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JAMAICAN CUSINE - OUR MENU

Our menus are lavish and filled with creative Caribbean surprises and traditional favorites. Our recipes are national dishes, seasoned to perfection with’ a little bit a ‘dis and a little bit a ‘dat’

Calyspo Salads

Topical Jerk Chicken Salad $6.95
A mixture of green leaf, romaine, iceberg and radicchio lettuce, tossed with Island Flavors’ house dressing, cucumbers, tomato wedges and topped with warm slices of jerk chicken, fresh mango and pineapple. 

Reggae Salad 9.95
An array of fresh seasonal fruits, marinated in our special paradise dressing and served on a bed of tropical spring mix, topped with our award winning mango bread.

Lobster Bisque 8.85
Chunks of lobster and fresh vegetables, gently simmered in heavy cream, Orange zest and tomato paste then ignited with cognac.

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Sandwiches

‘Grab and Go’ Fish Sandwich (cooked to order, allow 20mins) Market Price
Fresh fish, seasoned with Island spices, sautéed and wrapped in a roti skin with lettuce, tomato and a mango-papaya salsa.

Jerk Chicken Sandwich $6.50
Juicy chunks of jerk chicken, melted jalapeno jack cheese, lettuce and tomato served on coco-bread with a side of fried plantains or fresh seasonal fruits

Jerk Pork Sandwich $6.95
Tender pieces of jerk pork served on Jamaican hardo-bread with lettuce, tomato and a side of spicy jerk sauce.

Caribbean Vegetable Wrap $7.95
Sauteed carrots, zucchini, Portobello mushrooms, yellow squash red peppers and onions wrapped in a roti skin with fresh basil and served with fried plantains.

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Irie Bites - All our Irie bites are made to order - Allow 10 mins.

Scotch Bonnet Wings  $8.95
An experience you won’t forget! Deep fried jumbo wings, tossed with our Original fiery hot scotch bonnet sauce

Conch Fritters $8.45
100% pure conch fritters, deep fried and served with our island salsa

Jamaican ‘Hot–peppa’ shrimp $7.95
Not for the faint of heart! Shrimp, tossed in our own rich spices, and lots’ a scotch bonnet pepper

Tropical Crab cakes $9.95
Two Jumbo Crabcakes seasoned with fresh thyme and island spices, then topped with our Island salsa and shrimp sauce

Amaretto Shrimp $9.95
Jumbo Shrimp, marinated in Jamaica’s own Red Stripe Beer, then breaded and dipped in sweetened coconut flakes

Helena’s Sampler Platter  $14.95
Our own scotch bonnet wings, conch fritters, amaretto shrimp and crab cakes topped with our amaretto sauce and a mango pineapple salsa.

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From 'de Caribbean Sea

Escoveitch Fish Market Price
Catch of the day, lightly seasoned with herbs and spices, deep-fried, and then marinated with a special blend of vinegar, herbs, vegetables, and Jamaican scotch bonnet peppers. Fish-lovers treat. Served with Jamaican hardough bread or bammy (bam-mie)

Curried Shrimp $11.95
Large jumbo shrimp, sautéed in our curry sauce and tossed with sugar snap peas, thyme, red  and green peppers and red onions. Served over white rice or rice and peas. 

Mango Grouper Market Price
Fresh fish, onions fresh mangos and thyme, mixed with a “little bit a dat and a little bit a dis’ then cooked in a “dutchie”. Helena’s mango sauce is then added for a rich flavor.

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From 'De Jerk Pan

“Jerk” cooking is an authentic way to cook pork, chicken, beef or seafood over a fire pit. However, it’s the special seasonings that make jerk what it is. It’s a perfect reflection of the Jamaican lifestyle- spicy, sweet hot and charismatic. This tantalizing taste will unlock a door in your taste buds you didn’t even know you closed.

Jerk Shrimp $12.95
Jerk Pork $8.95
Jerk Chicken $7.95
Jerk Fish $18.95

Served with rice and peas, tossed salad and spicy jerk sauce

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Veggie Style

Curry Vegetables $7.95
Your choice of fresh garden vegetables, tossed in a curry sauce. Served with sweet plantains. - Add Tofu $8.95

Plantain Special $5.99
Lots a plantains, served on top of rice and peas, and our house salad Served with our house dressing.

