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Treasures of the deep in a cool blue spot
MoBay's early Christmas treat
NOVIA McDONALD-WHYTE, Contributing editor
Thursday, November 02, 2006
"IT was a gap that needed to be filled, so we seized the opportunity," explained Rain Forest Seafoods director of sales and marketing Ernest Grant, walking us through the 12,000 square-foot Seafood Market complex that can lay claim to being the island's premier seafood emporium.
Lot 23-24 Coconut Way, Montego Freeport is in fact a smart location - 10 minutes from Sangster International airport and 15-20 minutes from any of the major hotels. "Products," shares Grant, "are with us within 30 minutes of landing... we are also only five minutes from the Port."
The magnificent selection of seafood available at the Seafood Market.
That aside, the complex is truly customer-friendly, providing ample parking and a premier gourmet setting. Rainforest Seafood Market has, in less than two weeks of its opening, generated such a buzz that patrons are trekking both from Kingston (like us) and - in the case of restaurateur Angela Thompson and daughter Tricia - from Negril in search of the freshest seafood.
Moving from the car park and into the appropriately chilly interior, it's hard not to get caught up (interpret this to mean drop jaw) in the Heather Wates-designed interior with its blue mod cool colour influences nicely juxtaposed against a definitive industrial galvanised feel of metal, zinc and concrete floor. It all comes together nicely as does the bountiful and visually appealing display of: salmon, Panamanian mahi-mahi, Chilean sea bass, Trinidadian tuna loin, Floridian stone crabs, fresh scallops, Alaskan king crab and crab claws, New Zealand mussels, oysters on the half-shell, local lobster, conch, Middle Quarters pepper shrimp, local parrot, grouper fillet, softshell crab, seafood mix, clams and butterfish. There are condiments too, varying from seafood rubs to seasoned skewers.
The conch chowder, shrimp and pumpkin, and tomato and corn with crayfish soups are also getting rave reviews from patrons able to pick up a 16oz cup at $180.00 to go along with trays of sushi. That's right - $795 gets you eight rolls (you can mix shrimp, California smoked salmon and vegetables) or sashimi for $999. And then there's the sushi platter for $1295. With plans to source even more treasures of the deep for the market and the possibility of a Kingston location, this J$200-million early Christmas treat is one present guaranteed to keep us smiling for many years
MoBay's early Christmas treat
NOVIA McDONALD-WHYTE, Contributing editor
Thursday, November 02, 2006
"IT was a gap that needed to be filled, so we seized the opportunity," explained Rain Forest Seafoods director of sales and marketing Ernest Grant, walking us through the 12,000 square-foot Seafood Market complex that can lay claim to being the island's premier seafood emporium.
Lot 23-24 Coconut Way, Montego Freeport is in fact a smart location - 10 minutes from Sangster International airport and 15-20 minutes from any of the major hotels. "Products," shares Grant, "are with us within 30 minutes of landing... we are also only five minutes from the Port."
The magnificent selection of seafood available at the Seafood Market.
That aside, the complex is truly customer-friendly, providing ample parking and a premier gourmet setting. Rainforest Seafood Market has, in less than two weeks of its opening, generated such a buzz that patrons are trekking both from Kingston (like us) and - in the case of restaurateur Angela Thompson and daughter Tricia - from Negril in search of the freshest seafood.
Moving from the car park and into the appropriately chilly interior, it's hard not to get caught up (interpret this to mean drop jaw) in the Heather Wates-designed interior with its blue mod cool colour influences nicely juxtaposed against a definitive industrial galvanised feel of metal, zinc and concrete floor. It all comes together nicely as does the bountiful and visually appealing display of: salmon, Panamanian mahi-mahi, Chilean sea bass, Trinidadian tuna loin, Floridian stone crabs, fresh scallops, Alaskan king crab and crab claws, New Zealand mussels, oysters on the half-shell, local lobster, conch, Middle Quarters pepper shrimp, local parrot, grouper fillet, softshell crab, seafood mix, clams and butterfish. There are condiments too, varying from seafood rubs to seasoned skewers.
The conch chowder, shrimp and pumpkin, and tomato and corn with crayfish soups are also getting rave reviews from patrons able to pick up a 16oz cup at $180.00 to go along with trays of sushi. That's right - $795 gets you eight rolls (you can mix shrimp, California smoked salmon and vegetables) or sashimi for $999. And then there's the sushi platter for $1295. With plans to source even more treasures of the deep for the market and the possibility of a Kingston location, this J$200-million early Christmas treat is one present guaranteed to keep us smiling for many years
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