In this episode of Street Food Icons, we head to Kingston, Jamaica, and get a taste of Hopeton and his kid, Glenville's, pan chicken. The father-son duo and a handful of others serve up a few of the tastiest and most popular pan chicken on the island. Sean Paul, Usain Bolt, weekend party-goers, and even political leaders flock to Northside Chicken to eat this single-menu-item delicacy seasoned with thyme and scotch bonnets, then grilled on cleaned-out oil drums.
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Looks Delicious 😋 😊❤❤❤❤
Such a lovely man. Jamaica here I come.
They had Michael Jackson whipping up some chicken 🍗 respect ✊
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I saw that too and was like wtf? Is that MJ cooking jerk chicken ?!? 👀😳😲
Looks Delicious! 😋❤
Well dammit you made me miss Jamaica and I’m starving! I wish they delivered! 😉
Jamaica love ❤️🩸
Lets all chip in and fly there! Im up for it and hungry! Haha
Big up all the Jamaicans 🇯🇲
Boop boop boop
Big up to the yoot dem!
jamaican patty fufu muncher
I think so far only Anthony Bourdain and this journalist explained jerk chicken culture best. So thanks for this episode as a Caribbean person I needed to see this.
Have you seen the BEFRS series on YouTube?
He spent several days there with locals as his co-host and it seems pretty authentic (at least to an outsider’s POV)
after 2-3 mins there was nothing to say, about the chicken!!
Best ever food review show documented jerk cuisine and rasta religion and foods
Been going here since I was a kid, definitely a spot everyone should hit up if they get the chance. Love it
Is it only food that you get as a takeout or do you traditionally cook it at home? Thank you
@Michelle G at least in my family we usually get it as takeout, but they do sell like a jerk seasoning mix in the store that you can use if you wanted to make your own at home. It’s still good but not as good as the drum pan chicken.
These people clearly hold a passion for cooking. We can’t exactly deny that they have what it takes to raise standards all around. It’s interesting to see them be inseparable.
Raise standards? What exactly are you trying to say here?
@Absolute Mad Chad very good question, no idea what this idiot is on about
AI comment?
what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this chat is now dumber for having listened to it.
I award you no point’s and may god have mercy on your soul.
@Six Eight Nate its worded kinda funny, but she’s saying their jerk chicken is above the rest – they need to raise standards to keep up
Jamaican food is one of the best foods ever cooked with love and care one love to them Jamaicans ❤️🖤💚
No it’s not hahahahha
Love Chiefs with a passion and doing it for the people, sounds like a perfect plan to expand.
Good on them and miss me some Jerk Chicken
This is it. You can’t run a street food business without passion and dedication to the street, the real people.
When your marinade the chicken in a trash bag you know that’s going to be Fire 🔥 🐔 🐥
If you never had Jamaican Jerk chicken, you’re missing a piece in your life, you owe it to yourself to try it, it’s something else!
What a lovely clip, may God continue to bless this family 🙏🏽
I love these pan men, big up unuh selves👍
These r some of the great things that makes us so unique to the world..our vibes ,our cookings , and our culture..
Been waiting months to see something about Jamaica 😍
Coming from Toronto where we have many Jamaicans and Jamaican restaurants, it was interesting to see how differently they serve it (I’m used to rice & peas, coleslaw, and oxtail gravy). Breadfruit, white bread, and ketchup seems so weird to me but I bet it’s fucking delicious chicken.
Whenever I hear Jamaican people talk I feel like their singing or rapping to me. Beautiful accent.
Looks incredible and the smell must be amazing!