Three dishes which Hotel Four Seasons will be serving for Kingston Restaurant Week. From left, the fillet of fresh salmon steak, garlic shrimp, smoked pork loin with champagne cabbage and black forest cake. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
As we continue to salivate in anticipation of this year's Gleaner-sponsored Kingston Restaurant Week (KRW), organised by Stephanie Scott of SSCO Event Planners. Here are five more participating restaurants. The package includes discounted and fixed prices for a choice of appetiser, main course and dessert. Remember that beverages, gratuity and GCT are additional.
(Savoury Category $1,300)
German sisters Helga Stoeckert and Christa Lund arrived in Jamaica in 1958 with their mother. They came on visitors' visas but realised that, "Jamaica didn't need tourists, but food!" They hired a German sausage maker to prepare smoked meats and established the Tip Top restaurant on Half-Way Tree Road. "It used to be the meeting place for all the big shots. Everyone met at Tip Top," says Helga triumphantly.
In 1964, they left behind the old location, along with its name, and moved to Ruthven Road to develop Hotel Four Seasons and restaurant, newcomers to Kingston Restaurant Week.
To date, the restaurant maintains its old-school dining room, seating up to 120 patrons. The menu, available at dinner time and weekend lunches, offers Jamaican cuisine, steaks, European dishes, 'slim gourmet' options, 14 different cakes, and assorted pies. During the week, you'll eat a hearty lunch from the buffet for $886 per head. And if you simply fancy cocktails and light snacks, there is an intimate pub-like bar across the hallway. Both are non-smoking, but there are smoking tables on the patio at the hotel's entrance.
The hotel prides itself on providing a venue for weddings and other functions. There are also three conference rooms which can be hired for these purposes, as well as for smaller business meetings or parties. The Jamaican German Society uses their hospitality for their weekly Friday Evening Fish Fry. Helga insists that anyone can come. She'll charge you by the fish and let you bring your own liquor!
- Emma Sharp
DELECTABLE:$2,500
Café Aubergine
Columbus Restaurant -Jamaica Pegasus
Hilton Palm Court
Jewel of India
Mac's Chop House
Norma's on the Terrace
RedBones Blues Café
Regency Room - Terra Nova
Strawberry Hill
SAVOURY: $1,300
Bamboo Village
Carlos Café
Cuddy'z
China Express
Grog Shoppe
Guilt Trip
Habibi Latino
Hotel Four Seasons
Jade Garden
Kabana
Melting Pot - Knutsford Court Hotel
Morgan's Harbour Hotel and Marina
Prendy's on the Beach
Restaurant Cocoro
Rib Kage Bar and Grill
Susie's Bakery and Coffee Bar
TGI Friday's
Whitebones Seafood Restaurant
Acropolis Gaming Suites
TASTY: $1,100
Golden Bowl
Golden Gate Restaurant
Lyme Key Restaurant and Bar
The Reef Seafood Restaurant and Bar
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