Comments on: Smokey Jerkey

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:31:35 +0000

Karl – I’ve added it to the bottom of the post.

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:19:04 +0000

What’s the address?

By: Chino

Chino — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:10:05 +0000

Great blog by the way! I look forward to trying your jerk recipe. Do you use the soaked allspice berries and beer with this recipe??? Thanks!

By: Chino

Chino — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:08:38 +0000

If any of you South Londoners ever defy gravity and break the Thames, you must try the best jerk chicken I have ever sampled that comes from a tiny little mobile outlet on Market Street in Islington (open Mon-Sat from noon until 4pm ish). The chicken is boned (which is a negative for me as I tend to eat pretty much EVERYTHING), but it is mouth wateringly juicy and the flavour packs a real punch. The rice and peas is pretty mind-blowing, too! *****RECOMMENDED.

I’m off to try Bush Man’s in Brixton tonight…

By: Miggy

Miggy — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:35:35 +0000

WOW.

I recently moved to New Cross and am a 5 minute walk away from Smokey J.

This evening, I ventured there for the first time and I was BLOWN AWAY.

I shit you not when I say that this was the best jerk I have EVER had (and i’ve had a lot) outside the Caribbean (my parents are Grenadian).

An absolute gem.

All hail the Smokey Jerkey!

By: Mandrill

Mandrill — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:56:33 +0000

Smokey Jerky is F**k off brilliant. Unfortunately I live quite a long way from New Cross so I only ever pass it once in a while enroute to central London. I have never ever passed it while it is open and not purchased something. The Jerk Pork is absolutely sublime. It easily compares with Tasty Jerk of Crystal Palace. However unlike Tasty Jerk it also sells all the other delicious Caribbean foods like Oxtail and Curry Goat. Portions are extremely generous the food will be piled at least two inches over the rim of the container which they will contain with tightly wrapped foil.

Smokey as a cafe is as basic as is possible….Many people would turn their noses up if they dared cross the threshold. To be truthful you would be forgiven if you believed that the cafe was abandoned the only clue to it being inhabited would be the outrageous smells emanating from the kitchen. For ‘hole in the wall’ This place is outstanding…..It does not have the long queues ala ‘Tasty Jerk’ but it easily compares in taste and that is no mean feat. Food 100%

By: michelle

michelle — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:16:33 +0000

Smokey Jerkey still is the best jerk, they now have a lunch special everyday between 12 and 1. It cost 3.00 for any meal on the menu.

Well done smokey, keep the good food coming

By: Sumit

Sumit — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:06:35 +0000

Moved to New Cross recently and was prompted to check out Smokey Jerky after reading this post. Yum! Hooray! Thanks!

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:26:47 +0000

Dave – Thanks for your comment. Some brilliant tips in there! I’ve e-mailed you.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:20:08 +0000

Hi. My mate just sent me a link to this, as I’m a huge Smokey Jerkey fan. I’ve moved out of New Cross now, but that shop was the absolute highlight of life there and is now commemorated by the desktop image on my laptop, which is an action shot of me and a mate eating in, shot from across the road.

The Jerk Pork is brilliant.

Small tip: try their soup. It’s ace. The only problem is that it’s almost impossible to get – I was always either too early or too late. It’s like there’s a two-minute window you have to climb through to grab it. As a rough guide, it opens somewhere between 4pm and 5pm on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Alice Through the Jerk Soup Window. Someone needs to write that book.

If anyone’s up for a joint Smokey Jerkey session, my mate still lives on Hatcham Park Road and we’re overdue a Jerk reunion. What better way to meet fellow jerkees…