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We stayed at the Condado Plaza Hotel and had breakfast at The Hacienda.
Loved the Huevos rancheros!!
Never been…so thanks for taking me along. Food looked great!!!
They’ve got a mofongo chicken soup on the menu; I’m gonna have to try it.
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Originally posted by Nancypalooza
So we have a new Puerto Rican place in town we haven’t tried yet; can you explain the mofongo thing some more?
Mofongo is mashed plantains and can have just about anything mashed in to it. My favorite is the heavily garliced version of plain mashed plantains that is served as a side. The garlic just reeks! Yum!!
The best mofongo that I had in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic came from hole-in-the-wall places, that had similar recipes. Boiled and mashed green plaintains, with delicious pork cracklings mixed in, and marinated red onions on top. Delish!
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Originally posted by Adjudicator
I remember the best food I had when I lived in PR was from the street vendors.
[8D]
The only street vendors in Old San Juan were ice cream and snow cone(hand shaved ice).
I was looking for the baked potato guy, no luck.
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Originally posted by joerogo
I don’t know what went wrong but a lot of text is missing from my post.The picture at Maria’s bar is a tradition. Thats my daughter Maria on the left. The girls go shopping and I go in Maria’s.
Joe; your text is all there but you seem to have inadvertently
posted two pics side by side and it pushed the margin way over.
Great pics and story Joe! Keep ’em coming!
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Originally posted by joerogo
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Originally posted by Nancypalooza
So we have a new Puerto Rican place in town we haven’t tried yet; can you explain the mofongo thing some more?I don’t know exactly how they are prepared, I would guess boiled then mashed and fried with seasonings. Great flavor.
Google mofongo recipes. You’ll get plenty of ideas.[:p][;)][8D]
I remember the best food I had when I lived in PR was from the street vendors.
[8D]
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Originally posted by Nancypalooza
So we have a new Puerto Rican place in town we haven’t tried yet; can you explain the mofongo thing some more?
I don’t know exactly how they are prepared, I would guess boiled then mashed and fried with seasonings. Great flavor.
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Originally posted by tsores
Directly across the street from the Caribe Hilton is a small joint to the right of the parking garage. As I recall, it is a convenience store on the left and a sandwich shop on the right. They have good Cuban sandwiches there. I take one with me on my way back to the airport. Makes for a good snack on the airplane.
The place has been cleaned up and remolded. I didn’t go in but I think its just a store now. And the place on the corner that served P.R. food is now a Subway.
I don’t know what went wrong but a lot of text is missing from my post.
The picture at Maria’s bar is a tradition. Thats my daughter Maria on the left. The girls go shopping and I go in Maria’s.
There is a roadside food place up in the rain forest that has a fantastic reputation for their whole roast pig. I’ve never been there and I don’t recall the name, but it has been featured on TV food shows. That would be my first stop the next time I visit PR.
Anyone know of it?
So we have a new Puerto Rican place in town we haven’t tried yet; can you explain the mofongo thing some more?
Nice to know my Hilton points are hard at work, p*ssing people off all around the globe…
SIGH
but really nice report, and great pix, too!
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