“Puerto Rican food has a unique flavor ... crumbled chicharrón, balls of mofongo, and a choice of beef, guava-marinated chicken, or pernil (roasted pork leg). A lone skewer of meat set in ...

Substitute mofongo for apple pie and you have a fairly good working list of priorities in Puerto Rico. The Boricua specialty — a heaping mound of mashed fried green plantains studded with crisp ...

Whether you’ve never had Puerto Rican food before or you’re looking for a mofongo that transports you back to abuela’s kitchen, these are the seven essential Puerto Rican restaurants in Philly.

Mofongo is urban street lingo for bold and sassy in demeanor; a sultry or delicious presence; an attitude. As in: I mean like, damn son, dat bitch gots crazy mofongo, word up, all sorts of wanting ...