Best Bammie - Mo-Bay Bammie are the chewy white cassava cakes that one sees too rarely in New York Jamaican restaurants. What a surprise, then, to find an excellent rendition in Fort Greene's slightly upscale MO-BAY (the tourist nickname for Montego Bay), a small and handsome restaurant across from Fort Greene Park. The staff couldn't be nicer, and the jerk chicken (baked version), goat curry, and escovitched fish are all up to snuff as well.      -Robert Sietsema-
112 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn 718-797-2888

Taster's Choice

No need for jury deliberations. The verdict is in, and Judge Glenda Hatchett, star of the eponymous, syndicated courtroom show, enters a judgment in favor of Mo-Bay Restaurant . "The food is phenomenal. The curry coconut salmon was absolutely delightful," she says. "And although I had no room left for dessert, I had to take home a slice of the rich Rummy Rum cake a l a mode. What a treat!"

If Caribbean, soul and vegetarian food are what you fancy, then Mo-Bay restaurant is the place tonight. Mo-Bay's interior is upscale yet relaxing and the fresh cut flowers and reggae music gives the place a cool, island vibe. Popular dishes include the curried coconut salmon, pan-blackened chicken and oxtail stew. For vegetarians, the brown-stewed veggie chicken, curry veggie chicken and barbecue veggie chili are so delicious - you won't miss the meat. The dessert menu offers bread pudding with rum sauce and Mo-Bay's famous "rummy rum cake" - soaked in three types of rum and served warm with vanilla ice cream - a slice of heaven.