Within Plaza Las Americas is Magritte Chocalatier. Magritte has been a candy institution in the mall for over twenty years. The Willy Wonka candy world is filled with wide eyed children and yielding parents who select chocolate, fudge, gummies, nostalgia candy and lollies.
Magritte’s colorful window display filled with childlike wonder and propoganda.
Our mouths watered when we spotted the chocolate covered marshmallows, apples and berries.
In Plaza Las Americas we had Papas Supreme, the glorious holy grail of non-US Taco Bell’s. Since Taco Bell in the States does not offer this dish, I am so thrilled we finally got to enjoy the french fries, salsa, sour cream and taco meat concoction for $2.69. We have made Papas Supreme at home and surprisingly one of the most popular posts on the blog.
Our recipe, is much better than the in-store version, because of the pico and meat, but it was great to try something I have been yearning for and finally have it.
Crispy french fries, sour cream, salsa and meat, crunchy, creamy, savory and salty in one. We also had the cinnamon twists, some burritos and soda. I think its time to make another at home version.
We had to enjoy some Frito Lay Caribas Plantanutures chips. They were super crispy, think and nicely seasoned.
It was hard to stop eating the plantain chips.
It was also hard to resist the clever Snack Man marketing. The enticing and friendly yellow face and foil red packaging was begging us to try. The curl were medium sized, cheesy and a perfect Puerto Rican sun snack.
I really enjoy going to local supermarkets to get a sense of the snack food and items that seem unique to the culture of the location. In San Juan, we picked up several snacks and various local items that can not be found in the States. I have purchased many of plantain chips at the Latin section of my supermarket, however these brand of Filler plantain chips.
Platanutures with garlic flavor are thin, crispy and really fun to snack on.
They look like banana chips, but not.
Caribas Mofongo Mix Chips
LU brand Panky Wafer cookies
Cans of Medalla beer and Medalla Light
El Morro flavored syrups for shaved ice
bimbo chip cookies
Bacalao (cod) products
The variety of Pepperidge farm freezer section cakes including German Chocolate, Orange Creme, Devil’s Food and Key Lime and Golden.
Nestle Delicias pops and ice cream: tamarind, strawberry, mango, coconut
Caramel custard
Other varieties of flan
The flan we took home to enjoy. It was creamy, custardy and sweet.
Yes, another trip to Kasalta. Kasalta’s dining area is cafeteria style, so we had to be quite strategic to find seating. Divide and conquer. Some of us hopped in line to order, while the remainder of the crew stayed at our table.
We just had to go back to Kasalta for desayuno. You just can not beat the variety of smoothies, deli sandwiches, tapas, cakes and pastries. However, Kasalta also serves tostadas and revoltillo de huevos (scrambled eggs) during limited breakfast hours.
The tortilla espanola looked perfectly golden and very tempting.
It was mesmerizing to watch the nimble work behind the pass. The Kasalta staff were artisans rapidly assembling sandwiches to meet the demand of the line.
A breakfast trip to Kasalta is not complete without a fresh fruit smoothie or batidas de frutas naturales. It was nice to have the option to blend additional juice or milk and choose the type of sweetener or none at all.
The mango shake was very sweet from the naturally ripe mango ($4.50).
I loved the hue of the Papaya shake and it looked even better with the cafe con leche.
The rovoltillo de huevos and pan de agua con queso was very popular in our group. The eggs were perfectly cooked and filled with chopped vegetables. The bread was lightly toasted and had melted cheese in the middle.
My choripan ($9.95) was filled with layers of ham and melted cheese and topped with a layer of thinly sliced chorizo. I could not finish the whole sandwich and saved the other half with the intention to enjoy when the chorizo oil seeped further into the sandwich components.
The media noche ($7.50) was another popular choice with generous layers of ham and turkey, cheese and pickles. The tang from the pickles really makes the sandwich come together.
One of the cakes devoured (in addition to tiramisu, not pictured) was a dense chocolate cake with cream. One bite was already quite filling, yet satisfying.
Next time, we will have to save more room for the multitude of Kasalta desserts from cakes to cookies. On our way out, we couldn’t help but notice the nice showing of flashy and fun cars. My favorite Isla Del Encanto cara was the 300E baby blue Benz.
