I have read on TripAdvisor that beef in Jamaica is not good. Not even hamburgers. Is this true? I'm not a big seafood person (except lobster & maybe shrimp) and don't even try to get me to try goat. Not gonna happen!
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I have read on TripAdvisor that beef in Jamaica is not good. Not even hamburgers. Is this true? I'm not a big seafood person (except lobster & maybe shrimp) and don't even try to get me to try goat. Not gonna happen!
Beef (steak in particular) is not as good in Jamaica as it is in the States. I do like hamburgers, beef patties, and spaghetti with ground beef in the sauce though. Try some ox tails!
SeaStar and AhhBees both have good burgers.
We don't eat at Burger King here in the states but the burgers we had at the one in Negril were great!! We have had good roasts and steak at Hedo,not sure about other places because we usually stick to jerk chicken and also conch.
My husband had a very tasty & tender rib-eye at Xtabi & we happen to like the burgers @ BK, too :p
Was this some generic Website for Trip advisor on Beef around the Caribbean or what ? Let's see any & all Beef Patties i ahve eaten seem to taste all right - Burgers at Sunset after Dark (made from fresh ground beef daily!) are legend 'wait for it' dary!! And we pick up Ground Mince (burger) at Mega mart and make tacos and spaghetti sauce at least once during the trip each year ! It is a bit more pricey compared to the Fish And chicken because of supply and demand but a blanket statement saying it is not good sounds like someone was looking for a Striploin steak or prime rib and did not fancy what they received!
Creasemon, I read it in the Negril forum. The guy said... "I think beef is a little sketchy in Jamaica. My wife had a unique watermelon beef rib dish at Rockhouse (one of the best restaurants in Negril by many) and while good the beef taste like ox to me (gamey). And for the love of Pete don't order a burger anywhere". And another person said..."Most burgers in JA are a mix of meat and have some soy in them - similar to other caribbean spots, I wouldn't recommend trying them". I wont let that stop me from trying it. Just thought I'd see if that's the majority consensus. Hmmm...better yet, I'll let my husband be the guinea pig / taste tester first!:)
Burger is not always found in Jamaica. When we started going to Negril 8 years ago, we didn't eat any burger there it was not always found. Last year when we went we had a burger at Canoe and it was wonderful. We don't eat alot of it out there, we can always have it at home. We eat food in Negril, that we don't always get at home.
K.B. - Have no concern at Sunset After Dark (across from Negril Hardware and the al ages school) . Chef Patick is a Jamaican Canadian and we have watched him ground up the beef making his burgers. Last year he even brought down a bunch of Alberta Grade 'A' striploins from Edmonton where he lives , frozen in a block and thawed them on request. My wife had one with brandied shrimp and thought she had died and gone to heaven. There will cetainly be some fillers added to the Mince but cooked properly we have never thought it tasted unusual in any way.
I know a little off topic, but goat is very tender and quite tasty. Too bad it has so many bones. But do yourself a favor and at least give it a try.
The only beef we eat in Jamaica is in patties.
Regards,
Bob
We thought the cheeseburgers at Country Country were very good ! Like Andrew Zimmerman says "If it looks good...EAT IT !"
Going since mid 80's when the beef tasted like crap, it was over-spiced when made into hamburger......over the years the beef has gotten really better....I have no problem with it at all.....the beef is somewhat dry as it doesn't have a lot of fat in it....more like lean ground round......
The BK taste like Chicago-New York or wherever.......
Serious Chicken has a roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and real gravy...taste just like "MOM's.....
and if you have a kitchen and or a grill...making hamburgers yourself and really slow cooking them with keep the fat content taste in the beef...it will taste as good as your used to.....the names of the beef dinners may be misleading so if in doubt....ask how its made first...I have ordered Meatloaf..but it was so over-spiced that I didn't care for it........
But its all good....cant go wrong with chicken cooked over a open fire, outdoors..........:)
Surprisingly timely topic. I recently purchased 2 lbs of mince beef from the meat market behind the cashpot in town. It looked, smelled and cooked up nice (I make a simple kind of meatloaf). It was very lean and absorbed all the butter I cooked it in. I will buy it again.
I agree with Bob - don't knock the goat 'til you've tried it!
hey it's the islands and you usually eat like the locals when you der.....it's not like if you are in N America......
there is fish, chicken, lobster, goat, pork and more chicken...for mi beef means Oxtail in Jamaica....
in the 80's wi were stuck with Jamaican beef and it was as tuff as nails.....trust mi....
nowadays they import a lot of beef into Jamaica from N America......
so it's not much of a problem anymore getting half decent beef........
being in Jamaica and eating foreign beef these days is kinda against mi religion.....plus it's very expensive
but if you want the best beef....go to Kuyaba and get their Steak dinner or Steak Kabobs......
good burgers to be had at SeaStar and their huge....but mi usually opt for their great chicken wings
Cool Runnings, Marko
You haven't lived until you try some curry goat. One of my favorite dishes on the island.
Ivan,s has a great steak!
Seastar has roast beef in the buffet, and a real good burger on the menu.
Sunset after dark , and several other places have good burgers.
Look; things have changed in Jamaica. Good Cheeseburgers are not difficult to find. Seastar highly recommended but even a dozen years ago Bar-b-barn had great charbroiled hamburgs.
