Hidden Gems: The Mountain Food of Puerto Rico | On the Road
Travel alongside Cook's Country's Editorial Director Bryan Roof as he explores the communities and cuisines that make up the great American dinner table. In this episode, he sets out to explore the rustic mountain food of Puerto Rico.
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We rarely get to see stories from the Puerto Rican mountains, this episode is a special treat. I want to eat at their cozy restaurant!
Bryan has the best job - he gets to travel, eat great food and meet wonderful people
I love the food and warmth of the people in Puerto Rico, the Isle of Enchantment --La Isla Del Encanto.
I'm surprised PBS doesn't make this into a full series. Hopefully they will at some point.
Oh my God. My mouth watered. Added to the list of places to visit when I go back home. CONGRATULATIONS from Cape Cod. I love that ATK has been including Puerto Rico in recent months.
This is an an excellent video, going off the common destinations for visitors to PR, but eminently doable if you're even slightly adventurous. Thanks, Bryan!
This is exactly why I love YT- these excellent travels with Bryan on the road are my favorite! What an outstanding taste Puerto Rico, the woman and her son are absolutely making my mouth water!!!
Thank you for visiting Puerto Rico and for posting this video. I appreciate it.
Mi Bello Puerto Rico, te anoro!!!😢
I could actually smell the food Thank you for this trip
Another amazing episode of On the Road!
Oh, just great. Now I want to go back to Puerto Rico. Thanks a lot, Bryan! :)
guanimes con bacalaooooo
When I went to the uni in New York and we did a trip to Puerto Rico and we went to the mountains and the beaches. The mountains were beautiful and the people were beautiful too. The tourist should do a trip around the island
@lowki07
2 ай бұрын
No, stay away!
Recao, also called culantro, needs wider exposure. People who can taste cilantro as something besides soap say it tastes like a stronger cilantro. I, someone who thinks cilantro tastes like soap, finds recao very pleasant. If it was in wider use instead of cilantro I would spend so much less time picking garnishes off my dishes in restaurants.
@itsleokid2075
2 ай бұрын
Great story, you know that Cilantro is also in sofrito which is one of the seasoning bases Puerto Rican and other cultures use in most cooking. I’m sure you like the taste of that!
@KenS1267
2 ай бұрын
@@itsleokid2075 I'm sure you fail to understand basic chemistry. People who genetically taste raw cilantro as soap do not taste cooked cilantro at all. The compounds that taste like soap denature and are no longer a problem and we still cannot taste the other ones. I get you think this isn't genetic or something but this is very clearly established. I will always taste cilantro as soap. No amount of "developing a taste for it" will change that. When you spread those raw leaves over food about 1 in 6 people will just taste soap.
@isabelab6851
Ай бұрын
I have suggested to people who don’t like cilantro…for Puerto Ricans is the traditional one.
Love it!👍🫶🏾
This was wonderful. We need more videos of the interior of PR that deserves even more love.
YUM! I had a boyfriend in high school who was Puerto Rican and his mom made their version of tamales that uses plantain to make the dough instead of masa. The sauce she made to cook them in was amazing!! Every Christmas she made them and I made sure I got in on the feast every year we were together. Definitely a factor in how long we stayed together, lol, didnt want to miss out on his mama's cooking! Everything was always so delicious. This reminds me of some of the other dishes she made. Those were definitely my favorite though!
Omg home I miss it
I could watch hours of this series. It feels genuine and true. Thanks!
How come only Brian always gets to travel?
Good food, good times, good friends, .... good, good, good ... can't ask for anything better (not even the lottery).
Mountain food is the best
I love Puerto Rico❤too
Fantastic Bryan. Thank you.
Love it ! 💖
Ooooh! Gerardo! Swoon... But also - this food looks so delicious! Great video!
Great video! The food looked scrumptious, particularly the cod fish stew😊.
Enjoyed your reporting as much or even more than the chefs, food and country side. Keep it up.😎
That food looks brilliant
Yum ,yum.
Loved this. I was hoping to make it to la ruta de lechon in my last trip there, but it didn't work out because...weather. Next time! The food looks delicious!
Need to visit ...
I just looked at the menu for Casa Viejas, and they do have another fish dish, although it is a pastelillo (turnover) and not a main dish. It is the same cod but used as a turnover filling. This does highlight the difficulty of travelling some places poses for those of us who are vegetarian or vegan. The highlighted restaurants don't seem to offer much for me.
love
Fam 💪🏼✨😮💨❤️🔥 best spot in PR
Mi islita querida
Los Jibaros son de las montañas.!!
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Will you please give us the names of these 2 restaurants you visited and where in PR they are located?
