[Chapter-delegates] Food Recommendations in Puerto Rico

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  ALL:

  These are some places you may want to try whiel in Puerto Rico.
Enjoy!

  Pricey ->Parrot Club, Calle Fortaleza 363, Old San Juan,
787/725-7370  - Nuevo
->Latino; blends traditional Puerto Rican cookery with Spanish,
Taíno, and
African influences
->Ostra Cosa, Calle del Cristo 154, Old San Juan, 787/722-2672 –
heavy on
seafood
->Pamela's, Caribbean Fusion, Calle Santa Ana 1, In the Número 1
Guest House,
Ocean Park, Santurce & Ocean Park, 787/726-5010

Inexpensive

->La Casita Blanca, Calle Tapía 351, Santurce, 787/726-5501, Typical
puertorican       

  ->Bebo's Café Calle Loiza 1600, Condado, 787/726-1008, Typical
puertorican

  ->La Bombonera,LA BOMBONERA, Calle San Francisco 259 (tel.
787/722-0658)

  Eduardo Diaz

  ISOCPR

Don Tello Calle Dos Hermanos 180, Santurce, 787/724-5752, Typical
puertorican

Typical dishes:

Arroz con habichuelas – Rice and beans; beans come in diferente
colors
(blancas/white, rosadas/pink, colorás/red) – usually accompanied by
meat

Bistec encebollado – Minute steak sautéed with onions

Pernil asado – Roasted pork; usually eaten with arroz con gandules
(rice
cooked with small, tasty beans)

Pastelón de Amarillos – Ripe plantains and either beef of chicken
pie.
Great combination of sweet and salty tastes.

Chicharrones de Pollo o Credo – Fried chicken or pork nuggets –
nothing like
KFC’s version – much, much better!

Mofongo relleno de
 - Mashed plantains filled with shrimp creole,
fried pork
or chicken.

** make sure you taste the following side orders:  tostones (fried
green
plantains), amarillos (fried ripe plantains – naturally sweet) and
platanutres/mariquitas (another style of fried green plantains)

For dessert, try flan (egg custard), which is paired with many
fruits/flavors such as guava, cheese, coconut.  Other typical
desserts are:
casquitos de guayaba or pasta de guayaba con queso (guava shells or
guava
paste with cheese) and dulce de lechoza (papaya shells; usually
served with
cheese).

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