Jamaica's Burger King's have posters that boast only Jamaican Beef is used.
As long as it's cooked to 160 degrees in the middle (c); don't worry.
HUSH your-mouth(s), people...!!... PLEASEQuote:
Originally Posted by NikkiB
for me, the less-folks wanting/eating/liking goat-meat the better, for me.
it makes me so mad, when i go someplace and all the curried goat is gone --- SOLD OUT...!!!...
:-(
as for the beef, some of the BEST-tasting beef I've EVER had in my life was at a country-side wake.
Once upon a time, during an early in the morning jog, i saw a pretty-pretty almost-blond colored cow tied to a tree.
About 3-4 hours later the cow was gone.
I asked:::>> "..where's the cow..??.."
the answer was:::>> "..in the freezer, to be served at the wake tomorrow.."
OF COURSE i scurried to that wake ---- as mentioned, 'twas the BEST-EVER..!!..
goat-wise, don't eat those cute little critters ---- it taste nasty ... you won't like it.
Go to a Jamaican-wedding, and do-try the mannish water (i.e., a type of soup) ---- made with a nice goat-head in a big pot:::: horns, eyeballs, tongue, everyting, without the goat-smiling (of course) --- yummy stuff
again::::>>> DO NOT mess with the curried goat...!!!.. [[[ please, please, pretty-please ]]]
Haha Smith 744 You wont like it!! That's what we always told our kids when we didn't want them to try something......didn't take them long to figure that out......
We generally do not eat a lot of beef while on the island. It's always been good --if very lean-- every time I've had it however. As far as goat, on our first trip to the island, we went horseback riding... My wife's topped to take a picture of a goat in someone's front yard... The guide said "you just photographed their Christmas dinner". The look on my wife's face was priceless.
Are you saying you have a beef with their beef ?
Jamaica has regulated their beef import for many years after the mad cow outbreak in other countries. When I lived there and tried to find 'hamburger' meat - they didn't know what I was talking about ... they call it 'minced' beef :) It does taste a little different, and I had to get used to it before I appreciated it. Couple reasons it tastes different, it's a different breed of cattle than most of us are used to. Most of their beef is the Red Poll, a breed that does well in their climate (I think it was first introduced from New Zealand). Another reason it tastes different, it grazes on Jamaican flora ... different than the grain-fed, or range-fed beef we're used to (you don't see too many bales of hay in Jamaica). It's diet is what gives it its 'gamey' flavor. It's also more lean than most the beef we're used to .... the cows just don't get as fat as the ones here in N. America. In general, their beef is probably more wholesome, healthy, & safe than ours in the States (as long as it's cooked sufficiently). I recommend you try it if you haven't.
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Are you saying you have a beef with their beef ?
Okay! Okay! I'll try the goat! They're just so damn cute :( We've never been to The Caribbean, only Mexico so I'm excited about tasting new foods. I WILL be adventurous!!! (maybe not so much with mushrooms though...I hear they're "different" in Jamaica??)
jamaica beef the best..grass feed and happy cows....trus me...
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Eat more Chicken!!!!!
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I totally agree with Bob I never tried goat and the thought of eating goat was not an option for me until I tried it in Negril...now its my favorite! I still dont eat it at home only in JA...so don't knock it until u try it.:oQuote:
Originally Posted by rjonsun
I don't eat goat at home because local vendors get $18/lb for it. Love goat curry and wanted to try making it myself, but I can't bring myself to pay filet mignon prices for meat that should be relatively inexpensive. I've eaten good burgers in JA, but I can get good burgers in the states so I'd rather eat a good goat curry.
I don't do beef very often. More of a Sunday dinner kind of thing, a nice NY strip. Husband does seafood wherever he goes, so he does the same in Negril. Hamburgers are a summer holiday picnic food and I wouldn't order one on vacation, for sure. We did the all inclusive at Charela Inn on our last trip and they had beef tenderloin in a mushroom sauce that was spectacular. There was always too much food at any meal while there but I finished a very generous portion of the beef, completed by using the bread for the sauce! We usually ordered two different entrees each night but the tenderloin night we both had it and both more than enjoyed it. I think that probably was the only beef we have had in Jamaica, besides a patty. We don't do pizza or Italian/pasta in Negril, either. We love jerk, curry, stew, thermidor, rundown. Can be chicken, seafood, goat or ox. Its all good. And we love all the soups and salads! In all our trips to Jamaica we have never had a bad meal, in all honesty. Lucky, I guess.
Ive had one of the best burgers Ive ever had anywhere and that was Ahh Bees. Gotta say though. Went to Ricks and had a burger there and it was excellent. But! We went back to Ricks for dinner one night and I had a steak and it was probably the worst steak I have ever had. Ive heard Ivans does a good steak. I dont do a lot of seafood but that was easily fixed with all the chicken dishes and of course jerk pork. You dont need to do beef while in Negril, but you can. Ill be back in early November and plan to make Ahhh Bees and Ricks one of my first spots for an awesome burger. One of the best Jerk chicken I had was at the Barrel outside of No Limits.
i have had better burgers in Jamaica than here in the states and the burgerking burgers in negril r fantastic