring them from Spain, Argentina, Chile.
Arriving in Jamaica, you can participate in the culinary festival "Caribbean Rum", which will tell the story of the production of rum, you can taste different kinds of this drink here. Based on rum make different products. They can also be tried.
A gastronomic tour will allow you to visit the restaurants of the largest Caribbean network, where they will hold a master class, tell the history of local cuisine. There you can try national dishes.
Of course, when you come to Jamaica, you will not just study the local cuisine. Rest in this country is interesting because you can immediately see the chic palaces of very rich people and next to them there are factories, a prison. You can take an active rest here - rafting, diving, golf, motopaglaydingom, visit karst caves. And getting acquainted with the Jamaican culinary traditions will enhance and complement the impressions of this amazing country.