As a puerto rican, I can tell you, we take a lot of pride in our food! We are very passionate about our cuisine. A lot of people don't know, but the piña colada everybody loves actually originated here. Thank you for showing the world how good our food is. 💖🇵🇷
Puerto Ricans all over the globe are super appreciative of Mikey for educated the world on a cuisine most know nothing about. When you go back for round two of alcapurias and find more bacalaitos, we can tell you're genuinely enjoying it. Only thing your missing is home cooking. Wish someone would've invited you into their home to try some homemade food, you would be in love. Buen provecho
Idk about love the pr food, i have been living in sj for 6months and i havent found anything good to eat. Pr food are not known to the world to be good, hispanic foods are not known to be good.
@@dangda-ww7de that's a unique opinion and all yours, though. Disagree whole heartedly! Cuban food is the 💣, Dominican food is another cuisine most know nothing about but is delicious, several South America countries rock the culinary scene and then there is Mexico!!!! As hard as it is to admit, as a Puerto Rican, they lead the latin world with their cuisine and are up there with the leaders of the world in food.
@@dangda-ww7de asians are white cant you tell by your yellow skin duh talkin down on puerto ricans you know how many asians and Chinese are mix with Puerto Ricans on that island you trippin smh and too think i wanted too eat Asian food thats crazy
I was born and raised in Puerto rico 🇵🇷 and seeing this gave me so much joy. Seeing you go to my island has made my day. Ive been following you for a few years now and this is your best video yet. God bless you and all my people from Puerto rico. Cuidense mi gente y nunca se olviden de donde vienen.
🇵🇷❤️The seafood salads are exceptional in Puerto Rico. Conch salad, octopus salad, lobster salads. Hot seafood dishes with fried plantains and green salad on the side. Vegetarian dishes and Fish Ceviche in coconut milk! Seafood Stew and Mofongo, whether it's shrimp, lobster, fish Stew or Mixed seafood are truly delicious! Roasted pork with rice and beans, rice with pigeons and fried sweet plantains as well are delish! Fried or Oven broiled fish! Meat pies called pasteles, which are yummy! Don't get me started on the desserts!❤😂🎉
This video brings me joy, I love when people of other cultures are open to welcome my culture which is full of love and flavor, my mouth watered the whole time 😂🥰🇵🇷
Que rica es la comida de allá recién probé el sancocho 🍲 que sopa Yam deliciosa ❤ las alcapurrias me fascinaron 🥰 y los mejor el tamal en hoja que vaina tan delciosa creo q soy adicta 😅😍👌 el chicharrón 🙌🏻 yummy 😋
I love that you mentioned that San Juan is the oldest city in the US. Specifically that it is in the US because so many people don't even realize that it is part of US. Im so happy you enjoyed my homeland and thank you for helping me reminiscence!
San Juan is NOT in the US. It's in Puerto Rico, which is OWNED by the US. It's not a state, has no sovereignty...not part of the US, it's property of the US.
I’m delighted to hear a non-local speak so enthusiastically about our street food 😄 And piononos are the best food under the sun. I hope you got to try them.
I love seeing people try our food! As a puertorican I honestly like talking and learning about tourists when I see them! It's also a pleasure to see them actually enjoy the food :D The video was really fun
Puerto Rican here to praise your wonderful videos. My parents, born and raised Islanders living in the mainland US , enjoy watching this video, you did such a great job.
So glad you enjoyed the trip to my home island, please come back soon (hopefully when the pandemic is over) so you can continue to enjoy the island. I hope that you get to try Chinese food on the island the next time you come because the two cultures fuse very nicely when it comes to food.
When I went to Puerto Rico for a wedding, I stayed in Rincón. Lemme tell y’all, I love Spanish food and the PR food stands had some of the best cuisine I’ve ever tasted. This owner of an empanada stand across the street from our condo made me special spicy empanadas every and only charged me 50 cents. I still crave them to this day.
@@Steey_jessie some need to be frozen to keep their integrity, if not, they’ll completely come apart in the fryer. Some are just refrigerated to marinate and bring out more flavor.
I've always wanted to visit Puerto Rico, now I want to even more. Thanks for sharing. Also, it's hilarious how Mike's mom is still trying to get him to eat his vegetables. 😂
@ family and friends what… We are hispanic and we are American. In our DNA is Spanish blood from Spain. I am trying to understand what you are trying to say?!!
Loved every minute of this video and the way you enjoyed our food. I really hope you'll be back soon! There are so many hidden gems outside of the tourist trap that is San Juan.
Thank you so much for being so respectful and positive about Puerto Rico! I hope you really enjoyed it! Puerto Rico during the pandemic is a tiny bit quiet, so hopefully when it ends, you’ll be able to listen to music even when you pass the streets! Que tengas buen día y bendiciones! 💕💕💕
Loved this video! Did not know many of these dishes. I would love to visit that beautiful island. Saludos hermanos Puertorriqueños de un Mexicano que ama su país. Edit: Gracias a todos! Se me va a cumplir el viaje a esta bella isla. Espero poder visitar a finales de Junio. Se aceptan recomendaciones para mi viaje. Iré con hermanos y sobrinos.
