The first time I dined at
Cafe Viejo San Juan, proprietors Joseph and Alexanra Parrilla introduced me not only to Puerto Rican food, but more specifically to mofongo, which they told me was made from plantain. I understood a plantain to be like a banana, but it was hard to imagine how the fruit became the bowl at the center of this dish. The mystery is solved in this video as we see mofongo made from plantain to plate.
