CASSONS RESTAURANT AND BAR IN KINGSTON JAMAICA

Gary Casson is head chef of Cassons restaurant and bar in located at 2D Braemar Avenue. A chef since 1978, Gary Casson has won numerous awards for his Jamaican fish dishes the most recent in 1990 from the European Gastronomic Academy. Gary Casson came to Jamaica in 1993 and worked at Morgan's Harbor in as specialty chef for several years. The Jamaican fish recipe of choice at the Cassons restaurant and bar in is the halibut fish. The chef relates to the chunky texture of the halibut, there is so much you can do with it. Gary Cassons takes great pains to stress the importance of not overcooking the Jamaican fish recipe. The n restaurant was an inspiration from Gary Cassons Snr. Whose love for Jamaican food and especially fish recipes led the chef to his culinary studies at Salisbury College of technology in the United Kingdom. The Cassons restaurant and bar in is possibly the best fish restaurant around and we recommend it to most locals and tourists as well.

The Jamaican cuisine at Cassons restaurant and bar in is designed to stimulate all taste buds. Though the restaurant serves mainly Jamaican fish recipes the owner also reverts to several English recipes, such as pies ranging from kidney pies to steak pies in Guinness and mushrooms. The restaurant was built on the love of fish recipes by the head chef Gary Cassons because fish can be prepared in a variety of ways. The chef has now worked in two the of the top restaurants which include both the Morgan’s Harbor restaurant and his very own. However this head chef has had an illustrious career Gary Cassons worked at Casa Del Maco off the Mediterranean coast in Spain, where they specialized in international cuisine. The restaurant does offer a lot of variety, including a Jamaica soup of the day made daily and served with either a Jamaican style prepared garlic bread or French bread. The only restaurant that prepares dishes such as chicken liver and port pate, which is a smooth pate served with salad and toast that most locals are unfamiliar with. Main course recipes served at the Cassons restaurant and bar in include chicken and mushroom or steak and Guinness. At times the chef might prepare steak and kidney pie.

The main Jamaican recipes prepared at the Cassons restaurant and bar in  is seafood in pernod sauce, which is actually lightly poached Jamaican seafood finished with a cream pernod sauce and served with savory rice, all prepared by the  chef himself. This is topped off with a delicious Jamaican dessert recipe of apple pie with custard or cream, or a tasty vanilla or chocolate ice cream made right there in the  restaurant.

Cassons Restaurant and Bar in

1D Braemar Ave. Kingston 10

Hours: Weekdays, 10 a.m. ­

10:30 p.m.; weekend, 9:30 a.m.

10:30 p.m. Bar goes until Call: 927-7114.

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