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is such a beautiful island 🏝 to visit!! The cuisine is super delicious!! It is rich in culture also!! No wonder so many amazing talented people came from this awesome island!!! ♥️🇵🇷
Now this is what I call a warm happy family. The New Year's Eve home-cooked dinner sure looks appetizing. And the road to your cabin is just what I need to get away from the city.
This video brought tears to my eyes, and I'm not even Boricua. but I lived there for 7 wonderful years and still fantasize about moving back ... I remember going to the Kioscos at Luquillo Beach to eat Tacos de Jueyes and Piononos with beer, lots of beer, but even stopping at the kiosquitos on the beach near Levittown to eat Bacalaítos and maybe Cuajo (looked awful but tasted great, like pork), and going at 3 a.m. to the stands on the street in Ocean Park and Isla Verde for Mofongo and Mofongo con Caldo de Pollo, the best hangover preventive ever ! The musicians and Casino Croupiers used to go there when they got off work. And the stories of how sickly babies were nursed back to health with Guarapo de Caña - which occasionally we could buy from somebody with a Guarapo Press by the side of the road - there were still cane fields on the outskirts of Dorado in those days, back in the 1970's .... and the Asaltos Navideños, and the Asopao and the bottles of homemade Coquito .... wow did THAT pack a punch.... this video has REALLY been a trip down El Sendero del Recuerdo ...
My people, my island, my beautiful culture. Thank you for highlighting it. We show our love through food. So proud to be Puertorican. Glad you enjoyed!!!! 🇵🇷💃🫶🍹
If you make it out here try to explore different parts of the island, San Juan is just a small part of it and there's beauty and fun things to do everywhere, do some good research and you'll be amazed at what you find 🙂
I’m so freaking happy right now omg. Boricua over here wepaaaaaa!! The fact that you opened w bacalaítos and an alcapurria mannnnnn I knew this was finna be a great video, giving me flashbacks of childhood and allat 😩 thank you for trying some real local food that I’d do anything to have rn lmao. Also, empanadas are baked. Puerto Rican’s make pastellitos (pateliyos) which are fried! You should also try bacalao, which is the same dish used in the bacalaítos but served as a filet *kinda lol* w drizzled olive oil ✨chefs kiss✨
Wrong, they are called correctly empanadillas (half moon fried, not matters the borders). Pastelillos are squared, made most of them stuffed inside with guava (guayaba) and it is a pastry.
Soooo glad to see that you are enjoying our island. In the “alcapurrias” first one was definitely different from the second one. First one the “masa” was green banana . And the second one most likely was “yuca”.
Yup, I knew they were different. The ones I'm used to are a lot more browner and are made with both Green Banana and Yuca....I've had the ones with just green banana and while they are still tasty I much prefer the ones with both!
I miss home so much and this video just fed my soul. Thank you for the love and appreciation you showed to our food!! I read somebody in the comments mentioned the Chinese restaurants from there… pleaaaase, you need to try those as well.
You went to my beautiful island of Puerto Rico??!! So excited!! 🙆🏽♀️ I’m glad you enjoyed the food and the people. We puertoricans are very friendly. Yes, go back por favor 🙏🏾
I’m Dominican and can’t wait to visit Puerto Rico and try some boricua food everything seems so delicious ! The cuisine and ingredients reminds me a lot of DR !
My best experiences was learning how to cook with my Puerto Rican ex boyfriend family . My being Guyanese an Trinidadian I didn’t realize how we shared a lot of the same dishes and they can cook up when I say cook 👩🏾🍳 y’all can work your hand real nice in the kitchen ! ❤
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 waoooo siempre con sus ricura de comida soy Boricua 100% cada Pais cocina diferentes comidas he provado comida de diferentes paises y cada Pais tiene una delicia en su comida bendiciones a todos en este dia
This video made me smile but also miss my island even more tonight can't wait to go back next month will be taking some friends with me too I hope they enjoy my island too. Thank you for being so respectful toward our food and culture we take a lot of pride in our food it's such a big part of our culture and it's one of the things I miss the most about my beautiful island
YASSS Mikey Muchisimas gracias por mostranos lo mejor comida sobre el mundo, Y tambien tu eres por mi hit list porque mi lista de lugares a vistar esta creciendo cada segundo!!!
Visited campamento pinones today and I'm so glad we did. The food was amazing just like you said. The one thing I tried that wasn't on your video was beef that was surrounded by soft sweet plantains and then battered and deep fried. It looked like a large hockey puck and it was absolutely amazing. The large fish cake was my second favorite.
As a tropical Island, the weather is great, the food is amazing and the people really so nice and friendly, I am so glad you enjoy your trip to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 you are inspired to enjoy everything and sharing your wonderful experience with the world ❣️
You visited my island!! As a puertorican, THANK YOU!!! Hopefully you can explore more on your next visit cause there's a lot more food and places to see other than San Juan 😃😃😃😃😃😃
my gorgeous little island, not only is the food amazing and fresh, but my people are the warmest and welcoming you will ever find anywhere, so glad you had a great time.
So glad you enjoyed the food! Puerto Rican food is not spicy and although some people might put hot sauce on theirs it’s not how it’s traditionally done. Just to be clear there’s nothing wrong if you wanna put hot sauce on your food but just wanted to clarify that our food is not spicy because a lot of tourists think that it is. Personally my favorite chinchorro at Piñones is El Boricua and you gotta go to Guavate in Cayey next time where they have lechón asado(roasted pork on a spit) and truly classic local food in the mountain.
