Owner: moncheoPR URL:http://www.moncheopr.com/ Join Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 23:23:34 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Cooking, eating, drinking, and writing as we munch our way through Puerto Rico and the world! ¡Buen provecho! Site statistics:Click here
SMOKING! 2008-05-28 03:09:49 Meat that is! I know where you were going. moncheorPR smoking? Hmmm... moncheoPR recently got a smoker/grill and made some sweet and smokey love to some baby back ribs, chicken, and corn. This event took over 2 whole days of...
Burger Night! 2008-05-27 03:18:23 ¡Qué hambre! Worse thing one can do is go to the supermarket hungry, right? 'Cause then you run into trouble. Much like our encounter with the beckoning packages of soft, golden, and delicious Mallorcas. And then as you imagine the... Read more:Burger
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Chef Piñeiro @ Plaza Food Fest 2008-05-24 22:40:30 On Thursday, May 22nd moncheoPR found themselves once again @ Plaza checking out the evening Chef presentation during their annual Plaza Food Fest. That night we found our old friend Chef Enrique Piñeiro from Operación Chef on stage. He had...
¡Qué Pasta! (PR) 2008-05-23 21:23:58 Ya varias personas me habian mencionado dos sitios en Plaza Las Americas que querian que visitara. moncheoPR decidió visitar uno de ellos esta semana antes de su visita a West Elm. ¡Qué Pasta
! is on the 1st floor of Plaza,...
KEKOCINAS.COM (Venezuela) 2008-05-23 20:21:54 Saludos gente! Aquí les presento otro 'bloguero' escribiendo de todo un poco sobre comida y la industria, oriundo de VENEZUELA! ¡Vaya chamo! KEKOCINAS.COM - ----- Hey peeps. Check out the blog below from a friend in Venezuela
who is...
Go Go Curry! (NYC) 2008-05-23 20:19:21 Follow-up to our Katsu Curry
post below: For those Boricuas reading from NYC or going there in the future, the best Katsu Curry outside of Japan (and our personal moncheo kitchen) can be found at Go Go Curry in New...
!Primera entrada! - First post! 2008-05-23 19:58:54 ¡WEPA my gente! moncheoPR is now up and running! We're here to blog about Puerto Rico's culinary scene. From chinchorros to fine-dining, every eatery, every spot, and as many events as possible will be covered. Our mission is to give... Read more:Primera
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SoFo Culinary Week - June 5, 2008 2008-05-30 23:52:24 Mark your calendarios! SoFo Culinary
Week starts next Thursday, June 5th through Sunday, June 8th. So what is this SoFo thing? It's when a bunch of South Fortaleza Street restaurants and surrounding areas close nearby Old San Juan streets (yeay!...
MONCHANDO: J-Taste - Japanese in Old San Juan 2008-06-02 23:52:45 Sorry. We can't sugar-coat the situation. And we won't. That's why we started moncheoPR - to eat around PR and write about it - a calzon quitao - as a reader mentioned the other day. The current options for SUSHI... Read more:Japanese
SITE NEWS: Ratings are up! 2008-06-02 21:53:29 We decided to bite the bullet and develop a rating system. Not a fan of the stars or symbols, and thinking a rating of 3 out of 5 Quenepas would've been confusing to most, we decided to have simple words... Read more:Ratings
EVENTOS: ¡Top Chef en Puerto Rico! 2008-06-04 11:44:21 ¡WEPA! Tonight's episode of TOP CHEF on Bravo marks the beginning of the 2-episode finale filmed right here in PUERTO RICO. Last month the Top Chef
cast and crew arrived on the island and got cooking with local ingredients and... Read more:Puerto Rico
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Eventos: SoFo starts today! 2008-06-05 00:05:00 NO SE OLVIDEN: Hoy jueves comienza el festejón en SoFo!! Today, Thursday, June 5th, marks the start of the the 4-day-long culinary festivities around South Fortaleza street in Old San Juan. Scheduled from 6-10PM daily, food, drinks, music, and FUN...
Eventos: SoFo Culinary Fest 2008-06-08 23:41:00 Yesterday marked the end of the 4-day SoFo Culinary
Fest in Old San Juan. moncheoPR made its way through the streets and this is what we experienced.
