![]() I had the Arroz con Bistec (Rice and Steak) and Shayne had Camarones de Monfongo. (OF COURSE I looked up restaurants in our surrounding area before we left – How else would I have known to look for this place on our shuttle to the hotel!) □ : One night for dinner, we escaped the massive depths of our resort and shared a cab with two of our now New Yorker friends and ate here, Don Pepe. It was prepared like a sweet sandwich – two pieces of white bread with cheese in the middle with guava jam, dipped in an almond batter and fried. We shared nibbles on this delightful Puerto Rican-style French Toast. It’s like a cross between pudding and jello. If you’re a texture eater, I wouldn’t order this. ![]() But anyway… its mofongo balls, empanedos and marbella, rio mar beach resort in puerto rico But as you can see there are only 3 “dishes” We were confused and asked but still we remained confused. This is called the “Saborea” 4 in one tasting. I think in the moment we were just excited to be in a fancy hotel, eating Puerto Rican food. OK so it probably wasn’t the most outstanding representation, but we eased into it… I gotta say, though, at the moment this was all great and wonderful but in hindsight – which is always 20/20 – this meal was probably my least favorite and come to think of it… did not come out hot. Our first taste of PR cuisine was at our hotel, actually. And if you can’t eat pork or choose not to – I don’t know what to tell you. It was a beans and rice heaven! …and if you love pork, bacon, pork chops, straight up pig – go to PR. Well, we ate the chuletas… and more flavorfully sinful Puerto Rican vittles. So, before we even got off the plane in San Juan, he was already salivating over these chuletas we were going to be eating at some point. He had a childhood friend who was from a Puerto Rican family and he told me that when his mom would make spaghetti, he would go over to the _’s house and eat chuletas – Puerto Rican pork chops. Shayne knew the food was going to be great. We finally got to take a vacay last week for our 1st wedding anniversary in Puerto Rico00! □ (It just sounds better in my head with lots of o’s and an “!”) ![]() Ah, the bittersweet epiphany that you actually have to LEAVE your vacation spot… that icky feeling right before you close your hotel door… hoping your foot gets caught in it so you have to inevitably miss your flight and stay in paradise at least 4 more hours… I WISH!
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