Review: Dinner at Miss Lily's
Restaurant: Miss Lily's
Cuisine: Jamaican
Location: 132 W. Houston St. (at Sullivan St.), NYC 10012
If it's Jamaican food that you crave - with a side of trendy and a dash of eye candy - look no further than Miss Lily's. Think: hip, retro 'diner' aesthetics, familiar reggae tunes, an incredibly sexy staff, and solid eats/drinks.
PS: Miss Lily's is also home to a bake shop and sandwich counter, Miss Lily's Favourite Cakes - Melvin's Juice Box, for all of you health nuts out there - and Miss Lily's Variety, a West Indian record store-themed gallery and boutique.
Le menu: pretty damn legit
It’s not truly Jamaican if there’s not a bottle of Pickapeppa Sauce on the table..
Miss Lily's does not have a FULL bar, so the "alcohol" used to make mixed drinks is some form of rice wine. License of not, I loved my cocktail: the "Pressure Drop" sung with notes of fresh lime juice and mint.
Ackee Dip & Plantain Chips: we got the night started with this delicious "chip and dip" appetizer. Ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica, was used to create a dip that tasted relatively similar to hummus, in both flavor and texture. Freshly-fried plantain chips accompanied.
Grilled lobster: my entree plate included dressed organic greens - an ear of 'Jerk Grilled Corn' with toasted coconut - and an ample amount of fresh, grilled lobster that was accompanied by an addictively delicious garlic-butter sauce. This dish was delightful, filling, exotic, and relatively healthy. I enjoyed every bite.
Coconut cake: between each of the four coconut cake layers was a ring of thick, coconut pudding. Sweet, meringue icing and toasted coconut nibs enveloped the cake. Fabulous!
Homemade 'Grape Nuts (the cereal, people!)' Ice Cream: as odd as this flavor sounded, I simply could not pass up ordering it for the table. And, believe it or not, all three of us enjoyed what tasted similar to a bowl of sugared Grape Nuts Cereal that had been sitting in milk for a wee-bit too long. Trust me on this one, folks, you don't want to miss this!
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Until we eat again,
Lindsay, The Lunch Belle