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Jamaican Food
by Eboni B. aka "Reds" & Jonathan Bell
Dead fi hungry? Well look
no further in Los Angeles. Jamaican restaurants have good selections
on the menu. On Sundays, some offer an all-you-can-eat deal per
plate that ranges from $6-$15(US) depending on where you dine. Here's
a few:
- Coleys Kitchen
- Stone's Market & Bakery
- Milton's
- Joe's Restaurant
- Jerk Pitt
- Jucy's Restaurant & Market
- Derricks
Market Place
If you don't want to dine out, many of the larger commercial
supermarkets in Los Angeles carry Caribbean products such as plantains,
chocho, coconut, papaya, mango, thyme, oxtail and fish and even
jerk seasoning. Some produce may be a little harder to find. There
are smaller privately owned markets and bakeries within the communities
that carry items like Ting®, bammy, sorrel, hard dough bread,
ackee and bread fruit but it may cost a little more.
Along with food the smaller
grocery markets also provide Western Union & Money Gram Service
if you'd like to send money home, as well as phone cards with special
rates to Jamaica. Also, barrels are sold normally in four different
sizes and shipping services are provided as well.
Akka's Market, Jucy's and Stone's Market
are places to get all those things one misses from home: Irish moss,
spices, scotch bonnet peppers, chocolate balls, salt fish, goat
meat, green banana, yams, D&G beverages and so much more! Unfortunately,
fresh ackee is impossible to come by in LA but they do have the
canned variety and callaloo too. You can also find a variety of
Jamaican produce & spices being sold in neighborhood markets
that carry Spanish/Latino/Mexican products. There is also downtown
LA's Grand Central Market that has a wide variety of fresh produce,
fish and meats!
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