Thank you for this awesome video! 🤗 I’m traveling to Puerto Rico from NY on Friday! The food looks so amazing, this video made me even more excited for my trip! Also, your parents are precious and your mom’s food looks soooo good!!
Watching this video brings me back to when I lived on the island. Thank you so much for your wonderful critique, it means so much that our island has brought you delight.
Thank you Mike for coming to my beautiful island Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ❤️ 😍I'm from Ponce and our food is truly Amazing and can bring a whole planet as a whole family just by tasting our cuisine. Enjoy and thank you again
Thanks for sharing your Puerto Rican experience, looks like a beautiful Caribbean island with great people and food. Will consider it for my next vacation. Your parents are so caring and cute... Happy Year of the Tiger to the whole family. Christine is part of it, so much love to her too
Wepaaaa Mike!!! Thanks for doing our isla justice! Made me miss my mami’s home cooking! You gotta check out the little Puerto Rico’s in places like NYC and Chicago next 🙌🏽
I am so happy that you loved my "Isla del Encanto" Puerto Rico...thanks for showing some of our culture... next trip you could try the best refreshing drink Maví...foodwise white rice with red kidney beans, mofongo, and anything with "jueyes" (type of crabmeat) is great...
I've been following you for quite awhile and the way you describe your culinary feasts are on point. Now, for my surprise, seeing you having a blast with the food on my motherland was a treat beyond my expectations!!! I've been trying for decades to describe the taste and intrinsic flavors of our cuisine but you my friend, glide around, under and within the task with fluent narrative and description. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the praying for you to keep on having so much fun in that journey we call "life"...
came here to see your street food adventure in Puerto Rico. Thanks for sharing. Also, I love that you included your home-cooked meal once you returned to NY. I would love to try your mother's combination rice! And I'm gonna try to make eggs and jalapenos. Saw the dumplings you had. Now I'm hungry!
My mom always makes us bacalaitos and alcapurrias 💕 🇵🇷 I'm 2nd gen Puerto Rican and I've unfortunately never been to Puerto Rico. My grandfather grew up in San Juan so before I die I need to go and visit his childhood home. And get some mofongo and pasteles 🤤😭
There is a roadside restaurant here in Wall township NJ called Maria’s Kitchen it is Puerto Rican comfort food it is delicious 🤤. I haven’t been there is a while but it’s so good
The thing is that you can find a different taste everytime, cause the seasoning depends obviously on the cook. Over all something to indulge every once in a while. Our Puerto Rican food is one to enjoy. Our mofongo and seafood is a must!
I’m so glad you visit my beautiful island of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 you can’t never go wrong with the experience there food, places and the atmosphere everything is amazing 🤩
Thank you so much for the video! Honestly I can say you did your research well and you got a pretty accurate representation of some of our staple Street food! I'm really glad you enjoyed the food and I hope you're able to return one day to try even more tasty things :)
Thank you, thank you!!! For visiting my island of Puerto Rico and showing some of our amazing cuisine… Puerto Rican we are very proud people and we take pride of our island, culture, family and cuisine.. 😊❤😊
@@therenaultsfunton144 that one is called Bacalaitos IM not sure If I spelled it right but it should pop up when you look it up in any search engine :)
@@therenaultsfunton144 - as someone already stated, it's called BACALAITOS, and they're thin seasoned wheat flour and cod fritters. Only the professionals, like those you saw in Piñones (PR-187 from the SJU Airport to the Loíza downtown) make them correctly. The homemade* version is easier to make than you think if you Google for versions of the recipe... * if you find real codfish is too expensive you could substitute for salted pollock
Almost to 4 mil subscribers 🤩 Best wishes to you and your wife 💕 BTW, your mom’s cooking is so good, looks like restaurant quality. Love how your mom interacts with Christine. 😊 I am in the same situation: I am Korean, and my husband’s parents are from HOng Kong and don’t speak English...So when we meet, it is the same situation.
Thanks for sharing the street food experience in Puerto Rico, now I am craving everything. We have some similar food in Jamaica just prepared a bit different and different names. I can't believe you eat so much food though! 😋
I love all of these food. I am Puerto Rican I wish I had been to the island but maybe one day. I LOVE all of our food, it always hits just right and feels like home lol.
Gracias por visitar mi isla y saborear esos manjares típicos. Me reía cada vez que se comía una fritura más y otra. Hasta que llegó al segundo bacalaito. Dios mío que rico se veía. Yo lo hubiese terminado con una limonada, por aquello de la grasa 🤣🤣. Gracias y sigue informando de otros lugares. FELICIDADES 🎉🎉
Thank you for making this video and for letting other people know about the food of my beautiful island. We los Boricuas love to eat at those places. You are welcome any time you want.🇵🇷🇵🇷
Yooo, I finally had a chance to see this video and I am insanely happy that you went to Puerto rico. There is soooo much places that you need to go. It is a beautiful island we amazing foods
As a puerto rican, I can tell you, we take a lot of pride in our food! We are very passionate about our cuisine. A lot of people don't know, but the piña colada everybody loves actually originated here. Thank you for showing the world how good our food is. 💖🇵🇷
Q bno q personas de otras culturas y raza vengan aquí a nuestra isla 🇵🇷 hermosa a pararsela bn y a degustar de nuestra rica comida....
