Island Zests - Silver Spring, MD

Made with two baras (fried bread) stuffed with chickpea curry & garnished with tamarind sauce, mango chutney, pepper sauce, and cucumber.

Fried dumpling filled with savory mashed potatoes that are seasoned with fresh herbs & roasted cumin. Garnished with tamarind & pepper sauce, mango chutney, and cucumber

Made with flour, split peas, and flavored with Caribbean spices and herbs.

Fried sweet plantains

Jamaican Style

Seasoned overnight with Caribbean spices & fresh herbs then cooked to perfection in a homemade brown sugar sauce. Halal

Hala chicken seasoned with Natasha's special green seasoning and slow-cooked in a homemade brown sauce.

Pan-seared in a lightly seasoned tomato sauce topped with onions, sweet peppers, and thyme.

Penne pasta tossed in a creamy sauce with bell peppers, onions, and jerk shrimp

Seasoned overnight with our homemade jerk seasoning. Served with rice & peas and mix green salad

Penne pasta tossed in a creamy sauce with bell peppers, onions, and jerk chicken

Penne pasta tossed in a creamy sauce with bell peppers, onions, and oxtail.

Jumbo shrimp sauteed in a homemade BBQ jerk sauce with bell peppers and onions. Served with Rice & bean and Cabbage.

White meat sauteed in a jerk sauce with bell peppers and onions served on a coco bread topped with tomatoes cucumbers and smoked gouda.

Roasted eggplant sauteed with garlic, onions, hot peppers, tomatoes, and scallions.

Chickpea and potato cooked in curry sauce.

Sauteed with onions, garlic, hot peppers, Caribbean herbs and bell peppers.

Halal chicken seasoned with Caribbean spices & fresh herbs cooked in a spicy curry sauce.

Jumbo Shrimp seasoned with Caribbean spices and fresh herbs cooked in a spicy masala curry and a hint of lemon zest.

Halal chicken seasoned with Caribbean spices & fresh herbs cooked in a spicy curry sauce.

Whole red seasoned with Caribbean spices and fresh herbs cooked in a spicy masala curry sauce with a hint of lemon zest.