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FYI; If you haven't tried "Mama Fina's", in Bellfl...

2010-02-25T16:41:35.659-08:00

FYI; If you haven't tried "Mama Fina's", in Bellflower, then you're
missing authentic P.R. cuisine. They have from "arroz con gandules"
to alcapurrias Y bistec en salsa. You can have arroz blanco con carne
guisa' and abichuelas rosadas. They also have platanos maduros and tostones Y chuletas. Check it out you won't regret it. And BTW, they

Thanks for spreading the word about this place. I...

2009-12-07T18:04:36.601-08:00

Thanks for spreading the word about this place. It was so nice to have real PR food that I didn't have to spend several hours making! If you know anything about the preparation of authentic PR food, it is very labor intensive and time consuming. I took my mom who was raised on the island and we agreed that while we always prefer Grandma's receipes best (we put waaaaaaaay more meat in

MLB, My pleasure! Finding Puerto Rican food anyw...

2009-08-11T11:24:55.444-07:00

MLB,

My pleasure! Finding Puerto Rican food anywhere in SoCal is like trying to find a needle in a haystack so I'm glad to get the owrd out!

tallnoe,

aww! well hopefully you can make a trip out to NoHo soon so you can try this...it'll be worth it, I promise!

weezermonkey,

mmm, that food your friend Glam made looks SO good--can she

I haven't eaten Puerto Rican food since Boriquen i...

2009-08-05T03:04:25.685-07:00

I haven't eaten Puerto Rican food since Boriquen in Alhambra closed down. :( Can't wait to try again. You know, because prior to blogging, I didn't pay nearly as much attention to all the components of food.

Love Coco Rico.

Geebuz! Deep end. Love it! We ate mofongo after m...

2009-08-04T13:35:04.069-07:00

Geebuz! Deep end. Love it!

We ate mofongo after mofongo for a week straight coupla years back (while on the Island) and... I don't get it :\

Mayoketchup is all kinds of awesome tho! Love tostones, love relleno de papa!

Ooh, I have to tell my friend Glam about this. Sh...

2009-08-03T12:47:18.150-07:00

Ooh, I have to tell my friend Glam about this. She is Puerto Rican, and she *can* cook!

Oh, wow... looks YUMMMY! Thanks. Wish I'd known a...

2009-08-03T11:41:08.913-07:00

Oh, wow... looks YUMMMY!

Thanks. Wish I'd known about it when I was house-sitting up there last week! Damn. :D I'll make a trip.

Can't wait to try Mofongos! Thanks for posting thi...

2009-08-03T11:14:38.361-07:00

Can't wait to try Mofongos! Thanks for posting this.