Besitos de Coco, Coquito “bebida”, Kola Champagne, Canoas de Guineo, Limbers, Quesitos también son de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
@@s.g5211 verdad
Alguien me puede decir donde es esto? Y como llegar? Me encuentro en San Juan y no se donde ir a comer algo así.
Yes amen❤❤❤❤❤
Puerto Ricans all over the globe are super appreciative of Mikey for educated the world on a cuisine most know nothing about. When you go back for round two of alcapurias and find more bacalaitos, we can tell you're genuinely enjoying it. Only thing your missing is home cooking. Wish someone would've invited you into their home to try some homemade food, you would be in love.
Buen provecho
Idk about love the pr food, i have been living in sj for 6months and i havent found anything good to eat. Pr food are not known to the world to be good, hispanic foods are not known to be good.
@@dangda-ww7de that's a unique opinion and all yours, though. Disagree whole heartedly! Cuban food is the 💣, Dominican food is another cuisine most know nothing about but is delicious, several South America countries rock the culinary scene and then there is Mexico!!!! As hard as it is to admit, as a Puerto Rican, they lead the latin world with their cuisine and are up there with the leaders of the world in food.
@@dangda-ww7de wrong!!!!!!!! Sounds like coded language from you. Makes me wonder 🤔
@@dangda-ww7de you sound like a white guy that eat bland chicken with salt and pepper no season what so ever hater lol
@@dangda-ww7de asians are white cant you tell by your yellow skin duh talkin down on puerto ricans you know how many asians and Chinese are mix with Puerto Ricans on that island you trippin smh and too think i wanted too eat Asian food thats crazy
I was born and raised in Puerto rico 🇵🇷 and seeing this gave me so much joy. Seeing you go to my island has made my day. Ive been following you for a few years now and this is your best video yet. God bless you and all my people from Puerto rico. Cuidense mi gente y nunca se olviden de donde vienen.
Jamás no importa donde viva ❤️🇵🇷👍🏻☝️
Puertoriqueño aunque naciera en la luna
Amen, blessings to you too✌😘
Where is the best food place name and location that you enjoyed best
🇵🇷❤️The seafood salads are exceptional in Puerto Rico. Conch salad, octopus salad, lobster salads. Hot seafood dishes with fried plantains and green salad on the side. Vegetarian dishes and Fish Ceviche in coconut milk! Seafood Stew and Mofongo, whether it's shrimp, lobster, fish Stew or Mixed seafood are truly delicious! Roasted pork with rice and beans, rice with pigeons and fried sweet plantains as well are delish! Fried or Oven broiled fish! Meat pies called pasteles, which are yummy! Don't get me started on the desserts!❤😂🎉
This video brings me joy, I love when people of other cultures are open to welcome my culture which is full of love and flavor, my mouth watered the whole time 😂🥰🇵🇷
Right!?☺️
Que rica es la comida de allá recién probé el sancocho 🍲 que sopa Yam deliciosa ❤ las alcapurrias me fascinaron 🥰 y los mejor el tamal en hoja que vaina tan delciosa creo q soy adicta 😅😍👌 el chicharrón 🙌🏻 yummy 😋
Seeing other people from other backgrounds and cultures enjoy your own culture is such a great feeling
Wow....el sonido...del Bacalaito, la Alcapurria...Dios mio. Agradecido al señor de ser puertorriqueño. Un abrazo.
Saliéndome de contexto lo mejor de todo la música
@@Ericson-vk6bx...agradecido y siempre usted será bienvenido a Puerto Rico. Saludos
As a Puerto Rican it’s hard to say no to a bacalaito
@@Mugg1es ....is correct...Hello from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Thank for love my island...is a pleasure.
Aqui va un abrazote 😅🎉❤
I love that you mentioned that San Juan is the oldest city in the US. Specifically that it is in the US because so many people don't even realize that it is part of US. Im so happy you enjoyed my homeland and thank you for helping me reminiscence!
San Juan is NOT in the US. It's in Puerto Rico, which is OWNED by the US. It's not a state, has no sovereignty...not part of the US, it's property of the US.
The Supreme Court determined, PR is a colony of the US
@@paulruiz8913 supreme court don't know sh*t balls
@@swordandwords6020 And of course, you are an authority and a subject matter expert. My apologies.
It is not part of the US cause it is not a state. But it is one of US territories/properties.
I’m delighted to hear a non-local speak so enthusiastically about our street food 😄 And piononos are the best food under the sun. I hope you got to try them.
I love seeing people try our food! As a puertorican I honestly like talking and learning about tourists when I see them! It's also a pleasure to see them actually enjoy the food :D The video was really fun
Puerto Rican here to praise your wonderful videos. My parents, born and raised Islanders living in the mainland US , enjoy watching this video, you did such a great job.
So glad you enjoyed the trip to my home island, please come back soon (hopefully when the pandemic is over) so you can continue to enjoy the island. I hope that you get to try Chinese food on the island the next time you come because the two cultures fuse very nicely when it comes to food.