Vegetable Fritters $4.95
Seasoned dough tossed with fresh garden vegetables, then deep fried. Served with our mango-pineapple salsa

Dreaddie special $6.99
Rice and Peas, fresh vegetable medley, plantains and your choice of mild or spice sauce.

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'De Drinks

Tea $1.75	Jamaican Sodas $2.00
Free re-fills on regular coffee and tea only
Helena’s Fresh Juices
Helena’s Reggae Revenge $4.50	Mango or Guava Juice $2.50
Helena’s Tropical Fruit Punch $3.50	Fresh Carrot Juice $3.75
Sour Sop Juice $3.50 -Some Jamaicans call this juice ‘nerve juice’ because it calms your nerves

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Sugar 'N Spice

Jamaican Fruit Cake $4.95
This delicious black, rich fruit cake is steeped in the rum history of Jamaica, and is totally Mouthwatering, tantalizing and traditionally intoxicating.

Tropical Carrot Cake $2.50
Fresh Carrots, shredded and mixed with a special mix of flour, sugar coconut flakes and spices then baked to perfection.

Helena's Mango Bread – Award winning!! $2.50
Chunks of mango, coconut flakes and raisins combined in dough. Served with a drizzle of raspberry or mango sauce.

Island Style Bread Pudding – Award winning!! $3.50
Eggnog, Appleton estate special and fresh nutmeg makes this little delight a must have.

Calyspo Cake  – Award winning!! $3.50

Drunken Bananas – Award winning!! $3.50
Cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg and rum makes this banana dish an outrageous delight

Roti

Roti skin is a specific Indian bread than can be stuffed with endless choices of curry. Made to order – allow 10mins

Curry Chicken Roti $7.95
Boneless chicken cooked a thick curry sauce with potatoes, wrapped in a Roti skin, served with a tossed green salad and plantains.

Curry Goat Roti $7.95
Choice pieces of goat, cooked in a thick curry sauce with potatoes, wrapped in a Roti skin. Served with a tossed green salad and plantains.

Curry Veggie Roti $7.95
Carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and sugar snap peas, tossed in a thick curry sauce. Served with a Tossed green salad and plantains.

Can’t Decide? Get Extra or another meat for $3.50
Does NOT include seafood items

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Birds of Paradise

Brown-Stewed Chicken $8.95
Chunks of chicken browned and stewed in a special sauce. Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice, a vegetable medley or our house salad.

Calypso Curry Chicken $7.95
Choice pieces of chicken potatoes and vegetables, simmered in a thick curry sauce. Served with rice and peas, garden fresh vegetables or a tropical salad.

Jamaican Fried Chicken $7.95
Choice pieces of chicken. marinated in our special spices, then deep fried and topped with an original brown sauce. Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice, garden fresh vegetables or tossed salad

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Tropical Meat Waves

Oxtail and Beans $ 11.95
The cook’s favorite! Oxtails. stewed until tender in a rich brown sauce with spinners (dumplings), butter beans and carrots. Served with rice and peas or white rice, garden fresh vegetables or a tropical salad

Curried Goat $ 9.50
A Caribbean favorite... choice pieces of mutton, marinated with our special spices, then stewed with potatoes until tender. Served with white rice, garden fresh vegetables or our house salad.

Rum- Glazed Reggae Ribs $ 18.95
Fall off the bones half rack of our tender baby-back ribs, slow-cooked with our own Island Spices, then glazed with a tamarind/guava rum sauce.

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Pon ‘de Side

Festival (2) $2.50
Fried Plantains $1.34
Coco-Bread $1.25
Steamed Cabbage $1.50
Johnny Cakes $2.50

Traditionally served with fried fish at Hellshire Beach in Jamaica, Festival, (fried corn bread), takes its name from the annual celebration held the first weekend in August to celebrate Jamaica’s independence.

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