BuzzFeed. Platano Battle: Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic. Posted: September 27, 2024 | Last updated: February 8, 2025. PL team has the tough choice to pick which country makes the best platano ...

Puerto Rico is playing in the finals tomorrow night, ... Update: Credit to Miguel Guadalupe and Natascha Otero and others, who saw the mofongo-mangu connection a while ago.

In Puerto Rico, there’s mofongo, in which plantains are first fried, then mashed and served with a thick gravy-like broth; ... Mangu in New York City's Washington Heights Betty Cortina-Weiss.

The food of the Dominican Republic is very similar to Cuban and Puerto Rican but perhaps not as well known. ... Mangu Café Restaurant. Address: 2007 W 62 nd Street, Hialeah.