The Fort was so interesting to walk around in
After walking all day we went into a beautiful Antique shoppe and I bought some old glass bottles to collect beach sand, I do this in any destination I go to
We were getting hungry so all I wanted to eat was Alcapurria- My grandmother makes them AWESOME and I had to try one from the hometown
An alcapurria is a dish from Puerto Rico made from a mixture of mainly yautía and may contain ground squash, plantains, green banana and other starchy tropical tubers filled with ground beef or crab meat and deep fried in oil. Yuca "alcapurrias" are usually stuffed with crab, shrimp or lobster meat. Many Puerto Ricans enjoy this dish and are often found eating it at the beach with friends. "Alcapurrias" are also one of the many dishes served on the kiosk stands
Again I called my mom and told her what I was eating... so good
We shopped around some more and we asked the locals where we can get real authentic PR food, I felt like I was Rachel Ray on
"$40 a day"
asking the locals where we should eat
They told us a restaurant called Raices (pronounced Rye-Eee- Ces)
GREAT restaurant!!!!! We are actually going back to PR in September with my sister and her BF Scott and we want to take them there,,,
GREAT FOOD
All I wated to eat besides Alcapurria is Mofongo ( I know its a weird name)
My mom makes it soooo darn good
You can't walk into a self-respecting Puerto Rican restaurant and not see mofongo on the menu. It's a must-try for first-time visitors who want to claim to have sampled the local fare. Essentially, mofongo is a mashed mound of plantains into which a combination of seafood, meat, or vegetables is added. It can be served as a side dish or a main course accompanied typically by beans and rice.
The couple we were with loved the Mofongo
and we then had it with Flan...
We had a lot of fun and we were so stuffed