This beachside shack boasts effortless authenticity hipsters would kill for. Perch at one of the brightly painted picnic tables overlooking the fishing boats, and tuck into some brown stew snapper, escoveitch fish with its punch of spice and its high notes of vinegar, and prepare to while away an hour or two to the 'riddims' of old-school reggae.
Pelican Lookout
Jamaica
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