@sandrah7512
2 ай бұрын
Do you have trouble reading words in videos because with the map of Puerto Rico displayed twice and the restaurant signs ( and shirts for one) each shown more than once should give you what you're after. If the Spanish-English translation captions don't help (they might) maybe turn on the captions for the overall video for Bryan's narration. There's also a companion article linked in the video description for the one place, but there may be a paywall.
!Mucho felicidades! yo conoci Puerto Rico poco antes la pandemia y tuve que salir pronto porque si no tuve mucho dinero. La vida en Puerto Rico es muy duro. Hay que tener mucho dinero. la isla es muy linda pero le falta infastructura y despues hurican Maria! !! chucha !!
Ayyyy! Gerardo!! Estoy enamorado! Bryan, Espero que tengas su número de teléfono en Puerto Rico. 🙂Gracias por el video!
Those are EMPANADILLAS
@lisamzayas
2 ай бұрын
Hello:) Some parts of the island call them “Pastelillos”, other parts call it “Empanadas”. Either or, we just enjoy them!
@itsleokid2075
2 ай бұрын
@@lisamzayasso my Puerto Rican friend would tell you pasteleos are pastry’s. Things like quesitos, de guayaba, tornillos, y más como esto, because they’re sweet. I get what you’re saying but to them it’s like no empanadas are savory and pasteleos are sweet.
@collins48lc
2 ай бұрын
Nope
@EstherPuchi
2 ай бұрын
I'm from PR. My father owned many restaurants in PR. EMPANADILLAS ARE NOT EMPANADAS NOR PASTELILLOS.
@Graycy808
2 ай бұрын
@@EstherPuchiwhat are the things that are like tamales but made with plantains instead of masa? I've forgotten what they were called but I havent forgotten how delicious they were every Christmas when my boyfriend's mom would make them!!
🕺⭐💃🌹🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👌👍🚶
You can get all this food in New York from Puerto Ricans and don’t let anyone tell you any different.!!
@chrissmarie455
25 күн бұрын
It’s WILL NEVER be the same coming from someone who was born in NY and has lots of family there and I lived half my life in PR and half in the US, the traditional food in PR is much better. In fact any side of the road food truck has better traditional food than anything in NY. Also with the amount of Dominicans that have moved to NY you see many of them cooking our food and making it their way which isn’t bad but isn’t OUR tradition way of cooking.
Poor Brian. He must be tired from all that paid travel and food.
Hopefully better then Dominican food 🤭
@chrissmarie455
25 күн бұрын
Dominica food is good though, I love PR food but then again I’m biased. If you don’t like the flavor profile Latin Caribbean food just may not be for you. Many of the foods from Cuba, PR and DR are very similar.
@ricknico2577
25 күн бұрын
@@chrissmarie455 yeah might be. I lived there for 3 years and I felt like I tried most dishes in just one week. Kind of unspicy and little variation for me..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@itsleokid2075
2 ай бұрын
Why the laugh lol??
The scenery is beautiful & tropical weather (like heaven) but, I would not be interested in anything shown
@angiegirl1510
2 ай бұрын
Your loss ..the food is absolutely delicious 😋
@angiegirl1510
2 ай бұрын
Don't knock it till you tried it..
@itsleokid2075
2 ай бұрын
@@angiegirl1510it’s ok honey… To each their own and everyone isn’t all excited about puerto rican food like most Puerto Ricans. Same as most Mexicans they like their countries food the best!
@Graycy808
2 ай бұрын
Dont knock it till you've tried it!! Wait... nevermind just means more for the rest of us cause I'd eat all of it and I've never cared for salted fish, but I'm willing to try it when it's made with so many other delicious flavors. But if you aren't adventurous enough to try any of these dishes you probably aren't inclined to travel to places like Puerto Rico so no problem there I guess right?
Met this guy in person and he was very drunk and rude. Won’t be watching again.
@Graycy808
2 ай бұрын
Hahaha good to know, if I ever see him while I travel I'll head the other way!!
Their food looks like the food of the poor.
@lisamzayas
2 ай бұрын
May look poor to you, but it is rich in flavors. So yummy yummy delicious!
@HarmlessIndividual
2 ай бұрын
You seem miserable.
@marpinero
2 ай бұрын
I can tell your taste buds are very poor.
@itsleokid2075
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 Puerto Ricans like to defend their culture even when they’re wrong lol.
@Graycy808
2 ай бұрын
Well that sounded rude! What a lovely thing to say about a cultural cuisine that is comfort food to so many!! And what, may I ask, does food not of the "poor" look like? And if you say anything with lobster I'm gonna laugh cause it was once eaten almost exclusively by the "poor" so I'd definitely love to hear your description of what rich people food looks like? And what makes you think that it would taste that much better because you approve of the appearance? Do not judge a book by its cover or you may miss out on some really good food because of a snooty attitude!! Man some people's kids! I swear!
Jibaros where you at
@ed209ish
2 ай бұрын
Aqui