WE MADE IT!! After a stressful couple of weeks at work for both of us, we are officially on our holiday vacations. We decided to check out another local spot to celebrate: Don Pedro.
Though this place is a bit off the beaten path, it was quite bumpin' in the middle of a Friday afternoon! Fun music in the background, prompt and friendly service, and a lovely decor helped us forget work and get into vacation mode almost as soon as we walked in the door.
To kick off our celebrating properly, we ordered the spicy mojitos. A-MAH-zing. DJ said they were the best mojitos he's had since his trip to Puerto Rico. Cheers to the holidays!
As for food, they started us off with a basket of bread, popcorn and plantain chips with paprika oil for dipping. Tasty!
But we didn't really have much of it because we wanted to try an appetizer. They all sounded so good, we had a hard time choosing! We ultimately went with the calamar a la parrilla, and were so glad we did. The calamari was grilled beautifully with delicious seasoning and a lovely slaw salad to add a bit of citrusy zip. Could have made a meal of this one.
Then DJ feasted on the picadillo (cuban style ground beef with seasoning very similar to pepper steak), and Mel tried the masitas de cerdo asadas (fried pork with salad). This dish usually comes with sweet plantains, but Mel asked if she could try the yucca fries instead. She has been on a mission to find yucca fries as good as the ones they used to have at Beso, a lovely Brooklyn restaurant.
Beso still takes the prize for their fries (they slice them thinner and season them generously), but the Don Pedro pork is worthy of a prize itself.
We are so glad we finally checked this place out because we will definitely be visiting whenever we have a hankering for some Latin flavors.
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Addendum: Remembering the amazing flavors of the spicy mojito, we returned to the bar of Don Pedro one chilly January night just for a drink. The mojitos were good, but not quite as good as the ones from just a few weeks prior.
We asked about the bartender who had served us during our first visit (ironically named Pedro) to find out his hours so we could be sure to return when he was making the drinks. But sadly, it appears he left! So... we won't hold it against the restaurant, but we won't necessarily return there just for drinks. We realized the time might be better spent figuring out how to make them ourselves.
Thanks for the spicy mojito that day though, Pedro! You were our magic mixologist to kick off the holiday season.
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Addendum: Remembering the amazing flavors of the spicy mojito, we returned to the bar of Don Pedro one chilly January night just for a drink. The mojitos were good, but not quite as good as the ones from just a few weeks prior.
We asked about the bartender who had served us during our first visit (ironically named Pedro) to find out his hours so we could be sure to return when he was making the drinks. But sadly, it appears he left! So... we won't hold it against the restaurant, but we won't necessarily return there just for drinks. We realized the time might be better spent figuring out how to make them ourselves.
Thanks for the spicy mojito that day though, Pedro! You were our magic mixologist to kick off the holiday season.
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