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I'm so glad that I finally got to try this place after reading Stefany V.'s review and seeing references to "Porto's" (in Los Angeles) and "potato balls." I love Porto's, a very popular place that always has a line because their food is so bomb dot com. When fellow first-timer Amelinda L. and I met for MLK Day lunch today, there wasn't a line at 12:15pm, but one quickly formed after we sat down.
After perusing the menu that offers several tempting items, I settled on the potato ball filled with ground beef (Rellenos de Papa) to start, the fried mashed plantains with chicken (Mofongo Con Pollo) as my main dish, and a Puerto Rican tamale with pork (Pasteles) as a side. Yes, that was all for me, but I knew that I could just take home whatever was left. I love plantains and the Mofongo did not disappoint. It's served with a mayo/ketchup combo that you can spread on the Mofongo and YUM! The grilled chicken had a lot of flavor, as well. The rice ball is one big orb of tastiness with the ground beef and potato combo reminiscent of a Filipino dish my mother makes. The only let-down was the pasteles as I didn't really taste anything special; it was bland to me. Oh, there was a second let-down: when we ordered, there were cheese-filled sugar pastries (Quesitos) in a case on the counter for sale. I didn't get one at the beginning, thinking that I could get one on the way out if I still felt like having dessert. Of course, there were none left as we were leaving: womp womp. It just gives me another reason to return to try that as well as the fried sweet plantains (Maduros), the cream cheese guava flan (Flan de Queso y Guayaba), the coconut custard (Trembleque), the Mofongo with shrimp, and more. This place is bomb dot com, tambien.
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