Amber Toy's Wildest Adventures: FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD.....WE'RE ANXIOUS TO TRY IT!

The food in Puerto Rico is pretty tasty! My parents asked me if it tasted like Mexican food to give them something to compare it to, but honestly, it’s just Puerto Rican! It has its own little category of different types of food, but I would say it’s more Hispanic than it is American. With every meal there was a salad, plantains, and beans. Now beans sounds boring or not very flavorful, but the beans in Puerto Rico were the best I’ve ever had! I kept trying to figure out what they put in the beans to make them taste so wonderful, but I could never figure it out. Rice was very common with a lot of the meals we had.

Shrimp!

This was some pretty yummy chicken with rice, salad, and plantains.

I ate quite a bit of seafood while I was there. Living in Utah for so long makes me crave fresh seafood so I was happy I was finally able to get my fix while I was there. Grouper and fried red snapper are quite common there, along with some yummy shrimp. A very special dish in Puerto Rico that is well known is called Mofongo. This is a dish that is made primarily of rice and crushed plantains with various seasonings and your choice of meat on top. I tried it several times but the best tasting Mofongo that I had was shrimp Mofongo. Here are some pictures!


This was by far the best Mofongo we had there!

Fried Red Snapper!

Grouper with fried sweet plantains and salad!

One thing that I have had on my bucket list is to try shark. I have lived close to the Outer Banks my entire life but I had yet to try it. While on Flamenco beach they had what they called shark bites there! Basically it’s fried shark in smaller pieces. I thought it tasted delicious! I assumed that shark would be quite chewy and kind of hard, but it was very soft!

The fruits in Puerto Rico were HUGE! Here is a picture of some fresh mangoes that our friend Wilson picked for us right outside the rainforest. I don’t usually enjoy mangoes but these mangoes were large and very sweet. Sadly I didn’t get to try they massive avocados there but maybe next time I go I will be able to!

They also had very sweet ice cream there, made with coconut juice. Trying all of the different types of juices there became a fun part of dining while I was in Puerto Rico. Here is a picture of me drinking a virgin piña colada!

We went out with a couple of locals we met while there and had some AMAZING BBQ! The restaurant is called Bebo's BBQ and locals stand in line for it each day because it's so good! I tried Yucca for the first time, which was super yummy! The BBQ just fell off the bone, it was so savory! We were all so quiet while we ate as we were so busy tasting the food! I highly recommend going there, it was well worth it! It was also nice to get out of the touristy areas and try something more local.