Where I’ve Been Getting Takeout of Late, Part 39
![The jerk chicken plate from Back A Yard.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jerk-chicken-731x1024.jpg)
Back A Yard, Menlo Park, San Jose, Campbell
There is comfort food. And then, there is comfort food with panache — heady with loads of allspice, ginger, and garlic.
That’s what Back A Yard serves up in spades. And for those still indulging in takeout, you’ll be glad to know this Caribbean fare travels well, too.
The plates come complete with a starchy mash of rice and red beans, and thoroughly addictive sweetly caramelized plaintains. You choose a main or a combo of two. The jerk chicken plate ($10.95) includes three pieces of tender dark-meat poultry, seasoned in a moderately spiced jerk rub redolent of fragrant cloves and allspice. You could also get all-white chicken for $11.95, but why? The dark meat is where it’s at.
![Jamaican beef patty with a shatteringly flaky crust.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/beef-patty.jpg)
The oxtails ($14.95 for a plate) are fabulous — fall-apart-tender in a sticky, reduced sauce, and with that fatty, meaty unctuousness that can’t be beat. It’s a rendition you’ll be craving anytime the weather turns chilly.
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