Especially after watching these videos? I hope to go there myself, someday! Puertorriqueno Chinese fusion? Yes, please!
Luis - what’s the name of the fish pancake before the alcapurria(?)
That would be awesome food fusion
@@ceejae2349 bacalaito
WHERE WAS THAT CHICKEN FROM GUYS?
Soy de Puerto Rico y estoy tan feliz que fuiste a comer de nuestras comida ❤️
También soy de Puerto Rico
Q bella es mi isla 🇵🇷
No creo que te entienda, pero para eso es el Google Translate.
@@sonhadorpr vos hablas español :v
Y lo entiendes
When I went to Puerto Rico for a wedding, I stayed in Rincón. Lemme tell y’all, I love Spanish food and the PR food stands had some of the best cuisine I’ve ever tasted. This owner of an empanada stand across the street from our condo made me special spicy empanadas every and only charged me 50 cents. I still crave them to this day.
Good to know that someone went to Rincón and not just San Juan. Many tourist only get to see the capital but this Island has a lot more to offer.
I miss the days they were ¢50. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. Rincón is an awesome spot for good food.
I live in rincon us locals appreciate it when you come and visit us
Rincon is PRs best secret
❤️❤️✊🏽
In PR, these little shops on the side of the road will give you better food than some fancy restaurants out there.
Like they just take food out of the freezer and heat it up
@@Steey_jessieBacalaito batter has to be let to sit in the fridge for a day so the flavors to evenly develop.
@@Steey_jessie some need to be frozen to keep their integrity, if not, they’ll completely come apart in the fryer. Some are just refrigerated to marinate and bring out more flavor.
I haven't visited the island in almost 12 years, but I still think about the food every now and then. So damn good...
I've always wanted to visit Puerto Rico, now I want to even more. Thanks for sharing. Also, it's hilarious how Mike's mom is still trying to get him to eat his vegetables. 😂
I am from Puerto rico and when you get here you wont eant to leave
Can't wait to go to Puerto Rico to try some of the foods you ate, Mikey. Thanks for sharing!
Bienvenido!
Puerto Rico is a beautiful island with beautiful culture and amazing food
Thanks.
:D
Nicest people ever too.
Puerto Rican aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans now
@ family and friends what… We are hispanic and we are American. In our DNA is Spanish blood from Spain. I am trying to understand what you are trying to say?!!
Puerto Rican food is so delicious. I love my culture. Those flavors are unmatched.
:D
Puerto Rico is American culture
@@familyandfriends3519literally shut up.
@@familyandfriends3519 What is American culture?
@@familyandfriends3519stay quiet you know nothing, you damn troll. I see you commenting the same crap everywhere
Loved every minute of this video and the way you enjoyed our food. I really hope you'll be back soon! There are so many hidden gems outside of the tourist trap that is San Juan.
:D
Thank you so much for being so respectful and positive about Puerto Rico!
I hope you really enjoyed it!
Puerto Rico during the pandemic is a tiny bit quiet, so hopefully when it ends, you’ll be able to listen to music even when you pass the streets!
Que tengas buen día y bendiciones!
💕💕💕
Like Cultura Profetica 💯 my favourite Puertorican band
:D
Loved this video! Did not know many of these dishes. I would love to visit that beautiful island. Saludos hermanos Puertorriqueños de un Mexicano que ama su país.
Edit: Gracias a todos! Se me va a cumplir el viaje a esta bella isla. Espero poder visitar a finales de Junio. Se aceptan recomendaciones para mi viaje. Iré con hermanos y sobrinos.
Gracias. Veo videos de su hermoso país y me encantaría hacer lo mismo allá.
Gracias Carlos, te esperamos en alguna oportunidad con cálido cariño 🇵🇷🤗
Saludos te esperamos con brazos abiertos
Gracias
Nosotros los puertoriqueños amamos nuestros hermanos mexicanos❤️
Puerto Rico looks great! Your mom’s cooking looks so professional- she’s a great cook, too.
They used to run a restaurant so you can see how professional she is!
@@carktheshark Didn't Know That
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is such a beautiful island 🏝 to visit!! The cuisine is super delicious!! It is rich in culture also!! No wonder so many amazing talented people came from this awesome island!!! ♥️🇵🇷
@@Agueybana787 jajajajaja 😂😂 el puede ser también!!
@@diannefaith7866 Nooooooo. No te creo.
I'm soooo jealous of this guy. Puerto Rico hands down, has some of the best food in the world.
Now this is what I call a warm happy family. The New Year's Eve home-cooked dinner sure looks appetizing. And the road to your cabin is just what I need to get away from the city.
Wepaaaaaa!!!! I love bacalaitos. Seeing Mikey enjoying the alcapurrias almost made me cry! I’m so proud of my beautiful island.
same here 😋😋😃😃😃❤❤👍
Then come back.
Jejeje me too mija!!! Mi corazon!!! How wonderful our little isla is !! Wepaaa
:D
I LOVE that you react like the foodie you are. It's such a pet peeve of mine when people eat and DON'T react at all to what they're eating.
