r/Jamaica • u/ExemplaryWriter • 1d ago

Food How do you like your patties - smooth or flaky? Spicy or mild? What do you consider the best patty you ever had and why?

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u/KeivMS 1d ago

3PM.

it's after the lunch hours and when the freshest batch seems to be made

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u/CamiAtHomeYoutube 1d ago

Ooh this is good to know!

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u/frazbox 1d ago

What does this mean? Juici patties are made in Clarendon Park, Clarendon; Tastees patties are made in Cross Roads, Kingston

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u/jagfun 1d ago edited 1d ago

They are distributed to the different locations frozen, not sure if baked or not, so at 3pm you get a batch hot out of the oven.

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u/KeivMS 1d ago

This, exactly.

to prepare for lunch hour they tend to bake ahead of what they expect the crowds to be, so they will sit in the warmer for a bit.

but about 3pm they pretty much just coming out the oven.

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u/frazbox 5h ago

Not sure where you’re buying patty, but go to a busy tastees or juici and patties are made (reheat in an industrial oven) around the clock. Now if you not a patty from someone who is reselling, then they keep them in a warmer.

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u/Long_Tilly_Ben 1d ago

Tastee patty. That’s all me need

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u/ScotiaG 1d ago

The gold standard.

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u/GrahamOfLegend 23h ago

Amen 🙏🏽

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u/TurntHermit 1d ago

Flaky not too flaky though. Good amount of filling either spicy beef or jerk chicken. Of course can’t do it without a coco bread & kola champagne

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u/ralts13 1d ago

Beef Flakey, crisp spicy and scorching hot. Meat should be oozing out. Just the patty, imo the extra starch from cocoa bread ruins the experience. Like putting extra bread on a perfect sanwich.

Best regular patty company is Tastee by a mile. Its a real shame they aren't as widespread as Mother's or Juicy. My favourite patties are devon house curry goat patties.

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u/GrahamOfLegend 23h ago

The way I agree with this post 1000% down to the bespoke Devon house curry goat patties!!! Swear I wrote it myself.

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u/LordSplooshe 17h ago

Anyone get two and use half a coco bread for each? Is it just me?

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u/SnooPickles55 1d ago

Crisp, flaky, filled with vegetables and surrounded by warm coco bread..

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u/Ali_Cat222 St. Andrew 1d ago

Coco bread a must!

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u/McNightmoon 1d ago

A Juici Patti Cheese with Extra Cheese

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u/jagfun 1d ago

this!

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u/HollyhoodGio 1d ago

Flaky and spicy. Curry chicken

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u/Bigzzzsmokes 1d ago

(Homemade)My fathers patties, flaky with beef and Pickapeppa sauce... I was honestly disappointed when I had my first authentic beef patty. The filling was too mushy, almost like refried beans, though the flakyness of the dough made up for it. I assume that's how they keep them cheap(by stretching the beef into a slurry), so homemade is best

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u/DaktaDoom 1d ago

Green shop patty outa May Pen, when mi could afford as a yute; always get a patty a wait fi taxi ah evening time.

Nostalgic + good.

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u/shootergothit 1d ago

My best patty was in New York off 225th-226th area…I miss Little Jamaica right now, from 221st to 241st a my side 🥲

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u/Primary_Cry_45 1d ago

Kingston Tropical Bakery…

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u/shootergothit 1d ago

I was gatekeeping but yes with the cocoa bread so amazing 😮‍💨

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u/Tashiredd 1d ago

Tastee Patties

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u/beyallluv 1d ago

Crisp, Flaky, Mild spice. Kingston Tropical. Bronx USA

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u/Full_Manner3957 1d ago

Randy's

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u/Infamous_Fig2210 1d ago

Dhem still open ?!

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u/Shenshen_ 1d ago

To me their patties don’t taste the same anymore, because new management = new formula.

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u/catsoncrack420 1d ago

Beef, spicy, coco bread

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u/HabsDrive425 1d ago

Juici Spicy beef and cheese on coco bread is the ultimate for me. Luckily a patty place near my place in Canada opened recently, and they do it right. They make authentic Jamaican patties with coco bread the whole deal. Never seen a beef and cheese patty in Canada before going to Jamaica. Only usually plain beef, chicken, or veggie.

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u/Affectionate-Mud-726 1d ago

I like the spicy beef patties from Golden Krust.

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u/Mwahaha_790 15h ago

I love Golden Krust curry chicken patties.

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u/shico12 1d ago

Best patty I ever had was Mothers pork patty.

Used to buy one everyday after school for like a month straight...

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u/Frenchy2500 1d ago

Depends on the place!!!! Best Pattie I ever have was a veggie Pattie it was so delicious flakey and soft as well as FULL OF FLAVA!!!! Ps. I Do eat meat!

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u/stewartm0205 Kingston 1d ago

The veggie patty are real good. I wish all vegetation food was as good. If it was I would stop eat meat.

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u/MundayMundee 1d ago

In between smooth and crispy, beef and mild only.

