03-11-2016, 06:48 PM
The basic rule hasn't changed for me for 30+ years - never go anywhere too hungry. I have noticed some improvement on wait times for food orders but every now and then one of my favorite restaurants "slip up" and leave me hanging for an hour or more. But none as consistently as 3 Dives - for that reason I have not gone there in 7 years.
"Back in the day" I learned the magic words: "What's ready"? That question in "real" Jamaican restaurants would produce the answers - Brown Stew this and that, Fried Chicken, Curry something. Anything else was made to order and back then anything made to order you'd wait for for hours.
These days more restaurants still cook to order and many manage to get food out in a timely manner (for Jamaica, lol). Jus Natural is a good example of that.
Its just something I've learned to accept and even embrace in Jamaica. Fast food, aside from Burger King or a Patty of course, just does not exist there and I enjoy that change of pace. I won't lie, I get aggravated when extreme waits are involved (over an hour) but if I'm with a group of friends and a constant stream of cocktails we are able to find the humor in it.
"Back in the day" I learned the magic words: "What's ready"? That question in "real" Jamaican restaurants would produce the answers - Brown Stew this and that, Fried Chicken, Curry something. Anything else was made to order and back then anything made to order you'd wait for for hours.
These days more restaurants still cook to order and many manage to get food out in a timely manner (for Jamaica, lol). Jus Natural is a good example of that.
Its just something I've learned to accept and even embrace in Jamaica. Fast food, aside from Burger King or a Patty of course, just does not exist there and I enjoy that change of pace. I won't lie, I get aggravated when extreme waits are involved (over an hour) but if I'm with a group of friends and a constant stream of cocktails we are able to find the humor in it.
"Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."
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