they only gave us two forks why'd they do that yeah but you have a chopstick
what's up y'all hey everyone i'm super excited about this one today we've been wanting to do it
for the longest time we'll try out some jamaican food properly here in jamaica queens today with
our friend jason listen listen i'm excited we're getting the ball rocking and rolling
we're in the heart of one of the richest caribbean neighborhoods that you have in new york and we're
going to try at some really dope spots and see what they think jason you are jamaican right
let's make sure you can check the passport if need be i'm from there and i came up here all
right and now we're in jamaica queens let's do it let's do it what's your favorite peruvian spot
i tried the school right over there it was good fishing that yeah it was good you know a lot
the door what do you recommend from there i recommend the steam fish
let's keep using one rice yeah
that sounds good
this one yeah jamaica flavor that's the name of it thank you thank you the door
what do you get from chicken curry chicken fried chicken shrimp everything yeah
what do you get from there
the door what's your favorite dish right there awesome nice thank you
the door what's your favorite thing from there i like a drink chicken
out there definitely i recommend it we're here we're checking out the
smokehouse looking forward to seeing you there let's see how they compare
the smoke house authentic jamaican jerk and southern barbecue
this right here i grew up on this this is this is childhood the clown is all here all right so
we're going to try some jerk pork festival oxtail with rice and peas we don't say peas and rice it's
rice and peas only okay rice and beans rice and beans no it's rice and peas that's it no other way
which is our traditional grapefruit soda all right so let's open this up oh wow it's honestly not too
expensive this is like a little over twenty dollars it comes with drinks that's gonna
fill us up pretty well yeah the only thing is they only gave us two forks you have chopsticks
she said look you got the backup so it doesn't matter so how's your spice tolerance
oh man not that high but to enjoy the meal i think i'm gonna have to do it
okay okay so the actual jerk pork itself is not crazy which is great oh this is made with love
and there's levels to this right this is soft tender well-seasoned soaked and seasoning meat
right here and then what you have over here is oxtail that's plantain of course you have
a little bit of steamed cabbage look at that steam coming rice and peas it's rice and peas
oh i see the peas yeah and they also have butter bean mixed with the oxtail that's the big beans
that you see over there and then this is just some sauce this isn't really spicy or it might
be actually enjoy the jerk pork and then you can try one by dipping it in the sauce so go ahead
oh that's a big piece you want to try it with the fat in there too
yeah just grab a piece all right grab this piece right here and it's a salsa must try it
first without the sauce and then the second piece definitely tried with the sauce cheers bro cheers
soft flavorful the smoke yeah man that's everything right there
she got the best piece right there she got the full mix yeah now you want to try it
with the sauce it's rich right yeah that spice and smoke is coming through my nose
does the spice really well yeah i like the flavor i never had pork done like this it's amazing even
when i cook out barbecues you don't really barbecue pork you know right not really no
not really exactly because this is more like in jamaica even they actually smoked this on wood so
they throw the pork onto wood that's also soaked in seasoning wow so stuff yeah man it's made with
love man this is so good it's good for it it's not like fatty this is probably healthy too are you
go ahead it's like a sweet barbecue sauce it works really well ooh they gave us something extra oh
this is called hardware bread actually why is it called that because it's amazing this is
like another staple in jamaica like in jamaica you would have hard dough bread with something called
nestle it's not like chocolate but it's like very similar to chocolate though it has like a
chocolate taste and people just eat that with this and then that would be like their meal for the day
but like it's delicious you just have to rip a piece off okay you'll feel the texture and you'll
be like oh oh yeah it's not hard yeah right so it's not hard at all no lime sauce that's just the
name of it now try that with the jerk pork oh okay oh my god oh good oh good listen it's the food
you'll get lost in the sauce look at that look at that wow then you have this piece actually enjoy
it enjoy it you have to it's a jamaican experience all right cheers let's do it yeah cheers
i don't know i don't know the bread makes me feel less guilty about eating all that pork
you know oh man it's amazing yeah i could have the rest of that with this bread oh actually
with the festival you all need to have the festival we got the festival here
we're gonna try some of this festival with the remaining two pieces of the jerk pork
you two explorers are going to indulge in one piece of this i'm an og so i just wanted to
share their initial experience but try it out rip off a piece eat it by itself and then try it with
