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I arrived for lunch on Wednesday and was greeted by a smiling face and great conversation by our waitress- the sister of the owner. The music was amazing, you wanted to get up and baila right there in the middle of the floor! For lunch time, the food does take a little ling to come to you, so if you are on an hour lunch break, I may suggest you call ahead? However, they bring complimentary tostones (fried masked green plantains) to your table for your wait.
The food was all I had hoped for! Being Puerto Rican, I am a huge critic of my style of cooking. I ordered an alcapurria which made my mouth sing and the MOFONGO was out of this world amazing. Not even when I visited Puerto Rico last year, did I get such a moist and flavorful Mofongo Solo. Because I am so use to it being a little dry, I automatically asked for a salsa before I even tasted it, but the ajo sauce she brought got neglected, because it didn't need to touch my moist mountain of platano and chicharronnes! I was in heaven for an hour, with my malta for a drink and a clean environment to eat! My one disappointment were the pasteles, which I was looking forward to. They were very bland for my taste. The owner said that he has modified his recipe to accommodate guests whose palettes are not as use to the strong flavors as we are. As much as I can sympathize, i feel that is a mistake. When someone comes to eat another culture's dishes, they must understand the flavors and spices used to create it, are what makes the dish authentic. Although an Indian food restaurant may make their buffet food with less heat to accommodate the masses, it still has the same flavors and spices, just not the heat. The ingredients in a pastele needs the salt and adobo that this was lacking. I don't think you get the same result if you have to add topical salt.
Bottom line- Will I be back? YES, with bells on- it was fantastic!
This time I will skip the pasteles, sadly, but happily order everything else! I'm excited to try dinner.
If you want to try them out- go to the Puerto Rican Festival this month in Tempe- they will be there as a vendor. ALSO, BEGINNING ON MAY 20TH THEY WILL ONLY BE OPEN FROM THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY.
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