REAL Jamaica Street Food!! The WILD Kingston Underground!!

so we have to wait until it opens up the gas is released if the gas doesn't release it's poisonous can i eat this raw some people do eat it raw am i some people right now i'm not i'm not eater in our last caribbean series i experienced culinary extremes in the bahamas yes he's got like three of them now i'm heading just a few hundred miles away to a different world welcome to jamaica with a population of under 3 million jamaica is palpa pound one of the most iconic countries in the world famous for their athletic prowess their music and best of all their food food here goes well beyond jerk chicken it's the fruits it looks like something you would find from avatar the spices oh yes and even the species you've never seen before and i'm here to see it all today our food journey starts in the country's capital kingston my men meant we're in jamaica i can't believe it we're doing it yeah we're doing it joining me on this jamaican journey matt robinson online he goes by jamaican food boss he's a gemini he's a tour guide turned youtuber showing the best foods this country has to offer we're liquor but with talawa is what we said meaning that we're smart but we carry a lot of weight behind us i have no doubt about that there's a lot i'm gonna learn during this trip right now we have our first meal this is breakfast this is a popular soup in jamaica consisting of jerk seasonings local herbs veggies and two underutilized animal parts chicken feet and pal skin wow the savory is spicy you just feel the spice right here on the back your throne it's real hot though right oh that's just a comment though that's not from this oh jesus christ yams almost creamy different types are yum for the soup than rosy oh look at this yeah we have a lot of west african influences in our dishes the cold skin is one of them so i've had it before i mean what i had in nigeria was a little bit different pretty spicy but this one is a nice balance like still a little chewy a little gummy just water it's not talk talk about the texture right oh that's really good here the chicken points so delicious yeah it's super soft tender gelatinous and it's just soaked up all this wonderful savory spicy broth get the juice out because the broth is not good with flavor oh wow you're so good at eating man you're like my wife she eats chicken wings and like there's nothing left these are easy cuts of meat to find in jamaica a lot of people are eating that are eating it because we can't afford it but this is just a start it's just the beginning bro all right fantastic some of jamaica's best food isn't found in high-end restaurants or resorts it's served right here on the street side a convenient place for locals to pull up grab and go an unusual breakfast this morning our first vendor is serving up a species you'll only find here jamiakons will call it landcraft okay this is a jamaican mud crab so different islands have the same species there are different variations of them wait hold on let me see if i can do it i got children what's going to happen next yeah wash it off i'm putting some scotch bonnet and some real jamaican seeds some scotch oh the pepper pepper oh i thought we're getting drunk the crabs are rinsed then doused with warm water to push out any remaining dirt inside this dish and the soup we tried earlier are both made by the owner of this doll alice ma'am good morning good morning happy to be here can you tell me how long have you been here what 30 years 30 years 13 13 30 30. yeah okay i said 30. and then you repeated 30. so i thought it was wrong alice inherited these recipes and this business from her mother-in-law and she's kept it going ever since has this area changed a lot in that time yeah how's it changed sometimes we get load under that town we don't get any crap sometimes you don't have any crap yes i right now i poke i demand them poke i don't know if you make me have it i feel them jab that i didn't do i don't want got teeth i do nothing so then poke at the crab from the crate my editors are never going to be able to figure out what you're saying the crabs that she gets in our farm now jamaican crab season is due during the months that have no r in it so june july august crab season okay yeah after steam cleaning the crabs they're moved to another pot filled with scotch bonnet peppers and scallions add salt jerk seasoning and margarine powder the crabs boil and soak up these powerful flavors you have to suck out the flavor because it's cooked in a lot of seasonings with the spices of the pimento the scallion and everything oh that's so delicious yeah this is so sweet it's one of the sweetest crabs i've ever had there you go i want to live in this moment forever we'll stay in jamaica forever break off the whole claw break off the whole club and you'll knock it with the bottle this is trap dish right there hope don't yeah there you go [Music] look at that dude i tell you i'm so happy right now and he's just the first stop oh my goodness i'm saying 100 the crab itself is sweet and delicious but the seasonings it is so delicious it's sweet but it's spicy and savory all at the same time it's not a load of meat like a big leg from a king crab but it carries its way i tell you what jamaica will lick him up with tala even the crab it's small but it have a lot of way to play about it yeah i think this is a good omen for this trip i'm very excited to learn more after all of your troubles yeah for putting runoff for that one big offender thank you i have no idea what you said up and down this street you'll find staples of kingston timeless classics passed from generation to generation that epitomize the flavors that locals crave this is incredible what is going on here just a few stalls down a common breakfast that dates back to the 1800s this dish comes at you in three phases are these cucumbers yeah really i usually hate cucumbers so do i first the veggies a combination of cucumber tomato onion and thyme cook until the water vaporizes then add some oil and continue simmering it's steamy soft it's so fresh so delicious then here's the fish phase two the protein roasted salt fish that's been rehydrating for hours before finally joining the veggies the fish is salted in order for it to travel that's why we hydrate it not only to rehydrate it but also to