Travel / Jamaica
The Best Thing About Living in Jamaica, Part 6
Bars and Restaurants off the Beaten Path
Do you like eating? Do you like drinking?
I thought so. So do I.
There are days when it’s what gets me out of bed in the morning. Maybe you are the same way.
How about today we leave the cruise ship terminal and the all inclusive resorts behind and see what this looks like, off the beaten path, in Jamaica.
And maybe what it feels like, too.
It’s really one of the best parts of living on this island in the Caribbean.
Life for me in Kingston, Jamaica since I arrived in June of 2021 has often revolved around where to eat good food and drink good drinks. Prior to this, I had spent three years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — a large, chaotic, hot city in a developing country on the coast of East Africa, which also had its hidden gems for places and things to eat.
Jamaican food, like Tanzanian food, is focused on what comes out of the sea and what can be grown on trees: Jerk chicken and pork, grilled lobster, ackee and saltfish, bammy, curried goat, oxtail soup, festival bread, pineapple and lime are just a few of everything I could happily eat every day.