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u/Mpulsive_Aries 1d ago

Flaky and spicy

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u/yaardiegyal Yaadie in USA 1d ago edited 1d ago

Flakey, spicy or mild, and obviously it’s gotta be beef. Best I’ve had was at tastees

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u/PersonalTerm517 1d ago

Flaky, both mild and spicy and can’t forget mi coco bread! Best patty I’ve had is juici’s.

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u/Marixxua 1d ago

Flaky and spicy. Jerk patties is the best, but all of dem nice

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u/Cairama 1d ago

Back in the day Tastee patties were the best, good amount of filling, flavorful and delicious, one was enough, now there all the same basically just crust and a little dollop of filling in the middle, two don’t make one.

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u/Infamous_Fig2210 1d ago

Tastee patty was the best but Juicy a do it now. They’ve surpassed Tastee in all aspects of the patty game and have innovated into a great restaurant offering more than patties.

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u/00110011110 1d ago

Flaky and mild.. with cocoa bread.

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u/Sonicsweens 1d ago

In between a coco bread a di ting dat all day

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u/shot472 1d ago

If it’s smooth throw it in the trash 😂 flaky is a must

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u/gully_philly 1d ago

All the above each has irs time and place but there isn't a preference

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Spicy and flaky

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u/Qt_ekm 1d ago

Flaky and spicy 😍

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u/Itswhatever0078 1d ago

Flaky n Spicy

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u/R33p04s 1d ago

Beef flaky spicy (depending on mood) between cocoa bread

Juicy really disappoint me now might have to switch to tastee

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u/WhenYouPlanToBeACISO St. Ann 1d ago

Flaky and spicy and my aunt’s

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u/Low_Commission_4303 1d ago

I love the ones I make. Medium spicy a little flaky but not messy.

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u/Shoddy-Way7536 22h ago

Someone in Spanish Town told me Tastee vs Juicy is a Kingston vs Mo Bay rivalry. Is this true? If so, shouldn't there be a match to decide it once and for all? A death match.

Also, 100% flaky is best. Also, homemade patties are better than any you can buy

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u/dasanman69 9h ago

Flaky and spicy

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u/Ashamed_Maybe_4120 1d ago

Juici Patty’s Chicken+Cheese is my go to now…

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u/CamiAtHomeYoutube 1d ago

Flaky and cheesy. I can't just eat a regular patty. Must at least be a cheese patty.

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u/meme_tenretni 🦟🦟🐊Portmore City🐊🦟🦟 1d ago

Taste

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u/Supafly144 1d ago

Tropical Kitchen Ochi

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u/chalkybeverage 1d ago

Green shop patties in Maypen!

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u/Shenshen_ 1d ago

Flaky and HOT!

We have a patty shop in Toronto called Tinnel’s. Highly recommend to anyone who visits ☺️

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u/HalfAhNuffin 1d ago

flaky spicy and got to squeeze some addi meat out of it ,don’t like my patty fat up burning off my lip corner dem

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u/LongjumpingPace4840 Yaadie in [New York] 20h ago

Smooth and spicy

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u/YoGintoki26 19h ago

Damn it was two places I had the best patties in jamaica was a small shop near the bus park in Spanish town and the big bakery at price rite in Kingston 😮‍💨

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u/ecko22430 13h ago

Not salty

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u/mattmilr 13h ago

Sugar and spice. Don’t @ me

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u/Judah666 12h ago

Veggies only smooth and spicyyyy

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u/SignificantBox7255 11h ago

Which evil Smaddy post da pic de!! I coulda do wid 2 a dem ina de day ya!

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u/biggest_guru_in_town 11h ago

Juici beef. Smooth and flaky spicy and mild. Because juici actually taste like beef. Do not trust mother's

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u/cherreh_pepseh 10h ago

Flaky and cheesy please!🤤

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u/Worried-Tower-9366 10h ago

Sugar and Spice Tastee

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u/MysteriousGear1903 10h ago

Juicy Beef....in Jamaica with a warm coco bread and a cold cola champagne ......bliss

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u/Dayna6380- 9h ago

Smooth and spicy I cat stand all those flakes

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u/Dazzling_Assist_2723 8h ago

Dru’s pattys on the beach in negril hands down best I’ve had

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u/amannamedcourtney Yaadie in Canada 7h ago

This thread is making my mouth water and missing back home.

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u/SirBriggy 6h ago

Went highschool in Mandeville. Crusty Patty and Bakerman. Flacky crust spicy and always served too hot to eat.

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u/Xtreeam 3h ago

What happens to Crusty Patty near the theatre?

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u/bkshellz 5h ago

Flaky and spicy all day Kingston Tropical in the bronx Juicy in Jamaica and tastee in Brooklyn

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u/EchidnaCold55 4h ago

Juicy beef remains #1 to me

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u/TheGinBenign 2h ago

Flaky and Spicy. Devon house curry goat patty nuh normal.

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u/Sad-Control1752 1h ago

Flakey & spicy for me please

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u/Sim-Alley 1d ago

Making me hungry. Anyway is good. Mothers tastee juicy just give it to me!