Jamaican Jerk Food Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meats are dry-rubbed with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Jerk also gives Jamaicans another reason to party under the disguise of Jerk Festivals. One of the best foods to eat in Jamaica, hands down, is Jerk pork. And one of the best places to sample Jerk pork is Scotchies Jerk Centre. The Scotchies I’ve eaten at on two seperate occassions is just outside Rose Hall, Montego Bay and its right...
West End – Negril Cliffs In the west end of Negril, somewhere between Rick’s Cafe and the lighthouse I found some of the nicest people I’ve ever met in Jamaica. It was quite by accident and at the time, a total Godsend that we found Sir D’s on the side of the road. I was on my 6th trip and brought along a friend of mine, Debbie, who’d never been to Jamaica. We were staying in Montego Bay for Sumfest, but in an effort to show Debbie a little more of the island, we...
Want a great way to get to Jamaica? WIN A TRIP! What’s even better than winning a trip is winning TWO trips! I confess, that’s how all my Jamaica madness started 6 years ago. In fact the 6 year anniversary of my first trip is coming up in March. Rewind to March 2003, about 6:30am when I heard a cue to call on the Vibe 98.5 radio station, to get your name entered in a contest to see Sean Paul live in Negril. At this point in my life I’d never traveled anywhere and knew nothing about...