Site News: moncheoPR Posting Schedule 2008-06-10 14:02:31 ¡Hola¡ Some people have asked when we'll be writing, cooking, etc. How often do we post? What's next? So we came up with a basic schedule that we plan on following (as best as possible) barring any acts of nature.... Read more:Posting
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Moncheo: La Casita Blanca 2008-06-10 23:31:00 We've been hearing about this place for YEARS. Why we never visited before last week beats us. But we finally decided to go and can't believe we waited so long to do so!
Test Kitchen: Donas = Donuts 2008-06-12 23:49:00 Who needs Krispy Kreme when you can make these at home? Disclaimer: moncheoPR is not liable for any computer damage resulting from droolage. Read more:Kitchen
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Eventos: Catando y Picando - El Festival 2008-06-15 23:33:44 What a better way to do something nice for someone else than by eating and drinking the night away??? Catando y Picando - El Festival
is this upcoming Sunday, June 22nd @ the Marriott Hotel in San Juan from 1:00-6:00PM....
Eventos: Condado Culinary Fest 2008-06-17 00:22:13 This weekend also brings us the 4th annual Condado Culinary
Fest! El Vocero wrote about it here. Dates: Saturday, June 21st through Sunday, June 22nd Times: 3:00PM through midnight (12:00AM)
Moncheo: Coming Soon! 2008-06-18 02:55:38 Due to technical difficulties we won't be able to post about our most recent moncheo until Thursday. Please come back tomorrow and join us as we review our most recent moncheoPR spot. Hint: It's in Old San Juan. Ooooohhhh.... Nos... Read more:Coming Soon
Moncheo: Toro Salao 2008-06-19 00:17:31 Toro Salao entered our radar after having eaten a pretty darn tasty Bacalao Croqueta (codfish croquette) they were selling during the SoFo Culinary Fest a week or so ago. (Toro Salao is one of the newest concepts from the OOF...
Moncheo: Jose Enrique 2008-07-02 17:55:00 We first visited Jose Enrique
's spot in Santurce while out around La Plazita a few months ago. We had left the usual revolú (clustermess) of La Plazita @ Calle Canals and walked over to Jose Enrique's spot on the corner...
Cocinando: Smoked Butt 2008-06-26 23:05:00 Our butt smokes. Or do we smoke butts. Ha! Ha! Get it? Okay. Guess not. Back to cooking... At our second BBQ Smoking session, moncheoPR smoked a Pork Butt, some Beef Ribs, and baked beans. The beans?!?! Why not? Give... Read more:Smoked
Under $10: Los Gorditos 2008-06-24 23:01:00 CHEAP EATS! One thing you have to hand to the island of Puerto Rico is the availability of good food for a decent price. Simple, tasty, filling food for a few bucks is easily found through-out the island. Most of...
Eventos: 1er Festival del Fricasé del Cabro 2008-06-23 19:52:38 That's right! Goat Festival
! Can't get better than that! Come and support our local farmers at this amazing goat farm where all kinds of fun stuff will be going on. Great for a family outing. 1er Festival del
Cabro When:...
Cocinando: Father's Steak 2008-06-22 21:42:55 Last Sunday was El Día de los Padres (Father
's Day). moncheoPR decided to cook for dad. It was the easiest gift we could think of. Besides, he had been asking for us to cook something. Anything. So we caved in.... Read more:Steak
Cocinando: All'Amatriciana 2008-07-18 00:29:18 We LOVE Bucatini all'Amatriciana. We love it so much we'd bathe ourselves in it. Really. We first had it at Mario Batali's Lupa in NYC. It was, to say the least, one of the most bangin' pasta dishes we've had!...
Moncheo: El Caldero Sabroso 2008-07-16 00:35:55 A few posts back we mentioned a place in Old San Juan we had been dying to go eat at called El Caldero Sabroso. Well, we hadn't mentioned the name per se, just the spot. Both times they had been...
Cocinando: Got Some Extra Butt? 2008-07-11 11:33:32 So what to do with such a large butt? And you do know I mean the pork butt we smoked a while back, right? 'Cause let's not get personal and start judging each others' butts. That's an entirely different blog... Read more:Extra
Moncheo: The Pink Skirt 2008-07-09 10:34:00 When we lived in NYC it was always nice to know that when you're out late or feel like some Chicken Fingers or a Burger or a Salad (yeah, right) @ 3:02am you know there's a 24 hour place to...