Just returned from a trip to Puerto Rico where I had the most delicious mofongo. I haven’t been awe struck by food in a long time but this dish really has WOW factor. Where can I find a good Puerto Rican restaurant in our area that serves mofongo? –Margo Kumpf Pompano Beach
Like you, I believe mofongo is a culinary marvel.
“Who invented this?” I find myself asking whenever I eat it.
If you’ve never tried it, mofongo is a Puerto Rican dish of mashed plantains mixed with seafood, meat or vegetables. It’s most typically made with pork cracklings and lots of garlic, althought I once sampled a lobster mofongo.
To find out the best spots for mofongo, I went to my colleague Deborah Ramirez, who is Puerto Rican and editor of El Sentinel, the Spanish language weekly newspaper published by the Sun Sentinel.
Here are her three suggestions. While none are in Pompano, you and I both know that mofongo is worth drive.
Borinqueya Restaurant, 6875 Stirling Road, Davie, 954-587-2482, borinqueyarestaurant.com.
La Cocina Puertorrique ‘ , ‘ aEUR , +/-a, 6742 Pembroke Road, Pembroke Pines, 954-962-0777, lacocinapuertorriquena.com.
Old San Juan Restaurant, 1200 SW 57th Ave., Miami, 305-263-9911, oldsanjuanmiami.com.
