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We were driving along toward the Asda in our village, Wheatley, and as we passed the Maidenhead Aquatics centre (the best place for garden ponds and plant-life in, er, Wheatley) we saw a sign for “Tuddy’s real Jamaican food – served daily”, and it was pointing to a mobile van parked in the Aquatic centre’s car park.

Now for a village we’re pretty spoiled for choice with food really. Two Chinese takeaways, an Indian restaurant, a chippy, a deli and four pubs – not to mention Raymond Blanc’s world famous le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons a couple of miles down the road in Great Milton, but we had to stop. My wife’s father lives in Jamaica so we were dying to compare this with the fantastic food we’d eaten on our visit last year.

We werent disappointed – even if the way in which the food was being prepared reflected all Jamaicans’ attitude toward time. If you’re passing, stop at Tuddy’s for some jerk chicken, rice and peas, festivals or ackee…