Norma's on the Beach at Sea Splash

Frommer's Review

The very durable matriarch Norma Shirley is hailed as the finest chef in Jamaica. Although it's unlikely that she'll appear on the premises at the time of your arrival, the chefs use her recipes for their inspiration -- a cookery characterized by such regional products as callaloo (a spinachlike vegetable), papaya, and corn-fed free-range chicken. To reach the place, you'll have to proceed down a long, jungle-landscaped pathway from the parking lot (near the sea-hugging boulevard), through the gardens of the Sea Splash resort, to a pair of lattice-ringed wooden decks and pavilions beside a stretch of Seven Mile Beach. Pick your preferred dining venue -- there are at least two, one of which lies at the top of a flight of wooden stairs. The menu is seasonally adjusted, with offerings that may include jerk pork or jerk chicken, stuffed chicken breasts, coconut chicken, Old Harbour (i.e., spicy) shrimp, quesadillas, smoked marlin, and penne pasta dotted with jerk chicken. Lunches are invariably simpler, with burgers, coconut shrimp, fish burgers, and tuna melts.

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