the jerk pork okay obviously i'm not a big fan of bready stuff but the name festival got me really
cheap and i stopped thinking about it okay thank you very much it smells really good yeah sweet
yeah it's cakey it smells cakey it's like sweet popeye's biscuit from the smell of it no man
this is this this this ain't even that because i don't eat the biscuits so listen wait wait
you taste it you ready ready mmm great ready wow it's not too sweet it's actually pretty
fun to eat it's not like only one pizza it's so heavy you could stuff a whole meal of this
i can see jason just sitting at home and just chewing on this all day
man it's addicting now if you want a flavor explosion you got the sauce ready with the
jerk pork you're going to see what this does all right you got to mix it man rich flavor
all right pork and festival festival that's it that's it it's a party it's a flavor sensation
this is good it's like a rich pulled pork sandwich yeah but sweetened i'm jamaican
there's a spot in jamaica in montego bay called port pitt once you go there we went to montego
actually yeah but we've never been to them oh man once you go there you're always gonna go back it's
crazy the flavor down there makes this jerk pork like feel like it's on steroids down there wow
that's how amazing it is and you get the red stripe with it up here you don't get the red
stripe the red shark's like a hoppy bear you have that with the meal you're officially a
nationalized citizen wow yeah it's so smoky it's like a whole new possibility i've got jason stop
besting me but now that i taste it like okay there could be another whole dimension there's
a whole other dimension to this yeah man so what we're gonna have next is like a nice little
traditional soda cleanser we're going to have a nice little sip of some ting
the things happen so interesting yeah just have a little ting you see me have a little
thing and then get to the next recipe yes i don't know you're like what thing what
the things that's it so it's a twist cap they made it nice and simple so you can twist off
this cap get a little smoke coming from there all right jason let's do it up the tank top and go
it's good it's like sprite but citrusy oh yeah
that sounds good yeah yeah it's nice i grew up on this like my whole childhood it's like addicting
much better sprite i guess it's like a seven up but even more citrusy than seven up that's a good
way to i love it it's just it's just a grapefruit man just adds a slight little alteration to it
and now we have some oxtail so the oxtail is bony what we had was just like chopped up meat right
but this had like an actual bone in it because oxial is an actual tail of an ox chinese people
put it in soup usually that's interesting i didn't know that so i'm learning something too
okay cool cool so you're familiar with yeah version all right cool well i'm version oxtail
gonna go after you go this is your first experience i want
you to have indulge yes go ahead i mean go foot yeah there you go there you go
oh nice easy to eat even though there's bones the meat comes right off let me try let me try
that's it that's it that's some fancy stuff it does taste fancy we put this like michelin star
restaurant there oh this is some fancy jamaican stuff yeah yeah i believe it if you go to a
jamaican restaurant this is probably the most like priciest thing they'll have on the menu for sure
hands down they like pressure cook the meat so the meat is tender so they put it in like a pressure
pot and then once it's tenderized then they like stew it and then they mix with all the flavors
in the seasoning very tender tendons in there there's like everything in there it's legit you
gotta try the butter beans too butter beans are definitely part of the equation for sure so even
though you're trying the meat you definitely have to mix it with the rice and peas rice and peas
rice you're going to go up at every restaurant say rice and peas i could eat keto for my whole life
we're just staring at him
this is fascinating stuff you tell this guy eats it
all right now step two is the butter beans even just the gravy with the cabbage and the
rice and peas you wanna give that try all right yeah rice and absolutely and cabbage
we got some butter oh wow it's really buttery it just feels like silky now this one is that
one over there no i think it's just a carrot you gotta find another butter bean man jason wants me
to eat my vegetables you listen you gotta get your greens in there rice this is like halal
guys the jamaican version right it's good wow that caribbean spice everything everything just inhale
it man good stuff yeah i never knew what to get in this area but now i know yeah mcdonald's i'm
coming here listen go straight up there i want tang ox tail with rice and peas give me that and
that jerk pork i'll get that yeah so you guys are going to enjoy this later oh yeah yeah whenever
you go to the doors all right let's finish this up and let's head to the next spot all right
all right we asked quite a few people and everyone said the door is the spot here the
smoke house is really good so i'm looking forward to another recommendation this is definitely
without a doubt one of the top spots in queens you gotta check it out if you're not from here
i would highly recommend you check out the doors
this is definitely something that i have around all holidays and the jamaican culture
