Jerk Chicken
Smoked in the drum, chopped to order, sauce on top. The whole reason.
Caribbean · Malvern
Chris Jerk
Drum-smoked jerk in Scarborough, cooked over pimento wood in a car park
CaribbeanMalvern, Toronto$Details being confirmed
The review
Real jerk is smoked, not grilled, and the difference is a drum, pimento wood and several hours. Chris Jerk does it properly, in a car park off Markham Road, and the smoke reaches you before the sign does.
Jerk chicken is chopped to order with sauce spooned over, and the heat is not softened for anyone. Jerk pork is fattier and smokier and is usually gone by evening, so go early if that is what you want. Rice and peas, cooked with coconut, is not an optional side.
Honest notes: this is takeaway with a couple of seats. The pork sells out. The hours move around, so call before you drive. What comes out of that drum is worth the inconvenience.
What to order
Jerk Pork
Fattier, smokier, and better if you get there before it goes.
Rice & Peas
Coconut-cooked, and not optional.
What works
- Actual drum smoking over pimento wood
- Heat is uncompromised
- Very cheap for the quantity
What doesn’t
- Essentially takeaway only
- Sells out of pork early
- Hours move around
Verdict
Jerk pork if it is left, jerk chicken if it is not. Rice and peas either way.