Mofongo House

2007 February 1
by uptownflavor

The Village Voice reviews the Puerto Rican and Dominican favorite, mofongo, at Albert’s Mofongo House in Washington Heights/Inwood:

Mofongo is the bedrock of Puerto Rican cuisine. Flaunting its African roots, this woody mash of fried green plantains is sweetened with pork tidbits and moistened with lardy gravy. It has been the centerpiece of menus at Latin lunch counters since the 1960s, including the East Village’s now-defunct El Nacional, where you watched, tongue hanging out, as the plantains were pummeled in a wooden mortar with cloves of raw garlic.

Nowadays, these downtown lunch counters have all but disappeared, and the freshly made product is difficult to find. Nevertheless, mofongo remains more popular than ever in uptown ‘hoods like Inwood and Washington Heights. Albert’s Mofongo House is among a spate of new restaurants in Manhattan’s mountainous northern regions that showcase the dish from a Dominican perspective. [read the review: VV]

Albert’s Mofongo House
4762 Broadway
212-567-3052

Related: El Diario [en espanol]

from → Restaurants

6 Responses
  1. 2007 February 1
    NAT permalink

    You can not beat a good dish of Mondongo. :)

  2. 2007 February 1
    hugo permalink

    hey nat, no disrespect but Mondongo and Mofongo are not the same thing. Mofongo is what the article described…mashed plantains with pork skin,gravy etc. Mondongo is cow intestines(which is also quite good when cooked correctly).btw, albert’s mofongo house is awesome. i’ve eaten there three times. like 20 diff variations on the traditional mofongo.

  3. 2007 February 2
    NAT permalink

    Thanks, but I do know that Monfungo is Tripe.

  4. 2007 February 5
    Hugo permalink

    MONDONGO is tripe! I’m sure it sounds the same to you but trust me there is a difference.

  5. 2007 September 16
    CHRISTIAN permalink

    MOFONGO TASTES GREAT…THE PRICE OF THE DISHES THOUGH ARE VERY EXPENSIDE. THE PORTIONS YOU GET FOR THE AMOUNT YOU PAY DOES NOT MAKE UP FOR THE PRICE. I PAYED 17.95 FOR A MOFONGO WITH SHRIMP AND GOT 5 SMALL SHRIMP, SMALL SIDE SALAD, AND THE MOFONGO WHICH IS SERVED ON A CONTAINER THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL BE GETTING A GOOD PORTION BUT WILL NOT..IF YOU PLAN TO GO THERE PLAN TO SPEND $$..RESTAURANT IS OVERLY RATED..

  6. 2008 March 8
    edwin permalink

    the environent is great and so is the food

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