We started off at Tapatio Restaurant and got some Mexican picaditos. We got an order of 3 sopes (ridiculously cheap!) and an elote and a pork tamale. The elote tamale was my favorite - really nice corn flavor, sweet but not too sweet, and really satisfying texture to the masa. The pork tamale had a finer masa, but I thought the filling could have been more flavorful. The sopes were disappointing because we had ordered them with pork al pastor (which I think got delivered to the table next to us), and the ones that showed up at our table were kind of bland dry chicken. Service all around was slooooow.... and we were anxious to get more eating on!
I also couldn't resist getting a custard tart. I love the Chinese egg custard tarts, derived from China's Portuguese colonizers in Macau. This Portuguese version was creamier and less eggy than the Chinese kind I like.
There were also ginormous meringues. These were just so big and happy looking, we had to get one, though personally it was too sweet for my taste.
Tapatio Restaurant
56 Main Street
(732) 651-0204
Eastern European Bakery
46 Main Street
(732) 238-5877
Nossa Aldeia Bakery
30 Main Street
(732) 257-1029
2 comments:
sure it was Portuguese? Looks Brazilian. The pastries with the little tip (looking like an eye tear) is called "coxinha" or "Little Thigh" becuase it looks like a chicken thigh.
The ones that look like a half moon is called Risole
The ones that look like mini pot-pies are called empadas :)
Could have been Brazilian. Thanks for letting us know the names of things for next time we go back!
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