take some of the salt open i've had something like this before actually neon they dry fish like crazy it reminds me of being there it's almost like you're eating a fish jerky which is why you have the raw see i'm witty phase three the starch two chunks of roasted yellow yam rest at the bottom of the container top that with the fish and veggies this here is a specialty that mitzi also inherited from her mother this is why them say ucn boat runs so fast when he won and got the world record yellow yummy you couldn't find it in jamaica it was so long oh i love it it's almost like this fish is like a seasoning to the whole dish because the yam is starchy it's good but there's no seasoning on that so you take a big bite of this it's chewing is super salty and then you balance it out with the yam over here it is almost shocking to me to see something this complex this deliciousness right here on the side of the street meanwhile her grill is made out of tire rims welcome to jam rack yeah dude if you want food without all the traffic buzzing by might i suggest a cook shop small diners with a rotating menu and affordable prices what's more common than street food like we had already or the cook shop like this they're both on the same connotation of level i mean some people feel for something on a certain day you wake up you want a crab you want a soup after that no this is lunch so this is actually what we would do on a regular basis today at annie's they're serving up something called aki's it's made even more special when you realize this national dish is nearly impossible to get outside of jamaica you'll see why soon that's looking good yeah i'm on but first an appetizer first of all boiled banana boiled green banana what's going on there all of this on the left side we don't call it banana we don't call it yam what we have we call it food it tastes 90 like a potato and 10 like an unripe banana oh it's good though it's very good but i noticed like there's a lot of places where the usa has a lot of bread asia has a lot of rice but so far here you just have a lot of starches food food that way then here this is the liver from what animal cauliflower coal cow cow cow these boiled green bananas are meant to be paired with this a stewed liver marinated in jamaican seasonings and cooked down in oil oh all right no this is glazed with this beautiful sweet and savory sauce it's very dense a little heavy so i can see why that would pair well with the food the food today we're in luck because this cook shop is cooking up aki and salt fish this is the country's national dish marvin yes sir and marva is here to tell me all about it pleasure to meet you do you two want to shake hands no just bust it off with my mama okay see here's the problem i feel like i'm missing out you're really connecting in a way that i can't and i think it's the way i talk it's a bit formal iguana something you have to know right now how do i say nice to meet you wag one or one one is a mixture of english spanish and the west african akan language how long they placed there 22 years all right the vocabulary and pronunciation vary quite a bit from standard english hey bless up yourself disappearances and we all agree i'm not being racist no fantastic youtube comments there you go eat it we're here for a very special reason we're here for what i'm told it's the national dish of jamaica it's called what's it called aki [Music] originally comes from africa it looks like something you would find from avatar but its seeds were brought here in the 18th century it would have been closed up on the tree right and then it pops open yeah it releases gases actually so i really scare sometimes we all release gas when we this much from this beautiful flowering fruit only one part is edible and it must be prepared carefully you have to wait until it opens out so the pot has to open before you consume it if ingested while unripe while its gases remain inside you could be victim to vomiting or worse some have even died can i eat this raw some people do eat it raw am i some people right now i'm not i'm not eater oh it tastes like boiled edamame beans well i love that this is so good yes i never eat it like that before to me that was already great but now you're going to dress it up you're going to do way more to it marvin respect and manners you're welcome preparing the aki is a time-consuming process the fleshy yellow bits must be removed from the black seed and the body of the plant now that we have our key ingredient it's time to cook first veggies are cooked in a load of oil tomatoes onions scotch bonnets and scallions are a must but don't forget the salt fish next boil the aki and add it to the main pot with a dash of black pepper the aki and saltfish are paired with some dense fried dumplings made of flour lasko milk powder and baking powder the national dish of jamaica the national this was not on the syllabus like a johnny cake it is exactly ajanicue yeah you know sometimes i do feel like a food expert you are a food expert not like i got a degree or something nowadays you get a degree with the amount of years you've been studying something or doing it as work i'm pretty sure you have your doctorate right now but you wouldn't usually eat it plain that's what goes with the akian sausage [Music] oh so good [Music] that is one of the best things i've ever had creamy smooth the flavor after it's been cooked like this it changes you're not going to like how i address it it's like canned mushrooms yeah i like canned mushrooms i don't like canned mushrooms and before it had a lot of body to it now it's like fluffy it's so soft it's creamy this is outstanding now you're getting into the google change the favorite profile by adding it to the journey [Music] like reggae music the influences that we have to jamaica aki is something that speaks jamaica every time you taste it is this something that's gone international it hasn't gone international like jerk chicken it's something that is more local but a reason for it being it's not readily grown up north or further it's specific to here nowadays you can buy canned aqui but i won't tell you right off the bat no because we want that canned mushroom flavor and that's not going to come from canned.com thank you chef big up chef the biggest stops possible that sounded more russian i'm working on it