called sorrow you mix it with some ginger and a little bit of ramen and vodka it's
just a delicious treat but this is definitely not confused with any kind of alcohol alcohol
what is this place jason this is like the staple of this area when it comes to like food
you're getting clothing it's just really convenient you've got your little 99 cent
oh there's a new sneaker store right here
i think i haven't bought a pair of sneakers this is pretty eye-opening
all right what do we have here so this is curry go white rice and steamed cabbage try it out with
some sorrow we're gonna have a little festivities for the holidays we got the most expensive items
there already at that store this plate was from the door pricing is definitely slightly above the
last place or the other places around the area and how much is this drink that drink was 550 a pound
something and the line is still out the door so it's worth it quality stuff here the main
restaurant next to it was really nice oh yeah the diamond part the dining section all right
try this out there in the palace oh yeah all right you two go first all right makeover you're gonna
you're gonna love this and then with curry goat you want to go with white rocks
it's a better balance you'll understand once you dive in go for me all right
whoa it's chewy yeah the curry is really flavorful have you had like other like both
or similar yeah well how is it i like it oh it's very hard to get it right yeah yeah yeah
wow super soft it's so rich yeah
let me try some rice and veggie with that curry sauce would you speak with a vegetarian jamaican
person he loves the vegetable with the curry sauce it's good vegetarian option is really good
what are you talking about in terms of vegetarian we asked like a vegetarian person he's like i
don't really eat meat but he goes to the place also he gets the veggie stuff yeah for the flavor
right yeah it's not like oh you feel like you're eating something completely vegan there's no like
where it tastes to it it's just the thing without the meat in terms of everything that you've tried
today what do you feel is definitely the thing that hits you that's a good question
what is my answer it's definitely that pork yeah they're all really good i think i like the oxtail
a lot but actually the part was really good yeah maybe we were biased because it was our first
fight but i'm sure it was pretty darn good yeah now they're all really good it's hard to choose
this is really good too yeah i also really like tanks things is zesty you still have the sauron
yeah you got to try this one that's true what is your favorite dish yeah it all depends i rotate
them all the time but these are like my top three oh thank you the oxtail and the jerk pork
jason went through a whole circle i'm gonna get the drift chicken i'm gonna get this i'm gonna get
that anyway it came back to this it's hard to chew these restaurants definitely do a good job so like
whatever you're choosing from it's a good safe bet and it might sound a little
weird but like the customer service is actually really nice it's not an area that people with
the tourists come to you know but they were really nice really sweet it's inviting yeah
yeah very inviting honestly but there are some days they can be completely yeah it goes to the
territory but i expected that this is one of the traditional drinks around thanksgiving christmas
all the holidays where the families come together it's usually blended with extra ginger
and then some rum but right now we have the pure sorrow that we're gonna try out
that's the same price as five and a half hours on iced tea so it better be good all right go for it
wow i like that cake it tastes healthy but really good too wow that ginger makes me feel
like i can't get sick wakes you up yeah i like it it's like a health drink yeah but i think all the
hipsters you know they took those from here yeah they made those five dollar ten dollar drinks
yeah the um the kombucha yeah it's like that but better i don't like kombucha i like this let's go
it's like choose it's like that this would pets like a ginger i don't know it's juicy it's it's
addicting to be honest man it's all rich strong flavor stuff even the drinks so do you make this
at home yeah i mean you can there's homemade ones and that's even stronger this is just like a mild
introduction you can get like a stronger kick from the ginger and then infuse it with rum
that's the home remedy right there like you'll never be sick you have fun and you don't get sick
you have fun and you don't get sick it tastes so good and it tastes good yeah at the same time
i feel like everything i've like exposed you guys to today you've been like staring at like
now i know what to order yeah we're going to jamaicans we're not noobs anymore sorrow that's it
all right guys that was a lot of fun thank you jason for helping us skip through
golden cross and go straight for the real stuff actually i never tried golden crust before so i
do want to try golden custard listen i'm more than happy if you're looking for a jamaican tour guide
to show you some bomb food items i'm here you can reach out to me at jason st patrick on instagram
or any other platform listen ben's been a pleasure ming's been awesome i hope i get to see you guys
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