Comments on: At Lunch Now: Day 2- New Jamaican Cart Mobbed http://midtownlunch.com/2007/04/24/at-lunch-now-day-2-new-jamaican-cart-mobbed/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:05:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Midtown Lunch » The Jamaican Dutchy… a Midtown Cart on Island Time http://midtownlunch.com/2007/04/24/at-lunch-now-day-2-new-jamaican-cart-mobbed/comment-page-1/#comment-8945 Midtown Lunch » The Jamaican Dutchy… a Midtown Cart on Island Time Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:07:08 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/blog/2007/04/24/at-lunch-now-day-2-new-jamaican-cart-mobbed/#comment-8945 [...] Now, we have one more to add to that list. The Jamaican Cart. While it may take a lot of time for most carts to build up a following, there was a line 15 people long on the second day The Jamaican Cart appeared. Serving up jerk chicken, and stewed meat, word spread quick and the lines never seemed to go away.  Unfortunately, it didn’t take a genius to realize the lines were more from the slowness of the service, than anything else… but it was still a line. And if people are willing to wait 45 minutes for food from a cart, then it must be good, right!?! [...] [...] Now, we have one more to add to that list. The Jamaican Cart. While it may take a lot of time for most carts to build up a following, there was a line 15 people long on the second day The Jamaican Cart appeared. Serving up jerk chicken, and stewed meat, word spread quick and the lines never seemed to go away.  Unfortunately, it didn’t take a genius to realize the lines were more from the slowness of the service, than anything else… but it was still a line. And if people are willing to wait 45 minutes for food from a cart, then it must be good, right!?! [...]

]]> By: Eric http://midtownlunch.com/2007/04/24/at-lunch-now-day-2-new-jamaican-cart-mobbed/comment-page-1/#comment-4762 Eric Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:29:39 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/blog/2007/04/24/at-lunch-now-day-2-new-jamaican-cart-mobbed/#comment-4762 I got there at 1:00pm and waited til about 1:35. People in line were buzzing about the food (apparently they had tried it yesterday or heard from someone who did) and the consensus was that if you're gonna wait that long for Jamaican food, you'd better get the can't miss "Jerk Chicken." So I got the Jerk Chicken "mini-meal" for $4 (even though it says $5 on the menu). The mini-meal is an order of rice and beans, about 5 or 6 small pieces of a drumstick or thigh cut up (bone-in) and some sauteed cabbage and carrots on the side. They pack it in those small styrofoam cartons that is the size of a hamburger. When I finally got to the front of the line, the jerk chicken wasn't quite ready yet and was still on the grill, so I had to wait another 5 mins. He took it fresh off the grill and chopped up some pieces with a cleaver and put it in my container piping hot. I even asked him to add more jerk chicken sauce on top to give it some more kick. The food was EXCELLENT. The chicken was perfectly spiced and marinated in jerk seasoning. The rice and beans were also spiced, although it was a little dry. You should ask for some jerk sauce directly on the rice. My only complaint (as with any "street meat") is that the quality of chicken was not great. The pieces I got had way too much fat on them and not a lot of meat. It was also very greasy (even though it was grilled chicken, it must have been marinating in oil). It was certainly worth the $4, but I doubt I'd pay much more than that for the quality and quantity of food I got. Note: If you get the $7 Jerk Chicken meal, you'll get plaintains along with more chicken and rice and beans. The lady in front of me ordered the "Stewed Chicken" mini-meal and it looked delicious. I got there at 1:00pm and waited til about 1:35. People in line were buzzing about the food (apparently they had tried it yesterday or heard from someone who did) and the consensus was that if you’re gonna wait that long for Jamaican food, you’d better get the can’t miss “Jerk Chicken.” So I got the Jerk Chicken “mini-meal” for $4 (even though it says $5 on the menu). The mini-meal is an order of rice and beans, about 5 or 6 small pieces of a drumstick or thigh cut up (bone-in) and some sauteed cabbage and carrots on the side. They pack it in those small styrofoam cartons that is the size of a hamburger. When I finally got to the front of the line, the jerk chicken wasn’t quite ready yet and was still on the grill, so I had to wait another 5 mins. He took it fresh off the grill and chopped up some pieces with a cleaver and put it in my container piping hot. I even asked him to add more jerk chicken sauce on top to give it some more kick. The food was EXCELLENT. The chicken was perfectly spiced and marinated in jerk seasoning. The rice and beans were also spiced, although it was a little dry. You should ask for some jerk sauce directly on the rice. My only complaint (as with any “street meat”) is that the quality of chicken was not great. The pieces I got had way too much fat on them and not a lot of meat. It was also very greasy (even though it was grilled chicken, it must have been marinating in oil). It was certainly worth the $4, but I doubt I’d pay much more than that for the quality and quantity of food I got.

Note: If you get the $7 Jerk Chicken meal, you’ll get plaintains along with more chicken and rice and beans. The lady in front of me ordered the “Stewed Chicken” mini-meal and it looked delicious.

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