El Paraíso Del Marisco

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El Paraíso Del Marisco cooks the Ecuadorian and Peruvian seafood that Orlando's Latin families describe as tasting like home. Encebollado arrives the way Manabí cooks it, the ceviche mixto snaps bright and fresh, and the chaulafán de mariscos is built to share, with bolón de verde for the plantain devotees. Plates are made to order, so the kitchen takes its time, in a warm, unfussy, family-run room.

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