HILTON PALM COURT RESTAURANT IN KINGSTON JAMAICA

Olivier Levoine, food and beverage manager of the Hilton Hotel, describes the Palm Court Restaurant in a refreshing atmosphere of openness and space where diners can enjoy gourmet dishes delivered with white glove service. The restaurant now also features a temperature-controlled wine cellar that stocks several hundred types of international and Jamaican wines. The restaurant menu features Jamaican dishes with a lot of finesse and prepared to order.  locals and travelers to the capital of Jamaica can choose from dishes with an international as well as a Jamaican flavor. There are Jamaican recipes for vegetarians, fish lovers and meat lovers and all other types of patrons.  Locals have high expectations of meals at the Palm Court restaurant and that no compromise is made on the quality of Jamaican food ingredients used to prepare meals. The fact that the restaurant has made the Black Angus beef the guaranteed cut of the house, gives an idea of the standards held and maintained at this premier place to eat in the capital city.

Dishes at this restaurant are full of flavor as well as style in presentation. The chefs at the Palm Court prepare beef and fish; dine with their special flavor which does not mean excess spices or peppers. It means that the patrons can have the meal in either a spicy or a mild version which works well with the diners in the Jamaican restaurant. The food and beverage manager at the Hilton hotel started his career as a chef trained in France where, like Jamaica, food and food recipes are a national passion. Despite the obvious French connection at the Hilton hotel most meals are done with Jamaican spices such as the house surf and turf selection at the Palm Court restaurant. Each day new locals are introduced to the versatility of the chefs at the restaurant.

The restaurant uses a regular a la Carte menu because the objective is to prepare Jamaican dishes that everyone can sample and enjoy a full meal of delightful Jamaican cuisine that will range from international to Jamaican dishes. A favorite dessert of the locals is the chocolate decadence. The Palm Court restaurant, like the Hilton hotel; prides itself on being part of the life of the city. The Palm Court restaurant in’s success to the commitment of the staff that makes it happens. Some of the other favorites include the refreshing combination of lime-marinated shrimp served in a fresh papaya shell and garnished with chives or salmon bathed in olive oil, brown sugar and Jamaican cinnamon accompanied by Jamaican potatoes dressed in balsamic vinegar. This is an excellent dish loved by most of the locals. The Jamaican soup recipes include a blend of pumpkin and Caribbean spices topped with whipped cream and bacon bits. The main course includes dishes such as the Trinidadian recipes chicken chorizo, which is actually pan-fried breast of chicken stuffed with minced chorizo and served with seasonal vegetables.  patrons are fish lovers, steamed fillet of red snapper marinated in ginger and flambéed with coconut rum. The Hilton Palm Court is located at 77 Knutsford Blvd. Kingston 5, and can be contacted at 876-926-5430.