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Hoʻokena 'Auʻau Lunamakaʻa'Āina
© Keʻena MeaʻImi Hāʻawiʻia ka pipi me ka inu inu i San Juan a me nā mea eʻimi ana i kaʻike Puerto Rican maoli. Hāleʻa lākou i nā haleʻaina ma "nā alanui i'ōlaiʻia" e noho mau ana ka poʻe, a ma waho o ka mahalo i nā mea nui o ka moku, e aʻoʻoe e pili ana i ka moʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu, a me ka hoʻolālā o nā kaiāulu āu e kipa ai.
Hāʻawi pūʻia nā loko iʻa e Paulina Salach a me Gustavo Antonetti, nā hoa hana o ka makahikiʻo Puerto Ricoʻo ka makahikiʻo Gastronomic, nā mea hauʻoli i nā hoaaloha, nā hoaaloha a me nāʻike. ʻO ka holaʻainaʻo kaʻaʻaiʻaʻaiʻo ka huakaʻiʻo ka hōʻailonaʻekolu,ʻoʻoe ke kiʻi iāʻoe iʻekolu mau kūʻokoʻa kūikawā, eʻeli ana i ka hohonu i ka moʻaukala o nā mea hana a me nāʻano moʻomeheu e hana nei i kaʻai Puerto Rican i kēia lā. Hōʻikeʻoe i ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa o nā meaʻai ma ka'āina, no nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kama'āina, aʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe aku iāʻoe i nāʻaina kahi āu e makemake ai e hoʻi hou a pinepine. He aha ke ala maikaʻi loa eʻike ai i Puerto Rico ma mua o kona kaʻina gastronomic - ma hope o nā mea a pau, ponoʻoe eʻai,ʻo ia?
02 o 05
La Cueva del Mar, Ocean Park
ʻO ka iʻa i ka La Cueva del Mar ma Puerto Rico. © Vanessa Query ʻO ko mākou kūʻana muaʻo Ocean Park , kahi kaiāulu kahakai ma Santurce. ʻO Calle Loíza ke ala a me ka heleʻana (alanui Loiza) heʻoihana palekana o nāʻoihanaʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a me nāʻoihana kiko'ī. ʻO La Cueva del Mar ka mea hope loa - kekahi o nā wahiʻekolu o kahi kaulahao kūloko. ʻAʻoleʻike waleʻia e nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi eʻike nei pehea e loaʻa ai, a he mea mahalo.
Ma hope o ke awakea, ua ho'āponoʻia mākou me ka hoʻomakaʻana i kā mākouʻaina me kahi kākena DonQ me ka waiʻalani. Ua hoʻokauwāʻia au he empanadilla ("small empanada ," a iʻole ka meaʻai manu), e hele mai me kahi koho nui o nā kīʻaha, me ka emiʻole o nāʻano iʻaʻehā. ʻAʻohe wau i ka bacalao , aiʻole i ka cod salted, empanadilla. ʻO nā mea a pau, heʻono.
A laila hele mai ka iʻa iʻa, kahi iʻikeʻia aiʻo La Cueva del Mar. Ua kū nā iʻa o ka lā, a he hou a heʻono. ʻO ka hānai he mea ola maikaʻi loa ia o ka cilantro i hui ponoʻia i loko, aʻo ka crunchy colawlaw a me ka tortilla uila i hāʻawi mai i nā meaʻono a me nā mea lewa.
Ua maikaʻi ka hoʻiʻana i La Cueva del Mar me koʻu hoaaloha i kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, a ua hauʻoli hoʻi au i ka pele hoʻokahi. Alohaʻo Yum!
La Cueva Del Mar
1904 Calle Loiza
San Juan, Puerto Rico
(787) 726-8700
03 o 05
Kulaʻo Soleil, Loíza
Mofongo ma ka hui o Soleil Beach, Puerto Rico. © Vanessa Query ʻO kaʻaoʻao aʻe i kahi huakaʻi i Piñones , kahi kaulana kaulana o nā haleʻaina kaikaikai a me nā kioskos (kiosks, aiʻole nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi) ma Loíza, kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma kaʻaoʻao hikina, ma ka hikina o San Juan. Hele mākou i kahi hui nui o Soleil Beach, kahi haleʻaina nani nani i piha i ka noho waho.
Ua mālamaʻia wau i ka wai niu hou -ʻo ia hoʻi, he mauʻu i loko o ka niu. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia keʻano'ē aʻe mai ka wai niu kokonomi i lilo ia i hōʻoki nui o kēia moku'āina: Heʻanoʻoluʻolu,ʻoluʻolu,ʻoluʻolu, a hoʻomaha hoʻi kēia wai niu i hiki ke kūpono loa-no Puerto Rican puʻupuʻu.