:D
This video brought tears to my eyes, and I'm not even Boricua. but I lived there for 7 wonderful years and still fantasize about moving back ... I remember going to the Kioscos at Luquillo Beach to eat Tacos de Jueyes and Piononos with beer, lots of beer, but even stopping at the kiosquitos on the beach near Levittown to eat Bacalaítos and maybe Cuajo (looked awful but tasted great, like pork), and going at 3 a.m. to the stands on the street in Ocean Park and Isla Verde for Mofongo and Mofongo con Caldo de Pollo, the best hangover preventive ever ! The musicians and Casino Croupiers used to go there when they got off work. And the stories of how sickly babies were nursed back to health with Guarapo de Caña - which occasionally we could buy from somebody with a Guarapo Press by the side of the road - there were still cane fields on the outskirts of Dorado in those days, back in the 1970's .... and the Asaltos Navideños, and the Asopao and the bottles of homemade Coquito .... wow did THAT pack a punch.... this video has REALLY been a trip down El Sendero del Recuerdo ...
My people, my island, my beautiful culture. Thank you for highlighting it. We show our love through food. So proud to be Puertorican. Glad you enjoyed!!!! 🇵🇷💃🫶🍹
No such thing as Puerto Rican your Americans
@@familyandfriends3519shut the hell up you troll
That lechon sandwich appeals to the southerner in me! I love pulled pork and its such a unique cooking method. I'd love to visit Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
You wont regret it.
@@emafat32 hopefully once everything settles down with covid and traveling becomes a bit easier, I'll be able to!
If you make it out here try to explore different parts of the island, San Juan is just a small part of it and there's beauty and fun things to do everywhere, do some good research and you'll be amazed at what you find 🙂
@@demonicastar any specific spots you'd recommend?!
@@p.williams the waterfalls in el yunque national forrest. Beautiful.
I’m so freaking happy right now omg. Boricua over here wepaaaaaa!! The fact that you opened w bacalaítos and an alcapurria mannnnnn I knew this was finna be a great video, giving me flashbacks of childhood and allat 😩 thank you for trying some real local food that I’d do anything to have rn lmao.
Also, empanadas are baked. Puerto Rican’s make pastellitos (pateliyos) which are fried! You should also try bacalao, which is the same dish used in the bacalaítos but served as a filet *kinda lol* w drizzled olive oil ✨chefs kiss✨
Wrong, they are called correctly empanadillas (half moon fried, not matters the borders). Pastelillos are squared, made most of them stuffed inside with guava (guayaba) and it is a pastry.
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Soooo glad to see that you are enjoying our island. In the “alcapurrias” first one was definitely different from the second one. First one the “masa” was green banana . And the second one most likely was “yuca”.
Yup, I knew they were different. The ones I'm used to are a lot more browner and are made with both Green Banana and Yuca....I've had the ones with just green banana and while they are still tasty I much prefer the ones with both!
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Love how you represented PR as well as ur moms cooking.. awesome video great vibes!
I miss home so much and this video just fed my soul. Thank you for the love and appreciation you showed to our food!! I read somebody in the comments mentioned the Chinese restaurants from there… pleaaaase, you need to try those as well.
You went to my beautiful island of Puerto Rico??!! So excited!! 🙆🏽♀️ I’m glad you enjoyed the food and the people. We puertoricans are very friendly. Yes, go back por favor 🙏🏾
I’m Dominican and can’t wait to visit Puerto Rico and try some boricua food everything seems so delicious ! The cuisine and ingredients reminds me a lot of DR !
Isn’t DR food similar to Puerto Rico?
@@supercal3944 a lot of the cuisine is similar in some way but not exactly, it weird to explain the differences our foods.
@@rafaelsanchezortiz964 I ain't know that
@@rafaelsanchezortiz964 what bout the Spanish language do yall speak a different type of Spanish
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 in a way we do we have a couple different words but it's mostly the same.
Como boricua me enorgullece que re haya gustado y que tu público sepa de todo lo que hacemos en nuestra isla!! Nuestra comida es riquísima!
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My best experiences was learning how to cook with my Puerto Rican ex boyfriend family . My being Guyanese an Trinidadian I didn’t realize how we shared a lot of the same dishes and they can cook up when I say cook 👩🏾🍳 y’all can work your hand real nice in the kitchen ! ❤
OMGG I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE IN PR!!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT AND COME VISIT AGAIN TO TRY OUR LOCAL FOOD!!
16:59 it's so lovely to see Christine and Mikey's mom talking and eating together😭❤ so preciousssss
I'm so glad you had such a great trip. I love visiting Puerto Rico. The people, the food, and the island are all wonderful.💖
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 waoooo siempre con sus ricura de comida soy Boricua 100% cada Pais cocina diferentes comidas he provado comida de diferentes paises y cada Pais tiene una delicia en su comida bendiciones a todos en este dia
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This video made me smile but also miss my island even more tonight can't wait to go back next month will be taking some friends with me too I hope they enjoy my island too. Thank you for being so respectful toward our food and culture we take a lot of pride in our food it's such a big part of our culture and it's one of the things I miss the most about my beautiful island
Thank you for visiting us! Your reactions are the most relatable thing ever! I love my Puerto Rico and our food..Enjoy your stay Mike ❤
YASSS Mikey Muchisimas gracias por mostranos lo mejor comida sobre el mundo, Y tambien tu eres por mi hit list porque mi lista de lugares a vistar esta creciendo cada segundo!!!
