Drink It! Applaud It!

Thursday Food takes you back to the 23rd staging of the Jamaica Observer Table Talk

Food Awards held Thursday, September 29 at Devon House. We feature more of the sights and fare.

The Tourism Enchancement Fund Menu offerings:

Chef Oji Jaja for Ashebre

• Strawberry shrimp ceviche — guacamole, shaved radish, alfalfa sprouts, breadfruit crumble

• Blackened chicken thighs, smoked breadfruit purée and strawberry gastrique

Pure Chocolate Ja

• Cream puff filled with strawberry blue cheese, white chocolate and almond

• Strawberry pink pepper mousse with dark chocolate

• Strawberry white chocolate balsamic vinegar lollipops

Mastercard Menu offerings:

Summerhouse

• Salt fish

Pickled Herring, Pick Up Salt Fish, Marlin Ceviche, Root Chips, Crostini

• Mezze

Scotchie Tomato Corn Salsa, Curried Ackee, Creamy Callaloo Dip, Crostini

• Pastelitos

Plantain and Chicken, Curried Pumpkin, Garlic-Lime Sauce

• Sliders

Jerked Sausage, Plantain, Scotchie Aioli, Coffee BBQ Sauce, Caramelised Onions

Uncorked

• Snapper Ceviche with cruncy banana chips

• Quinoa salad with beetroot hummus in parmesan crisp cup

• Mini Karla…Sweet potato mash topped with satuéed snapper and “Scotchie Skellie” mix

The Tourism Enchancement Fund (TEF) booth executed by Everything Grand Ideas Ltd (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

Chef Oji Jaja adds the final touches to the strawberry shrimp ceviche inside the Tourism Enchancement Fund booth.m (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Blackened chicken thighs, smoked breadfruit purée and strawberry gastrique by Chef Oji JajaNaphtali Junior

Strawberry shrimp ceviche — guacamole, shaved radish, alfalfa sprouts, breadfruit crumble by Chef Oji JajaNaphtali Junior

Cream puff filled with strawberry blue cheese, white chocolate and almond by Pure Chocolate Ja (Photo: Naphtali Junior)

Strawberry white chocolate balsamic vinegar lollipops by Pure Chocolate JaNaphtali Junior

Mixologist Patrick Campbell adds Wray & Nephew white overproof rum to the Strawberry Temptation.Naphtali Junior

[Mastercard]The Mastercard booth executed by Martin Lewis Productions (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

[Mastercard]Architect and principal of TJK Architectural Designs Tia Johnson accepts a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from Mastercard bartender Ian Morrison. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

[Mastercard]Alicia Thomas (left), wealth manager, Sagicor Investment receives a serving of Quinoa Salad with Beetroot Hummus in Parmesan Crisp Cup from Uncorked Chef Kathy Evelyn. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

[Mastercard]Sliders — jerked sausage, plantain, scotchie aioli, coffee BBQ sauce, and caramelised onions by Summerhouse (Photo: Naphtali Junior)

[Mastercard]Pastelitos — plantain and chicken, curried pumpkin and garlic-lime sauce from Summerhouse (Photo: Naphtali Junior)

Strawberry pink pepper mousse with dark chocolate by Pure Chocolate Ja (Photo: Naphtali Junior)