Kings & Queens Jamaican Cuisine, on a Mission to Make the World Better with Food
“. . . Food is love at this Pflugerville eatery.” Read a review of “Kings & Queens Jamaican Cuisine” by David Brendan Hall (
Austin Chronicle). [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]
Several of Jamaica’s signature dishes are well-known global favorites: jerk chicken, curries, fried plantains. But the Caribbean island’s diverse cuisine, which rests on the shoulders of long-standing recipes influenced by the country’s complex colonial history, is harder to fully grasp. Detailing that legacy would require a whole newspaper’s worth of explanation, but it can be summed up by the official Jamaican motto, “Out of many, one people.” Family operated food truck Kings & Queens Jamaican Cuisine, based at the Old Gin Pfood Court in downtown Pflugerville since October 2019, masterfully incorporates that culmination of immigrant stories from across Europe, Asia, A
(l-r) Sister/brother chef/grill master duo Ann Marie and Warren Dyer, with their mother (and co-operator/kitchen matriarch) Melda Morris (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
Several of Jamaica s signature dishes are well-known global favorites: jerk chicken, curries, fried plantains. But the Caribbean island s diverse cuisine, which rests on the shoulders of long-standing recipes influenced by the country s complex colonial history, is harder to fully grasp. Detailing that legacy would require a whole newspaper s worth of explanation, but it can be summed up by the official Jamaican motto, Out of many, one people. Family operated food truck Kings & Queens Jamaican Cuisine, based at the Old Gin Pfood Court in downtown Pflugerville since October 2019, masterfully incorporates that culmination of immigrant stories from across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East in its piquant plates and the owners broad ancestry.