Where is the wife?
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Just loved watching you enjoy our foods. Fills my heart to see others love our food and culture. Thank you so much for such a wonderful video.
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Visited campamento pinones today and I'm so glad we did. The food was amazing just like you said. The one thing I tried that wasn't on your video was beef that was surrounded by soft sweet plantains and then battered and deep fried. It looked like a large hockey puck and it was absolutely amazing. The large fish cake was my second favorite.
THANK YOU! I’m heading to San Juan Sunday and I will have to go to each restaurant you’ve shown!!! Looks delicious and I can not wait!
Is it weird that my favorite part was seeing your mom's traditional cooking? She's amazing!
You’re one of my INSPIRATIONS Mike, why and how I started my channel and keeps me motivated to keep going, thank you 🙏👍
As a tropical Island, the weather is great, the food is amazing and the people really so nice and friendly, I am so glad you enjoy your trip to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 you are inspired to enjoy everything and sharing your wonderful experience with the world ❣️
Im from Puerto Rico and trust me , i Love when i see this videos, i feel rlly proud of my island
As a Puerto Rican, I'm FLATTERED you enjoyed our food
Dont let the video lie to you, he has to make the video good and say that pr food are good, but most of his eating are asian food.
We do have amazing food though!
The street food looks amazing! Thanks Mike! Puerto Rico, you're on my list❤
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You visited my island!! As a puertorican, THANK YOU!!! Hopefully you can explore more on your next visit cause there's a lot more food and places to see other than San Juan 😃😃😃😃😃😃
my gorgeous little island, not only is the food amazing and fresh, but my people are the warmest and welcoming you will ever find anywhere, so glad you had a great time.
So glad you enjoyed the food! Puerto Rican food is not spicy and although some people might put hot sauce on theirs it’s not how it’s traditionally done. Just to be clear there’s nothing wrong if you wanna put hot sauce on your food but just wanted to clarify that our food is not spicy because a lot of tourists think that it is. Personally my favorite chinchorro at Piñones is El Boricua and you gotta go to Guavate in Cayey next time where they have lechón asado(roasted pork on a spit) and truly classic local food in the mountain.
Thank you for this awesome video! 🤗 I’m traveling to Puerto Rico from NY on Friday! The food looks so amazing, this video made me even more excited for my trip! Also, your parents are precious and your mom’s food looks soooo good!!
Yes! Finally my home... It's surreal watching you eat my home island food. I'm so happy, thanks for everything Mikey and for visiting!
Watching this video made me realize how amazing our local food is.
Watching this video brings me back to when I lived on the island. Thank you so much for your wonderful critique, it means so much that our island has brought you delight.
Thank you Mike for coming to my beautiful island Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ❤️ 😍I'm from Ponce and our food is truly Amazing and can bring a whole planet as a whole family just by tasting our cuisine. Enjoy and thank you again
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This makes me miss home. Thank you Mike ❤️ I haven’t been home since covid and I’m glad you enjoyed my island.
6:49 Shots like these make me want to go and explore the world so I can try all these beautiful culinary masterpieces!
Thanks for sharing your Puerto Rican experience, looks like a beautiful Caribbean island with great people and food. Will consider it for my next vacation. Your parents are so caring and cute... Happy Year of the Tiger to the whole family. Christine is part of it, so much love to her too
It brings a smile to my face to see how much you are enjoying our food. You got some good stuff.
Thank you so much for trying our food and genuinely enjoying it!! ❤❤❤
Wepaaaa Mike!!! Thanks for doing our isla justice! Made me miss my mami’s home cooking! You gotta check out the little Puerto Rico’s in places like NYC and Chicago next 🙌🏽
So happy seeing this! I miss my island ❤️ I’m glad you we’re able to experience our delicious delicious food🇵🇷🇵🇷✨‼️
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I am so happy that you loved my "Isla del Encanto" Puerto Rico...thanks for showing some of our culture...
next trip you could try the best refreshing drink Maví...foodwise white rice with red kidney beans, mofongo, and anything with "jueyes" (type of crabmeat) is great...
I've been following you for quite awhile and the way you describe your culinary feasts are on point.
Now, for my surprise, seeing you having a blast with the food on my motherland was a treat beyond my expectations!!! I've been trying for decades to describe the taste and intrinsic flavors of our cuisine but you my friend, glide around, under and within the task with fluent narrative and description. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the praying for you to keep on having so much fun in that journey we call "life"...
came here to see your street food adventure in Puerto Rico. Thanks for sharing. Also, I love that you included your home-cooked meal once you returned to NY. I would love to try your mother's combination rice! And I'm gonna try to make eggs and jalapenos. Saw the dumplings you had. Now I'm hungry!
Man I'm Puerto Rican and I'm not crazy about alcapurrias, but you made those look GOOD. I'm craving some now 😅
My mom always makes us bacalaitos and alcapurrias 💕 🇵🇷 I'm 2nd gen Puerto Rican and I've unfortunately never been to Puerto Rico. My grandfather grew up in San Juan so before I die I need to go and visit his childhood home. And get some mofongo and pasteles 🤤😭
There is a roadside restaurant here in Wall township NJ called Maria’s Kitchen it is Puerto Rican comfort food it is delicious 🤤. I haven’t been there is a while but it’s so good
its in Bayamón near the Town Hall
@@msciottoli ty I’ll have to go there again the Mofongo with shrimp is so good
Oh! Thank you I live very close .
