Tropico Mofongo

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Tropico Mofongo is a bright, cheerful Kissimmee room on Vineland Road built around Puerto Rican comfort: plantain, chicharron and garlic pounded into mofongo that guests say tastes like their grandmother's cooking. Order it under pernil, with shrimp al ajillo, or go for the Mofongo Trio, and expect portions big enough to share or take home. The wait can stretch a little, but regulars say the mofongo makes up for it.

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