Got my goat.
Near the front door, beside a gaudy listing of potent potables, I found a wooden model of the mortar and pestle (or pilón) traditionally used to mash green plantains and garlic into mofongo; inside the main dining room — there's also an upstairs and a bar room — I sat within range of two nontraditional flatscreens, one playing The Bourne Identity, the other tuned to a Dominican golf channel.
The namesake menu item is offered in 20-something varities; my mofongo con chivo (with goat, that is; $10.95) feature chewy meat, and the gravy seemed to be thickened with corn starch. Fair-sized serving, at least.
La Casa del Mofongo
1447 St. Nicholas Ave. (182nd-183rd Sts.)
212-740-1200
I think you and I are the only two food bloggers who have been to Casa del Mofongo. (I live a couple blocks away.) I hear the mofongo place on Dyckman and Broadway is better, though.
Posted by: Kristen | January 28, 2008 at 08:20 PM