Island Spice Grill and Lounge

Today some friends and I grabbed lunch at a new Caribbean place that just opened recently called Island Spice Grill and Lounge. The atmosphere is really fun and the food is pretty good.

On Fridays they have live reggae, Saturdays a DJ, and jazz musicians for Sunday brunch.

This is one of my lunch buddies, Zackanarnius. It's not her real name, but only a Twitter alias. Feel free to follow her. She loves to tweet about funky stuff. Zack enjoys Internet stalkers as much as I do. Heh!

I started out with some Jamaican Johnny Cakes. I've always heard my co-worker (who's from the Virgin Islands) talk about her mom's Johnny Cakes. What can I say?? They're little fried dough balls of goodness. My friend and I took up dipping them in granulated sugar. I'm sure if the chef had seen us, he would have been shaking his head.

My other camera shy lunch buddy ordered the Curry Goat with sauteed cabbage and carrots, white rice, and a piece of fried plantain. Apparently it was really good because he was sucking the bones dry and was tempted to lick the plate.

I ordered the Curry Fish with white rice, and sauteed cabbage and carrots. I'm not exactly sure what kind of fish it was. I'm thinking Tilapia. The curry flavor wasn't too strong. I'm not all that familiar with Jamaican cuisine, but I think it would have been even better if it were spicy. But then again, I'm known for hitting the hot sauce bottle. Sometimes I even like a little food with my hot sauce. Next time I go back, I'll man up and try the curry goat.