One of the things I love about this list adventure is that it takes me to places I would never normally enter. Like this little hole in the wall bakery in the middle of Flatbush (an area of Brooklyn I have not spent much time in). I’d probably walk by in another circumstance and not even notice the place.
Jamaican Pride is a take-out Jamaican deli/bakery with zero reviews on yelp. Zero! That means this place is “undiscovered”. How very exciting!
They had a handwritten menu on the wall, listing a number of different patty options. We came for the chicken patty, so we easily ordered it from the sweet lady behind the counter who told us they had just come out of the oven.
There wasn’t much activity (aside from a few kids waiting on their order) and even less seating options. So we headed back into the cold and decided to eat our list item on the subway platform (even though the station was outdoors).
The patty certainly warmed us up. The golden pastry flaked away as I took my first few bites. Inside, I discovered a warming, rich filling of ground chicken and lots of Jamaican spices – with a hint of curry. It definitely had more than a little heat. It made me think of a chicken pot pie meets a Hot Pocket. The flavors were all tasty, but I did wish there were some more vegetables and textures.
It was a nice little afternoon snack and I was thrilled to enjoy a little taste of a cuisine and neighborhood that I don’t normally flock to. Thanks, Time Out New York!
Would Jamaican Pride’s Chicken Patty make my Top 100 of the year? I give it a worthy 7 out of 10 mainly because it was an exciting new discovery and while it had some intense, warming flavors, it didn’t wasn’t more than well-made twist on a Hot Pocket.
