The Jamaican Eight
About Us
At The Jamaican Eight, we're passionate about bringing authentic Caribbean flavours from Jamaica to the hungry people of Amsterdam.
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Many Dutch people know famous Jamaicans like Usain Bolt, Bob Marley and Sean Paul but the rich food culture these icons love, is almost unknown in the Netherlands. We're here to change that.
Our name, The Jamaican Eight, references the eight ingredients that are central to almost every dish in Jamaican cuisine; white onions, spring onions, garlic, ginger, thyme, scotch bonnet chilli, black pepper and Jamaican pimento (all spice).
Learn more about our Jamaican inspired meat and vegan friendly dishes below.
Our Jerk Marinade
What is Jerk? Jerk is both a style of cooking and a marinade used to flavour meats and vegetables that has a 400+ year history in Jamaica.
The Jerk items on our menu are marinated for 48 hours in our homemade Jerk marinade and then smoked and grilled on our traditional oil drum BBQs for the incredible sweet, spicy and smoky flavour that is quintessentially Jamaican. Bumboclaat!
Our Curries and Stews
Our menu boasts delicious curries and stews for meat eaters and vegans.
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Try something new with our Jamaican curry goat or oxtail stew. We debone these expensive cuts of meat in some of our dishes to give you a flavour explosion without the hassle of bones. These dishes are absolute favourites for anyone who knows Jamaican food.
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Our vegan friends can choose our red lentil and spinach or sweet potato and red bean curries for the same flavour bomb from our homemade curry powder, accompanied by the eight herbs and spices that gave us our name!
Vegan Friendly
At The Jamaican Eight, almost half our menu is vegan friendly and we don't use meat replacements! Just the same fresh ingredients as the rest of our menu with vegetables and no animal products.
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Did you know? There is a very well developed vegan food culture in Jamaica called 'Ital' food!
Meals with Rice
Rice can be served with almost every dish on our menu.
Our Jamaican 'Rice and Peas' is made with basmati rice, red beans, all eight of the herbs and spices that give us our name and coconut milk. It is so delicious, you can enjoy it as a meal by itself!
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Steamed white rice is the perfect accompaniment to many of our dishes with their own gravy!
Loaded fries
Our loaded fries are a fusion of a little bit of Dutch with a lot of Jamaican.
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We offer FOUR different types of homemade and hand cut fries so why not try our plantain or cassava fries?
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Choose one of delicious meat, fish or vegan friendly dishes to pile on top along with some of our homemade sauces to make the perfect combo!
Appetisers and Sides
So many of our dishes come with their own yummy sauce so we have a whole range of side to help you enjoy the flavour until the end.
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Try our Jamaican dumplings or everyone's favourite fried plantain.
Desserts
Jamaica is an island full of fresh fruits, spices and other ingredients to make irresistible desserts.
Try our banana cake with homemade vanilla and rum cream. Now that is the flavour of Jamaica.
Drinks
We offer a range of homemade drinks using tropical fruits and traditional Jamaican recipes that are the perfect accompaniment for many of our dishes.