Since I don't live in PR at least I'm in NY cause we have plenty of places here to eat home cooking. Only downside is that I miss the warm weather😂🇵🇷
Mofongo lla tu save papi
my beautiful island, enjoy it🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥
The thing is that you can find a different taste everytime, cause the seasoning depends obviously on the cook. Over all something to indulge every once in a while. Our Puerto Rican food is one to enjoy. Our mofongo and seafood is a must!
I love watching people enjoy our food! God Bless 😊
I’m so glad you visit my beautiful island of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 you can’t never go wrong with the experience there food, places and the atmosphere everything is amazing 🤩
Passion and love for home cooked food with our parents is always the best... Stay safe mikey and christine...
Thank you so much for the video! Honestly I can say you did your research well and you got a pretty accurate representation of some of our staple Street food! I'm really glad you enjoyed the food and I hope you're able to return one day to try even more tasty things :)
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Not sure if anyone corrected you on the alcapurria, but the batter is made out of green bananas Not plantains. ☺️ Glad you love our food ! ❤ 🇵🇷
In the center of the island and other places they use plantains mixed with other tubercles as well. They are better than green bananas ones.
Thank you, thank you!!! For visiting my island of Puerto Rico and showing some of our amazing cuisine… Puerto Rican we are very proud people and we take pride of our island, culture, family and cuisine.. 😊❤😊
YEEESSSS!!! IVE BEEN WAITINGGGGGG!!!! QUE VIVA PR! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 SO HAPPY YOU WENT TO PIRILOS!!!!!
What is the first one he ate like a pancake and fish? What’s the name I really want to try to make it! 😋
@@therenaultsfunton144 that one is called Bacalaitos IM not sure If I spelled it right but it should pop up when you look it up in any search engine :)
@@Memes-md9uy yes you spelled it correctly 👏👏👍👍
he said he went to Piñones. Pirilos and piñones are the same thing?
@@therenaultsfunton144 - as someone already stated, it's called BACALAITOS, and they're thin seasoned wheat flour and cod fritters. Only the professionals, like those you saw in Piñones (PR-187 from the SJU Airport to the Loíza downtown) make them correctly.
The homemade* version is easier to make than you think if you Google for versions of the recipe...
* if you find real codfish is too expensive you could substitute for salted pollock
Que Lindo! Que Rico! Mi Puerto Rico!
I’m dying to go to Puerto Rico again! I love the food and the island
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i have live there for a year, in sj, and trash are everywhere, its a dump, why the hell would anybody go there.
@@dangda-ww7de good we’re glad your home cabron
Ugh thank you so much for doing this I loved every piece of it.. made me feel like I was at home for a sec😭❤️🇵🇷
So happy to have you here ❤️ me encanta mi isla 🇵🇷
Almost to 4 mil subscribers 🤩 Best wishes to you and your wife 💕 BTW, your mom’s cooking is so good, looks like restaurant quality. Love how your mom interacts with Christine. 😊 I am in the same situation: I am Korean, and my husband’s parents are from HOng Kong and don’t speak English...So when we meet, it is the same situation.
This video made me miss home! I’m glad you enjoyed it, the best Island in the WORLD!❤️
Gracias por visitarnos! Espero que vuelvas a venir a Puerto Rico aun te queda por comer muchas cosas ricas..!
Le falto el mofongo!!!! Yo me quede como que…. COMO QUE NO PROBÓ EL MOFONGO???? 😱
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Thanks for sharing the street food experience in Puerto Rico, now I am craving everything. We have some similar food in Jamaica just prepared a bit different and different names. I can't believe you eat so much food though! 😋
Puerto Rican aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino anyways
Im puerto rican and Jamaican food is my favorite! Nothing beats jerk chicken😜
I love all of these food. I am Puerto Rican I wish I had been to the island but maybe one day. I LOVE all of our food, it always hits just right and feels like home lol.
Gracias por visitar mi isla y saborear esos manjares típicos. Me reía cada vez que se comía una fritura más y otra. Hasta que llegó al segundo bacalaito. Dios mío que rico se veía. Yo lo hubiese terminado con una limonada, por aquello de la grasa 🤣🤣. Gracias y sigue informando de otros lugares. FELICIDADES 🎉🎉
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Thank you for making this video and for letting other people know about the food of my beautiful island. We los Boricuas love to eat at those places. You are welcome any time you want.🇵🇷🇵🇷
Yooo, I finally had a chance to see this video and I am insanely happy that you went to Puerto rico. There is soooo much places that you need to go. It is a beautiful island we amazing foods
So glad you enjoyed and shared what my isla del encanto has to offer! The fact you started with my two favorites 🙌🏼 thank you for sharing !
I’m from Puerto Rico and I feel so happy that you enjoyed our food. I hope you had a great time over there ☺️
WOW... The food looks amazing! Puerto Rico is on my vacation list now. Thanks Mikey....😍🤗
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