Matt M.
Yelp
I really enjoyed my experience here: fresh and delicious food, very adequate portions, prompt and friendly service, protein options for vegetarians, fresh juices and baked goods, good reggae music playing in the background. The premises was clean, well staffed and everyone was following health protocols, wearing masks and gloves.
I often pick something very humble, like cabbage, as a culinary weathervane, my guide to determine the care and love put into the food at a restaurant. If the basic staples are neglected, bland or overlooked, this bodes badly for the rest of the menu; for as we know, a house cannot stand without a solid foundation, and the winds of Yelp reviews shall dash it upon the rocks of our brutal economy.
The cabbage here was the rock of ages, a solid foundation for a menu, perfectly cooked and well seasoned, moist, revelatory, proving once again that it's often the unassuming under-spoken little person that'll surprise you as the toughest fighter, not the loudest person with the biggest muscles (Jerk Chicken, Braised Oxtail, Curry Goat). When done properly, as it was here, cabbage is mighty.
With just the Rice and Peas and Cabbage alone I would have been happy, but with some Plantains, Beyond Meat Patties, and Curry, I temporarily found a deep sense of inner peace, a little spring of joy inside me to water my parched soul, true comfort food.