Another delicious food find this was near the Olney section of Philadelphia, right smack dab in the neighborhood lots of residential housing. This is not a sitdown restaurant. This is more of a corner store. That being said walking in you must be buzzed in as they have a secure door with the camera. I’ve lived in the inner city most of my life so I’m quite used to that. The lady that welcome us in was very nice and wow what an incredible selection of teas, powdered herbs in spices, dried fruits, dried roots, probably the largest selection that I’ve seen anywhere you’ll see in the pictures. This is a takeout restaurant and they prepare everything from scratch. We did not mind waiting a little while because most every place that you go to that does things like this you’re gonna find great food. This place is fantastic as far as the food went, we ordered Jamaican brown stewed vegan chicken with forbidden rice, plantains, with some greens as a garnish we got the same platter also with brown stewed tofu, both of these were done perfectly. The vegan stewed chicken was incredibly tender. The sauce was made just right it had such a great brown gravy taste to it, and it was seasoned enough so when you combined it with the rice it made for a nice comfort type food dish. The portions were fairly large so eating an entire dish would be a feet in itself so we ended up taking half of each home. We also ordered two spinach Jamaican patties and one Jamaican patty. They were so hot and fresh not deep-fried. They were baked and they were excellent and to wash all of this down. We got two freshly made pressed juices. You’ll see the pictures have the descriptions, both each had ginger in them very strong yet at the same time both were very refreshing so drinking these drinks along with eating the food that was a little bit heavy but still healthy made for a great combination. You will not go wrong with this food. It is excellent. The neighborhood may be a little challenging and it can be hard to find parking, but it is worth it. What a great find in this place lots of history of some great Jamaican folk folks on the walls.
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Another delicious food find this was near the Olney section of Philadelphia, right smack dab in the neighborhood lots of residential housing. This is not a sitdown restaurant. This is more of a corner store. That being said walking in you must be buzzed in as they have a secure door with the camera. I’ve lived in the inner city most of my life so I’m quite used to that. The lady that welcome us in was very nice and wow what an incredible selection of teas, powdered herbs in spices, dried fruits, dried roots, probably the largest selection that I’ve seen anywhere you’ll see in the pictures. This is a takeout restaurant and they prepare everything from scratch. We did not mind waiting a little while because most every place that you go to that does things like this you’re gonna find great food. This place is fantastic as far as the food went, we ordered Jamaican brown stewed vegan chicken with forbidden rice, plantains, with some greens as a garnish we got the same platter also with brown stewed tofu, both of these were done perfectly. The vegan stewed chicken was incredibly tender. The sauce was made just right it had such a great brown gravy taste to it, and it was seasoned enough so when you combined it with the rice it made for a nice comfort type food dish. The portions were fairly large so eating an entire dish would be a feet in itself so we ended up taking half of each home. We also ordered two spinach Jamaican patties and one Jamaican patty. They were so hot and fresh not deep-fried. They were baked and they were excellent and to wash all of this down. We got two freshly made pressed juices. You’ll see the pictures have the descriptions, both each had ginger in them very strong yet at the same time both were very refreshing so drinking these drinks along with eating the food that was a little bit heavy but still healthy made for a great combination. You will not go wrong with this food. It is excellent. The neighborhood may be a little challenging and it can be hard to find parking, but it is worth it. What a great find in this place lots of history of some great Jamaican folk folks on the walls.
Food is subpar. Edible.. but definitely something I can whip up better at home for half the price! $23 for a chickpea lentil wrap that looked like poop wrapped in a green tortilla.. and soggy fried plantains? Bad quality. No wonder when I asked him how this store been here, he said 3 years and I never heard of More Life. Because the food is trash and the way he runs the shop makes no sense! It’s a very weird energy in the there. First off, the owner keeps the door locked. So if you wanna come in you have to ring the buzzer.. Who does that? Fear based thinking. That’s the second Jamaican food spot I went to and they do that weird mess. It makes me not even want to support like uhhhh do you even want customers coming?? You literally make it hard to get inside the establishment.. I had to ask the man are you open??? Not to mention he uses a lot of SOY in the food. Telling black people soy is good for them is WRONG. It’s extremely harmful to the body. Won’t be back.
Food is subpar. Edible.. but definitely something I can whip up better at home for half the price! $23 for a chickpea lentil wrap that looked like poop wrapped in a green tortilla.. and soggy fried plantains? Bad quality. No wonder when I asked him how this store been here, he said 3 years and I never heard of More Life. Because the food is trash and the way he runs the shop makes no sense! It’s a very weird energy in the there. First off, the owner keeps the door locked. So if you wanna come in you have to ring the buzzer.. Who does that? Fear based thinking. That’s the second Jamaican food spot I went to and they do that weird mess. It makes me not even want to support like uhhhh do you even want customers coming?? You literally make it hard to get inside the establishment.. I had to ask the man are you open??? Not to mention he uses a lot of SOY in the food. Telling black people soy is good for them is WRONG. It’s extremely harmful to the body. Won’t be back.
My new favorite plant based resturant! The knowledge inside this place is overwhelming. The owner took time to talk to me, explain his food and more.... the food taste very clean, organic and healthy. He has tonics, fresh juices and smoothies. 10 out of 10! Thank you