Oscars have expanded and introduced Caribbean Cuisine on the menu working alongside African Symbol
Caribbean food is all about serving the best in authentic traditional and contemporary dishes that we refer to as ‘chic’ cuisine – undertaking the traditional cooking methods including the use of fresh produce, herbs, spices & marinating. The result is to island hop and experience the delights of dishes inspired by the many islands and regions of the Caribbean sea.
This menu will let you experience the delights of Caribbean cooking at its best!
Brought to you by Tania Coxon – a native Jamaican chef
Representing the food of the Caribbean, particularly Jamaica by educating the palette with the true flavours and experience the tastes and sheer character of the food
Offering 2 signature dishes - Caribbean Tapas and Steamed Red Snapper with Okra – mouth watering!
Caribbean Tapas – 2 persons for £25
3 Course Dinner - £10.95
With complimentary glass of Jamaican Fruit Punch or Rum Punch
(Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
Wondered whether you would be interested in a new restaurant offering Caribbean Cuisine (fri, sat & sundays) in Glasgow, 1 Lynedoch Street, Glasgow
Offering a caribbean tapas and 3 course dinner menu with complimentary jamaican fruit or rum punch
Oscars is a traditional scottish restaurant - with bar downstairs and fine dining restaurant upstairs
But African Symbol will be providing a caribbean menu as well within Oscars
The year 2007 is an important landmark - we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the British Parliamentary Act abolishing the slave trade, marking this historical anniversary by spreading the message by launching a Caribbean restaurant and then go onto offering Caribbean cookery classes at its best and tasting evenings
Only 15% of Britons have ever tried some of the caribbeans most popular dishes such as Jerk Chicken, Curried Goat & Ackee & Saltfish. The results are even more surprising when compared to other ethnic dishes, which faired better. The research found that Mexican food was three times more popular with 45% of people having tried Fajitas and 25% of respondents having tasted Japanese sushi.
With over 500,000 people in the UK from a Caribbean background and 45 years since Jamaican independence it is startling that this exciting and vibrant cuisine hasn't been more widely adopted. The World Development Movement says there are 16,000 Africans & caribbeans from most of Africa's 53 countries now living in Scotland; according to the figures of the Scottish Executive, Glasgow City Council, and Glasgow Asylum Support Project 10,500 live in Glasgow. '
We will highlight the half-hidden history of Africans' & Caribbeans contribution to Glasgow's wealth within the foods and photographs around the restaurant.
Scotch Bonnet peppers which is used in caribbean cuisine got its name from scottish tams
The owning of personal slaves was banned in Scotland in 1778, 29 years before abolition of the trade and 55 years before slave-owning became illegal in the colonies. The first Black doctor in Britain was trained in Glasgow in 1837, and the great American abolitionist Frederick Douglass chose his name because he was inspired by the ideals of the Scottish Enlightenment. Even so, some of the most prominent Glaswegians directly opposed the abolition movement. James McDowall, a Caribbean sugar merchant and partner in Glasgow's greatest merchant house, Alexander Houston & Co, who was chairman of the Glasgow West Indian Merchants and Planters, aggressively lobbied against abolition laws. In 1795, McDowall was made Glasgow's Provost.
Our histories are intertwined, we have a common present.
I believe the restaurant will reduce hostility and racism towards african and caribbean people, increase understanding between communities and enable scottish african and caribbean people to have a greater sense of pride and belonging in our dual identity
