Don’t Miss Out!!!! Puerto Rican Cooking Class

DON’T MISS OUT!!!

The first cooking class booked in the first day so we added another Puerto Rican Class. Don’t miss out. There will be lots of food, the featured drink all night and live entertainment,

John Acevedo will be playing in the restaurant.

Reserve early!

Wednesday, June 2 Seats Available

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Fred’s Cooking

Fred is giving his secrets away. Fred has been cooking for over 20 years and wants to share his passion for cooking from his country

with you!

Featured Dishes

Watermelon Sangria

Assorted Tapas

Camarones Enchilados

(Deviled Shrimp)

Tropical Island Citrus Salad

Puerto Rican Marinated Steak Sofrito

Caramelized Bananas w/Rum Sauce & Ice Cream

Upcoming Events

3 olives Italian Restaurant is now serving Brunch every Sunday!

11:00am-2:00pm

Event Details

Wednesday, June 2

Seats Available

Time: 7-9pm

Please be here a few minutes early. We will start right at 7:00pm.

We will provide you with recipes of all the featured dishes.

Frana La Bodeguita

“The Little World Market”

22764 Westheimer Pkwy

(@ Peek)

The Villagio Center

The Origin of Puerto Rican Food

Although Puerto Rican cooking is somewhat similar to both Spanish, Cuban and Mexican cuisine, it is a unique tasty blend of Spanish, African, Taíno, and American influences, using such indigenous seasonings and ingredients as coriander, papaya, cacao, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee. Locals call their cuisine “cocina criolla“.

Cocina Criolla (Créole cooking) can be traced back to the Arawaks and Tainos, the original inhabitants of the island, who thrived on a diet of corn, tropical fruit, and seafood. When Ponce de León arrived with Columbus in 1493, the Spanish added beef, pork, rice, wheat, and olive oil to the island’s foodstuffs. Soon after, the Spanish began planting sugarcane and importing slaves from Africa, who brought with them okra and taro (known in Puerto Rico as yautia). The mingling of flavors and ingredients passed from generation to generation among the different ethnic groups that settled on the island, resulting in the exotic blend of today’s Puerto Rican cuisine.

Puerto Rico… THE COUNTRY OF PLANTAINS!

The plantains seems to be the single most popular side dish served on the island. Plantains are a variety of banana that cannot be eaten raw. They are much coarser in texture that ordinary bananas and are harvested while green, then baked, fried, or boiled. When made into tostones, they are usually served as a appetizer with before-dinner drinks. Fried to a deep golden-yellow, plantains may accompany fish, meat, or poultry dishes.