Jerk ‘N’ Tings have taken up residence with their Food trailer at the hand car wash on London Road not far from Trent Bridge serving up a whole load of Caribbean Food action. I really like this style of food and was pleased to spot them in the car park a couple of weeks ago….
Category: Jamaican
Melting Pot Food and Culture Festival 2018 – The Global Sistaz United
The Melting Pot Food & Culture Festival at the New Art Exchange in Hyson Green is always a great place to go to if you want to try some local food from the community. I went last year and it was so good that I came back again this year for more! (read more about…
Nottingham Caribbean Carnival 2017 – Jerk Chicken Please and lots of it!
This past Sunday was the Nottingham Caribbean Carnival on the Trent Embankment next to the Meadows. This carnival has been running since 1970 when a group of West Indians, mainly from the island of St Kitts, held a carnival parade in the Meadows. Since then I can recall it being held on the Forest recreation…
The Melting Pot Festival 2017 at the New Art Exchange: Food from, and for, the Community
The Melting Pot festival last weekend at the New Art Exchange over in Hyson Green was a great afternoon out if you like a bit of ethnic food and a whole lot of community. The festival featured a lot of food and Art from the local community, there were stalls from the Women’s Culture Exchange,…
Danni’s Restaurant on Mansfield Road for some Caribbean food
Danni’s on Mansfield Road has popped up in the last month or so inside the space that was once filled by Deva. It is a small restaurant specialising in Caribbean food cooked by a Jamaican Chef. I popped into town this week to try them out as I really love this style of food and…
Jerk Station at the Nottingham Beer Festival
Jerk Station are at this years Nottingham Beer Festival for the first time. I bumped into them on opening night as I was hunting around the grounds of Nottingham Castle for something different to eat. I had seen them last weekend at Goose Fair but had not managed to sample any of their food in…
Tasties Travelon in St Anns for some good honest Jamaican Cooking
Tasties Travelon at 265 St Anns Well Road is a restaurant and takeaway specialising in West Indian dishes. I had seen this place from the road as I had driven up the Wells Road on a few occasions. I love a bit of Jamaican food and the colour of the outside gave the game away when…
Jerk Chicken with rice and peas at Jamaican Ways
This is not my first visit to Jamaican Ways but it is the first time I have chosen to eat inside. I have blogged about sampling their food on a couple of occasions before. I wrote about that experience on the blog back in October last year when I got take out a few times that month;,…
The Jamaican Ways cafe – Excellent Caribbean fare
Jamaican Ways on Hartley Road in Radford is a Caribbean café and restaurant serving up good honest selection of Caribbean fare. As you walk in to order you are greeted by the large brightly coloured menu board offering all the standard offerings such as Jerk Chicken, Brown Stew Chicken, Mutton Curry, and Rice and Peas. Lean in…
Excellent Mutton Curry at the ‘unknown’ Caribbean cafe on Radford Boulevard
“I love me some great chalk board action“. Over on Radford Boulevard in the café that was once called ‘Lucilles’, and once the ‘Boulevard Sandwich Bar’ close to the junction with Hartley Road I saw this board at lunch offering some local foods. The fallen leaves were blowing around the base and it seemed just the right…