Island Taste And Tales

OVERVIEW

Become immersed in the culinary traditions of Jamaica in a hands-on cooking workshop and enjoy your creations for lunch. The venue for this deep dive into the local cuisine will be the duty-free shopping mall Island Village. You will begin by watching an introductory film on Jamaica that will set the stage for the Appleton rum tasting that follows. This spirit is made with rich molasses, sugar cane juice and limestone-filtered water, ingredients that impart a distinctive taste. The story behind the rum’s distillation is also multi-faceted. You will delve even deeper into Jamaica’s traditional dishes during the cooking class, where a local chef will teach you to prepare a traditional jerk pizza and duckunoo, a spicy dessert made with cornmeal, sweet potatoes and bananas. As the dishes are cooking, you will enjoy a Jamaican mule concocted with rum, ginger beer and lime. After dining on your creations, you can shop.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Join a hands-on cooking class in Island Village, a duty-free shopping mall.
• Learn to make jerk pizza and duckunoo, a dessert also known as blue drawers.
• Enjoy your creations for lunch along with a rum-based Jamaican mule.
• Sit in on an Appleton rum tasting after watching a short film on Jamaica.
• Spend free time shopping for duty-free merchandise at Island Village.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.