Know what that is? That’s a carne mechada patacón, from Venezuela. It might look like a burger, but look more closely and you’ll see that the “bun” is really flattened plantains, which surround shredded beef, condiments (including SPECIAL SAUCE), and fried cheese.
EXCEPT, it’s not IN Venezuela, it’s in NEW YORK CITY. That’s right, this is from Patacon Pisao, in Queens. QUEENS! Why have you Queens residents not told me about this???? Why have you not mailed 50 of these to me already?!? You know who you are. I am disappointed.
Must eat. MUST. I have it on good authority that Ponce De Leon was not, in fact, looking for the Fountain of Youth. That was a translation error. He was actually looking for the Plantain of Truth, and he obviously would have found it in Venezuela, or in QUEENS. Please, someone eat this and tell me all about it.
(h/t amy dee)
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mmmm plantains