Ma hope o ka hauʻoliʻana i kaʻike a me ka makani no kekahi manawa, ua hoʻohanaʻia wau i ka leo : Puʻupuʻu kaulana kaulanaʻo Puerto Rico, i hana mauʻia me ka'ōpū'enela a me ka pihaʻana i nā meaʻai. Ua hanaʻia kēia leo me ka yuca (ka mea kanu) ma mua o ka mea kanuainana, aʻo kaʻiʻo he mea momona, pale, a maikaʻi. Ua hānaiʻiaʻo ia me kahi kānana chimichurri (he meaʻai'ōmaʻomaʻo no ka meaʻai,ʻo ia hoʻi ka paʻipaʻi pālaʻi maikaʻi loa, ke kālaki i kālaiʻia, kaʻailaʻaila, oregano, keʻokeʻoʻulaʻula paha), a laila ninini wau ma luna o ke kīʻaha a pau, mihi koke.
Ka Hui o Soleil
Carratera 187 Km 4.6
(LoiʻAnaʻo Piñones Sector)
Ana, 00772, Puerto Rico
(787) 253-1033
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Café Don Ruiz, Old San Juan
Cafe Don Ruiz, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. © Vanessa Query No ko mākou hopena hope loa, ua hoʻi mākou i Old San Juan , ke kūlanakauhale kahiko a Puerto Rico. E like me nā wahi'ē aʻe a mākou i kipa aku ai, ua hāʻawi akuʻo Paulina iā mākou he huakaʻi hele wāwae, piha i ka moʻomeheu a me ka moʻaukala, a lilo ia i mea mana maikaʻi ma waena o nā lawelaweʻana o ka meaʻai.
Ua pau mākou i ka Cuartel de Ballajá (Ballajá Barracks), he kauhale o ka hōʻailonaʻumikūmāiwa o ke kenekulia. Na ke aupuni o Puerto Rico i kūkulu i ka hale i ka makahiki 1976 a ua hoʻoponopono hou ia no kaʻoihana ahupuaʻa, hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi mai ka wā mai. I kēia lā, ua kūkuluʻia nā hale hoʻonaʻauao a me ka pilina e nā Ballajá Barracks, a aia nā hale mele a hula, kahi hale waihona, a me nā hale kūʻai.
ʻO kekahi o kēia mau hale kūʻai,ʻo iaʻo Café Don Ruiz, he mea hoʻolaha kaulana kaulana. ʻO kona wahiʻaina ka leʻaleʻa a me ke konoʻana,ʻo kona kofe ka meaʻono. ʻOiaiʻo ka coffee coffee ko lākou mea nui a me kākoʻo, he lā wela loa aʻo ka New Englander i loko oʻu e hikiʻole ke mālama i kahi lama wela! Kama'āina, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka kofe kanikona,ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau: ke anu anuanu, kaʻaila, aʻoluʻolu wale.
Café Don Ruiz
Calle Norzagaray, Esquina Morovis Primer piso Ballajá
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
(787) 723-1462
http://www.cafedonruiz.com/
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El Picoteo de Tapas, Hotel El Convento, San Juan
ʻO ka'āpana Vanilla flan a me kaʻaina nui loa, ka haleʻainaʻo El Picoteo de Tapas. © Vanessa Query E hoʻomau i ko mākou heleʻana ma waho o San San, hiki iā Paulina ke alakaʻi iā mākou i ka Hotel El Convento, kahi hokele hōkele e, e like me ka inoa inoa, i hale halepule. I loko o ka 'eleʻele o ka hōkele, ma ka pā hale i waho,ʻo El Picoteo de Tapas, he wahi kiʻi kūpono loa no nā tapas Spanish (pāʻani liʻiliʻi).
ʻO kēia kaʻu meaʻai i hoʻopau. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā meaʻalaʻuʻuku o ka vanilla special van van fillet a me ka palaoa'ehi. ʻO kēia ke kūpale maikaʻi loa i kahi pāʻina nui i hoʻolahaʻia ma luna o kekahi mau hola,ʻikeʻia i nāʻano he nui, i ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻike nui e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Puerto Rican, ka mōʻaukala, a me keʻano, ka meaʻai!
ʻO El Picoteo de Tapas
Hotel El Convento
100 Alanui Cristo
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
(787) 723-9202
http://www.elconvento.com/dining/el-picoteo.aspx