The Traditional Jamaican Breakfast

Callaloo and saltfish (codfish), ackee and saltfish, steamed fish, okra and boiled banana.

Fried johnny cake, boiled banana dumplings, coco bread or hard dough bread

Corn meal porridge, fried plantains.

The Continental Breakfast

Fresh fruit and toast

Coffee and juice

The Traditional American Breakfast

Pancakes, french toast, muffins

Eggs and bacon

Omelettes: Spanish or cheese & onion 

Oatmeal, cold cereals

Lunch

Salads

Macaroni salad with tuna, eggs, cheese crab salad with excelsior crackers, chicken salad, lobster salad

Soups

Vegetable soup, red pea soup, pepper pot soup

Sandwiches

Ham and cheese, chicken salad, fried egg sandwich, hot dogs, hamburgers, beef patties and coco bread, callaloo patties, vegetable patties

Dinner

Seafood

Lobster with garlic butter sauce, curry lobster, grilled lobster, stuffed sea crab in shells, curried conch, conch soup, Escovitch fish (made w/Scotch bonnet peppers, vinegar & onions. Served with bread or rice), steamed fish with okra, brown stewed fish, baked fish filets, sliced or whole fish depending on availability.

Chicken

Jerk chicken on charcoal grill, brown stew chicken, curry chicken, fried chicken, baked chicken, turkey

Meats

Roast beef, curry goat, roast pork, baked ham, leg of lamb,

steaks, pepper steak

Pasta

Spaghetti with meat sauce or vegetable sauce, fettucini bowtie pasta with shrimp or lobster,

Macaroni and cheese

Vegetables

Garden salads, string bean salad, steamed cabbage, steamed callaloo cho-cho and carrot, stuffed cho-cho, rice and peas, pumpkin, rice, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes

Desserts

Custard Fresh fruits Cookies and cakes Ice cream

Restaurants

The restaurant business anywhere is tough. A few places have stood the test of time: