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| - Three times I've visited Jerk Hut and from what I can tell, the taste of the food depends on who's cooking that particular day.
Upon your entrance, you'll see most of the food already cooked and sitting in warmers but they always have newer batches of hot pots on the stove behind the counter in order to replenish the warmers. They'll also make-to-order for your privilege.
My first visit, I got to try the three meat dishes: jerk chicken, curry goat, oxtail stew.
All were tasty, but I was partial to the chicken. It's made mild and offered with much hotter jerk sauce if that's your pleasure. The steamed veggies tasted good as well and the plantains were delicious.
Unfortunately, the dessert wasn't like anything I've tasted before and struck out unpleasantly. Won't ever ask for dessert again.
Jerk chicken - 1
Dessert - 0
My second visit, I got to the fish: steamed snapper, fried tilapia. Both were decent dishes. The snapper was a whole fish made to order and cost "market price," the tilapia was prix fixe and served as small lightly breaded filets.
I also requested a veggie stew which the cook made fresh from carrots, cabbage, and coconut milk. It was creamy, perfectly spicy (not burning), and tasted wonderful. Home run.
Tilapia - 1
Veggie stew - 1
The price wasn't so wonderful though. I asked to substitute stewed veggies for the prepared steamed veggie side. Nope - apparently we were on different menus, I was later told that the stew is a separate dish. So I gave up $20 for the tilapia and veggie stew. It's all right though, I made two meals out that portion. Leftovers were even more yummy the next day.
Lesson noted: get a price quote before making substitutions. The guy behind the counter will say, "I'll take care of it" and by the time he's rung up your bill, you're like - HOW MUCH?!
Food on the third visit to Jerk Hut Jamaican Grille was not good at all. I noticed a different cook and was hesitant, but I manned-up and ordered take out anyway. Veggie stew and plantains please.
I was given extra plantain wedges this time which would usually make me jump for joy, because the fruit is one of my fave foods. But when I got home, one bite in and, yuck. Those wedges were soggy, greasy, gelatinous things.
It seems they had used sweet ripe plantains and overcooked them. (In my opinion, sweet ripe plantains should be baked, leave the frying for the unripe starchy ones.) Like any other food that's overcooked, the plantains grew less and less appealing every minute they sat in the warmer. I did not eat them.
On to the stew. First look - the carrots and cabbage were covered in clumps of butter and coconut milk and I couldn't even bite into it yet. It took a couple of rinses under the tap to get the clumps out, but so went a lot of the flavor too.
Plantains - 0
Veggie Stew - 0
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