restaurant in San Juan
N. Jill Velencia
some.
Do any of you have a favorite restaurant to try in San Juan?
Jill - Seattle
JCrui0922
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>Do any of you have a favorite restaurant to try in San Juan?
Jill - I'm not sure that there is really "Puerto Rican" cuisine, but one of our
favorite restaurants in San Juan is the Metropole out by the El San Juan Hotel.
Any cab driver can get you there. This is a Cuban restaurant and has the best
black beans and rice (congri), yucca, and plantains that I have ever had.
Also, there garlic bread is unbelieveable. You might want to try it for some
original Caribbean style home cooking.
Sherrie in Nashville
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Floridays
mo-hee-lee). It's also out in the vicinity of the El San Juan hotel. They do
Puerta Rican cuisine and it's excellent!
Floridays
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I am totaly unfamiliar with Puerto Rican cuisine but I would love to try
some.
Do any of you have a favorite restaurant to try in San Juan?
Jill - Seattle
Tom & Linda
Juan. Things to try include:
Medalla Beer (a very light local beer) [I had a few last night]
Black Bean Soup
With your bread, ask for Chimeechuree (sp) which is olive oil with
chopped parsley, garlic, and other green things, to dunk your bread in.
Fried Plantain (bananas) I like the sweet not the green plantain.
Instead of baked potato, have rice and beans.
For dessert have Flan, a thick caramelized custard.
And if you like STRONG coffee, ask for Puerto Rican coffee. They'll
serve you "weaker American" coffee if you don't ask for PR coffee.
These are not just Puerto Rican, but are also Cuban, etc.
I've heard of Ajili Mojili as well, but have never tried it. Some of my
favorite restaurants in San Juan are La Casona, Martino's, Augusto's
(very expensive, and very dressy) and Don Pepe. None are "very" local.
--Tom (who just got off a flight from Puerto Rico about 2 hours ago -
sadly business, not vacation :(
Jose V. Lopez
in the OLD San Juan. All around the old city you may find a lot of medium,
and small size restaurant that serve the traditional Puerto Rican food (and
american food a la Puerto Rico!)
Puerto Rican Cusine, have more variety of dishes and flavors than the Cuban
Cusine (with all respect to my cuban friend and there traditional cusine
that by the way I learn to love, and cook!)
You may want to try the 'Arroz con Gandulez' (Rice with Pigeon Peas). You
can't go wrong with that! That's as Puerto Rican as it could get!
Buen Provecho!
Jose Lopez
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> >I am totaly unfamiliar with Puerto Rican cuisine but I would love to try
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> >Do any of you have a favorite restaurant to try in San Juan?
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Aaron T. Farr
influenced by Spanish or Cuban diets, I don't know.
But as for Metropol, I have to strongly agree.
We love Metropol and go there whenever we are in P.R. There are actually
two Metropol restaurants. One is in Condado, and the one I'm familiar with
is in Isla Verde near the airport entrance. It's on Isla Verde Ave., and
next to the Cockfighting ring, across from ESJ Towers and the Sands.
Prices, service and quality is excellent, it's always a treat eating there.
There is also plenty of parking in their lot out front. Everything I've
ever had is good and there are several menu specialties that contain a mix
of popular P.R. tastes that are just out of this world. The place is
exceptional. I well remember their fresh garlic bread, fish, Cuban beef
dishes and black beans. Mixed drinks are also quite good.
N. Jill Velencia
Thanks for the advice. I will be in San Juan in Jan. on the GGC2K and
wanted to try something new.
Are you from Puerto Rico?
Jill - Seattle
Jose V. Lopez
at the same time. So the history of both countries is very similar. The
Puerto Rican Cuisine and the Cuban Cuisine are inflenced by Spanish, African
and native cultures. The differences and similarities may came from the
availability of differente produces on the two islands. For example. In
Puerto Rico, we use more red and white beans, and in Cuba, black beans are
used a lot. On both, rice, plantains and pork are main ingredients, but the
way of preparing them is differente.
Jose Lopez.
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NJ...@webtv.net (N. Jill Velencia) wrote:
> I am totaly unfamiliar with Puerto Rican cuisine but I would love to
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One restaurant you must look up is called "La Casita Blanca". The food
is as good, if not better, as Ajili Mojili, the atmosphere is very
friendly, the service quite good, the portions better than AM's and the
prices way lower than AM's. Remember to leave room for desert as they
offer an outstanding flan.
Have a great trip!
Harry.
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>I am totaly unfamiliar with Puerto Rican cuisine but I would love to try
>some.
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>Do any of you have a favorite restaurant to try in San Juan?
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> Jill - Seattle
"La Posada" is great in the Condado Plaza hotel. I'd also have to
second "La Bombonera" downtown.
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