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New Jerk Chicken place opened up, "Dat Jerk", in Waldorf. Jamaican chef and owner, they are from California. The website is very professional - not too many businesses in Southern Maryland are that savvy. It's a jerk chicken fast casual, modeled after Cava Grill/Chipotle/etc. You pick your protein - jerk chicken (mild or spicy), curry chicken, jerk pork, beef jabobs (not a spelling error - maybe they mean Jamaican kabobs?). Two sides (rice and beans, red beans, plantains, vegetables, few other things). I saw them using legit wood charcoal in the ovens. The place smelled heavenly. Got lunch for my medical assistant and the locums physicist. I got the spicy jerk chicken. It was basted with a scotch bonnet pepper jerk sauce. Tender dark meat chicken, excellent seasoning, and that sauce was spicy. I got some on the side and burned my mouth off. The sides were fantastic, I don't love plantains, but these were tasty, caramelized, and soft. It was empty, but I think they do decent carry out business. It's a good concept. They should open a few more, add some Caribbean beers, Red Stripe, and I bet it would kill it in DC.
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Ventured to Just Jerk for lunch this month - this is a small roadside joint on Lanham Severn road at the horrible intersection with 450, in Lanham. In fact, google maps was confused about the location, placing it on the ramp section of 450 and gave completely incorrect directions - you need to be headed westbound on 564 (Lanham Severn), it will be on your left in the section where the road has split between Cipriano and Princess Garden. If you are coming from the west, you will need to loop around and turn into the westbound lanes to get there. The building is a small structure, green with yellow trim and plenty of parking. We went around 11:30 on a very hot weekday - there was a sign on the door saying that they were going to close early because it was too hot inside. There was no line, and no one else buying lunch, but I have heard that sometimes they get very busy. There is not much in the way of seating, so we got takeout. It only took a minute or two for the food to arrive after placing the order. I ordered the small jerk dark chicken platter, which came with plantains, cabbage, and rice. They also have beef patties, seafood, sandwiches, and additional sides, plus a freezer full of York Castle pints. I'm not that familiar with jerk, so I can't compare, but I thought the chicken was quite good - juicy with nice flavor - and also liked the cabbage and plantains. There was plenty left over from the "small" platter to eat for lunch the next day, although if it hadn't been broiling hot outside, I might have been hungry enough to polish off the whole thing. I will definitely visit again to try more of their menu, especially since they are only ~10 minutes from my office. Just Jerk 9005 Lanham Severn Rd Lanham, MD 20706
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I realize the heat of summer is far away, but I've been trying to do this every summer for the past 3 years, and never seem to get around to it. I loved the jerk chicken I had when I was in Jamaica years ago, and since I wont be going back for many years to come, it's time to bring it home. To do this properly though I need two things that have proved pretty elusive in the past. 1. Scotch Bonnet Peppers 2. The branches of a pimento tree The first shouldn't be hard...I just never seem to see them when I need them. I was hoping some hot head in here would know of a place that carries them regularly. The second has me totally trumped. If I can't find them I'll just burn a bunch of allspice in the coals, but I doubt that will be the same. Where does one find the branched of the almighty pimento tree? Give me 1 and 2, a case of Red Stripe, a bottle of Appleton estate rum, and some hot humid weather, and I'll be singing Buffalo Soldier all weekend long.
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Most Jamaican patties in this area are made at wholesale (there's a big one in Langley Park right on New Hampshire Avenue) - that's why so many of them taste the same. I'm not a huge fan of Negril's Jamaican patties, but I love what they call "Meat Loaf" which is basically a sloppy Joe inside of coco bread. I'm also not a huge fan of their Jerk Chicken, but I *love* their Curry Chicken. You know, the more I think about it, the more I think I've been to Just Jerk. But there's a voice deep inside me that says the place I'm thinking of may have been in Beltsville - regardless, it was several years ago. --- [The following posts have been split into separate threads: Just Jerk (nulumbo)]