One of the benefits of working for an Afro-Caribbean radio station is that you occasionally get invited to community events. That paid off well last night as I got a free ticket to the opening of the Bristol branch of Turtle Bay, a new chain of Caribbean restaurants. It was a great night. They plied us with free rum cocktails, and a broad selection of nibbles from the menu. There was also live music provided by Laid Blak.

I was seriously impressed by the food. The jerk pit chicken wings, sweetcorn fritters and chili friend calamari are all to die for, and basically everything they brought us was good. I can see that I’m going to have to go back often so that I can eat my way through the entire menu. The only real problem that I have is that they are right next door to My Burrito, so I’ll suffer from dreadful indecision as to which door to go through. If it is warm and sunny I think Turtle bay will win, if only because I’ll be tempted by the Marley Mojito (which isn’t on the online menu so I’ll need to write down the menu next time I’m there).

Many thanks to the staff there, and the band, for a wonderful evening, and to Annabelle for the lift back to Temple Meads.