Island Taste
225 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113
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STARTERS
MAINS SIDES DRINKS STARTERS
ISLAND TACOS - CHICKEN
Two (2) tacos served with shredded jerk chicken and purple cabbage slaw in a flour tortilla
JERK CHICKEN WINGS (6)
[Spicy]
[Spicy]
ISLAND TACOS - OXTAIL
Two (2) tacos served with oxtails and purple cabbage slaw in a flour tortilla
JAMAICAN PATTY
Choose Beef, Curry Chicken, Spinach, or Mixed Veggie
MAINS
DUNN'S RIVER
Jamaican style BBQ chicken, served with rice & peas, sweet plantain, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad
MONTEGO BAY
Curry shrimp, served with white rice OR rice & peas, sweet plantain, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad
RASTA PASTA
Penne pasta cooked in coconut cream sauce with a blend of bell peppers, garlic, cherry tomatoes, sweet plantain and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies [Vegan]
SMILE JAMAICA
Curry coconut garbanzo beans served with basmati rice, sweet plantain, and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies [Vegan + Gluten Free]
1804
(Haitian Tasso) Fried goat meat marinated in authentic Haitian herbs and spices, served with rice and peas, fried green plantains, our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies and Haitian pikliz [Gluten Free]
STIR IT UP
Jerk tofu served with rice and peas, sweet plantain, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad [Vegetarian + Gluten Free]
KINGSTON
Curry goat served with white rice or rice and peas, sweet plantain, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad [Gluten Free]
COOL RUNNINGS
Curry chicken served with white rice along OR rice & peas with fried sweet plantains and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies [Gluten Free]
SKANKIN SWEET
Escovitch red snapper fried and served with rice and peas, sweet plantain, Jamaican festival bread and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies
SUNDAY DINNER
Fried chicken marinated in Caribbean spices served with rice and peas, sweet plantain, our signature island sweet sauce, and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies
BOLT
Jerk chicken served with rice and peas, sweet plantains, and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies [Spicy]
JAMROCK
Oxtail slow cooked in traditional Jamaican seasoning and spices served with rice and peas, sweet plantains, and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies
BANG BANG
(Haitian Griot) Fried pork marinated in authentic Haitian herbs and spices, served with white rice and black beans, fried green plantains, our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies and Haitian pikliz [Gluten Free]
ONE LOVE
Brown Stew whole red snapper slow cooked in traditional Jamaican seasoning and spices served with rice and peas, sweet plantains, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad [Gluten Free]
ST. ANN
Jerk pork served with rice and peas, sweet plantains, and our in-house pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad OR steamed veggies [Spicy]
WHAT A GWAAN
Brown stew chicken marinated and slow cooked in traditional Jamaican seasoning and spices, served with white rice, sweet plantain, and your choice of steamed veggies OR our pickled cucumber, carrot, and red onion salad
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Fridays & Saturdays Only)
(Haitian Legume) Mashed veggie stew of eggplant, cabbage, squash, spinach, and other veggies, served with white rice, black beans, and fried green plantains [Vegan + Gluten Free]
JERK CHICKEN BURRITO (Tuesdays Only)
Jerk chicken served with shredded purple cabbage, island aioli, rice and peas, and sweet plantain in a flour tortilla
THE ISLAND TASTE (Thursdays Only)
Fried rice served with chunks of jerk chicken and mixed veggies
SIDES
RICE AND PEAS
Jasmine rice and red kidney beans cooked in coconut milk with Caribbean herbs and spices [Gluten Free + Vegetarian]
SWEET PLANTAINS
Sweet, ripe plantains, lightly fried in oil [Gluten Free + Vegan]
STEAMED CABBAGE
Cabbage, onions, corn, green beans, green peas, and carrots seasoned with Caribbean herbs and spices [Gluten Free + Vegan]
MACARONI AND CHEESE
Baked macaroni seasoned with Caribbean herbs and spices, cheese and baked
MACARONI SALAD
Haitian style, creamy macaroni pasta salad, served cold
JAMAICAN FESTIVAL BREAD (2)
Jamaican style cornbread