27 May 2024
Absolutely amazing Experience! This is what my husband and I like to do whenever we travel, cook with a local. We spoke with Tony a few days beforehand and he offered us the option to do it as a cooking class or for him to do the cooking and serve us. We definitely wanted to be hands on. He was extremely flexible with the menu options. We wanted to learn local cuisine and he and came up with an excellent menu for us to make together.
He was prepared when we arrived and we got right into making food! He was so friendly telling stories, cracking jokes, and making sure we were doing ok. We got distracted at times and so it ended up taking longer than expected but we were prepared to spend all day there and we had so much fun the time flew by! When we were done cooking, he served us on his beautiful patio.
We also got the chance to chat and then took a tour of his bed and breakfast that he runs in this beautiful unique historic building. I loved our time with Tony and would definitely recommend this as a must do for a lot of our friends and family. So down to earth, such a sweet palce, and easily our favorite thing we've done in puerto rico! Also the best local food we have had here too!
What to expect:
- No A/C, it will be hot
- No set schedule, do yourself a favor and don't have somewhere to be afterwards so you can relax and enjoy the experience
- This isn't a super structured class with a written down recipe. This is part of why I loved it, because using the memory of a recipe as a suggestion is how I like to cook. I did make sure to take notes though.
Local foods we made:
- chaote shrimp salad
- almojábanas (fried dough balls)
- mofongo
- cod in a sofrito onion tomato sauce
- fried pork
- arroz y habichuelas (rice & beans)
- coconut & mango tembleque (like panna cotta)
Everything was delicious!