Restaurants in the 3 cities were certainly buzzing with diners throughout Restaurant Week (RW) that was held November 13 – 21. Persons were excited to ‘Dig in’, the slogan used for this year’s RW.
Suga was happy to report that all, if not, most of her recommendations were excellent choices based on feedback from Suga bears a.k.a. Suga Lifestyle readers and friends.
Just to highlight a few,
One Love Cafe at Bob Marley’s Museum and Susie’s Bakery & Coffee Bar really satisfied diners for the Nyam and Scram category.
Lillian’s Restaurant            Image: RWJ 2015 Index on go-jamaica.com
For the Tasty Category, the UTECH students from Lillian’s Restaurant who seemed to put a lot of effort into their menu, offering unique dishes at a low cost showed that there is a bright future ahead for Jamaica in the Culinary industry.
Sea Deck had nice, big, tasty servings as usual with decent service.
C & C South Beach Restaurant in the Savoury category got two thumbs up. Their service, food and atmosphere were impressive. Kudos to them for a 10 minute waiting time during RW!
Christopher’s at Hermosa Cove, Ocho Rios was a winner for the Delectable category. No surprise there. Props to Executive Chef Conroy Arnold for sustaining a high standard of food quality and service. The ambience there is just an added plus.
Then of course, with a full review coming soon, Marguerites Seafood by the Sea in Montego Bay took the Epicurean category hands down. Excellent ambience, service and food topped off by a premium selection of wines.
Well done Restaurants, looking forward to next year!
Also remember next week is the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival: October 28-31. Go to http://Â www.jamaicafoodanddrinkfestival.com for information and tickets!
If you have a sweet tooth and you get bored easily trying to eat right, here are a few variations of having a Banana split that is good for Breakfast or a light dessert:
â— Fat-free Greek yoghurt (90/100cal), tbsp. of nuts and raisins, crushed sprinkles of dark chocolate
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INGREDIENTS
Cream part
1Â cup – Cream cheese *(Fat Free Philadelphia Cream cheese could be used to reduce fat content)
3/4 cup & 1Â tablespoon – Heavy cream
1/2Â cup – Icing or Normal Sugar
1Â tablespoon – Vanilla extract
1Â cup – Graham crackers or Butter biscuits
1Â Strawberry jam
Prep time is 5 min, serves 4.
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DIRECTIONS
1Â For the cream part, put all the ingredients into a large bowl.
2Â With a mixer, mix all your ingredients until the cream becomes really soft and stays. If you don’t have a mixer use a whisk, it will do the same job (it just will take more time)
3Â For the bottom crust break the biscuits (with any method you want) until they become crumbs (also you may use ready biscuits crumbs like graham crackers)
4Â Now you are ready to serve it in the glasses. Add the biscuits in the bottom then add your cream and lastly add your strawberry jam on top.
5Â Let your glasses stay in the fridge for about 3 hours or a whole night.
6Â TIP: If you want to make it more professional add only the biscuits and the cream in the glasses and add the strawberry jam right before you eat it, it will be more easy to fill the top.
Hey Foodies, Kingston Kitchen returns to Hope Gardens tomorrow from 6pm to midnight. They claim it is their 5th anniversary. I am sure most of us remember the first staging about 3 years ago? Go figure.
Pre-sold tickets are now $800JMD. But do not think this is a cheap event. I believe the concept has been lost a little. Less sampling, more selling and successful sponsors who everybody knows about already, take up a lot of space. Maybe it is part of their deal with the organizers. If you have been to a few of the recent stagings, you would realise you need to travel with some cash, minimum $3000JMD excluding entry money, if you choose about 2 or 3 vendors wisely plus drinks. Otherwise carry more, especially if it is a family night or you are carrying a date. Some spots may have regular plates, lots will have cocktail plates, so be sure to walk around if you are concerned about value for money and head there early!
Who will be there?
â— Fromage Gourmet Market
â— Sheriff Gourmet BBQ Ribs
â— NCR Sheep Ltd. – Fresh, Local LambÂ
â— Chef Brian Lumley with Best Dressed Chicken Jamaica
â— Tooksie Kay Catering
â— Soupie
â— Liqy Liqy – All Natural Popsicles
â— Street Food Saturdays
â— Tea Trea Creperie
â— Fork in the Road Food Truck from Mandeville
 ….. and more!
Pre-sold tickets can be bought at Candy Craze (Manor Park), Chocolate Dreams Jamaica (Devon House), Cafe Blue (Sovereign) and Tea Tree Creperie (80 Lady Musgrave Rd.).
If you don’t get to try everything, take some cards for another time.
