Ajili Mojili

Description:

• This restaurant serves comida criolla, the starchy, down-home cuisine that developed on the island a century ago. It's housed in a huge two-story building on the Condado Lagoon. Locals come here for a taste of the food they enjoyed at their mother's knee, like mofongo (green plantain casserole stuffed with veal, chicken, shrimp, or pork), arroz con pollo (chicken and rice), medallones de cerdo encebollado (pork loin sautéed with onions), carne mechada (beef rib-eye stuffed with ham), and lechon asado con maposteado (roast pork with rice and beans). Wash it all down with an ice-cold bottle of local beer. The staff will eagerly describe menu items in colloquial English.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010