one-third of this country's population lives in this city kingston has varied culinary influences african spanish and british among them here you'll find the birthplace of jerk cooking and spices you'll find the food usain bolt eats every morning but you might also find certain offcuts that are turning on local eaters here's one now oh yeah yeah finally i get some rice what am i looking at here yeah look at some curry coffee with some broad beans these beans are so broad our last location is actually not here just a few steps away you'll find annelise restaurant catering authentic jamaican cuisine while utilizing some seriously unique cuts of meat first up curried cow foot what am i supposed to do with this that's been pressure cooked with broad beans if you're in jamaica you love that they give you that piece it's kind of like cankles look at this you got a bone right there a big cross section and then you can see the skin all around it right here oh wow it's gooey and gelatinous and spicy seasoned well it's so thick and so rich i mean it's probably 10 protein and then a lot of fat and collagen in there but i love this texture this is the kind of texture i could appreciate it when i was a bit younger i think i had to travel the world a bit more grow as on your office that is our appetizer i think from here we should go and talk to the chef and learn a lot more about this main course the main course is something tricky not everybody eat well that laugh at the end was maniacal jeff smith spent a lot of time in this kitchen but before this he worked in the backbreaking kitchens of new york when i asked him what he misses about the usa he said for today's final meal he's offering up something first of all barely recognizable i mean if salvador dali was gone and he designed a cow that's what it would look like it comes straight from the butcher like that yeah yeah did he boil it yeah and it's creepy like all this now is edible from the snout to the back of the brain and everything in between yeah so what are you gonna make from this what i'm gonna make from this i'm going to make a dish yeah all right well it's good sounds good let's get going this dish is known as cowhead brown stew what may seem unique to you is a pretty common dish in this area there's a lot of thing here that have to remove oh so you don't eat that no no so you can eat almost everything but not that part in particular this you don't eat this item all right all right so i'm cleaning it up now okay so maybe you don't eat the whole thing but okay i'm telling you you can eat a lot of it all right we got the tongue over here so this is the eye now i know for sure you can eat the eye in mexico i had we don't eat the eye oh you said we used to dissect it in school some people eat it but i don't do it like that if you don't clean it properly then you won't get a nice taste from it we want a nice one we want a nice taste all right mr smith this is fantastic i can't wait to try out this dish we'll see you soon the flavor base begins with scallions thyme onions and scotch bonnet peppers used to saturate the cow head along with jerk seasoning and browning sauce pressure cook for 15 minutes before finally adding in the beans so same rice same rice and then here you can see big thick pieces of skin they're so jelly like it's so gelatinous try it out oh it's so soft so tender we had skin earlier today also cow skin but that one was a lot more chewy this is super soft the sauce is thick rich heavy with a little bit of heat nice starchy beans than just super gelatinous wiggly-ass meat nice but what you're supposed to do is mix up everything mix it up should all balance each other out right come on everything's supposed to balance everything and come together delicious but ma'am it's a great start [Music] jamaica has a lot to offer and for this to be the start of your journey i don't think you could ask for anything more because the flavors are there the unique dishes are there part of this journey for me is cracking the code learning more about the people how is it that just such a small island can be so powerful and can produce so many icons a little what we tell our the energy the vibe of jamaica the inspiration throughout i mean you speak of bob marley's we are the birthplace of marcus garvey we have great athletes usain bolt is our living legend we have the fastest woman alive nba as well patrick ewing is jamaican so this little place has provided so many people with the opportunity to be great and it comes from within it's something that we take pride in no matter where in the world you go we represent jamaica and we always say yeah this is where the heart is and would you say sean kingston is the most iconic of all those people best ever food review show is a small team of independent creators and everything we do here works because of you guys click the link in our description to join our patreon and receive exclusive benefits of peace oh you're doing great i feel like you've handled a lot of crabs in your day yeah the right kind of crowds sorry what does that mean i'm not sure if my audience especially 12 and under knows that what do you like about cow skin it's nice wow you get you you're more sweaty than me thank you thank you yeah it was a compliment i'm falling asleep i eat so much heavy food today it's so good eventually catches up with you so what we do with this going to garbage do you have any pets at home where did you learn this recipe from just cook it nice and properly boom so that's the end of our first video here in jamaica but many more to come i want to say a huge thank you to my man right here matt respect bretta you can follow matt on youtube at jamaica food boss he has tons of fun food videos for you to see there please enjoy that is it for this one guys thank you so much for watching i will see you next time peace

Channel: Best Ever Food Review Show

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Keywords: best ever food review show, befrs team, sonny side, jamica, kingston, where to eat in jamaica, jamaican street food, best street food in jamaica, caribean country, COW SKIN & CHICKEN FOOT SOUP, BOILED CRAB WITH COCONUT & BOILED CORN, ROAST YAM & SALTFISH, STEWED LIVER WITH GROUND PROVISIONS

Id: _CfVSBKnAEE

Length: 18min 5sec (1085 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 13 2022