That's no bread basket: At many Latin American establishments, yuca frita — that is, fried cassava — resembles potato wedges or steak fries. At this Dominican restaurant, by contrast, the cassava tubers were grated and formed into patties, much like Jamaican bammy, and then gently fried. The finished product consisted almost entirely of tantalizing crisp surface.
Also shown: sliders whose "buns" were actually rounds of fried plantain. For photos of a few entrees, all of them in darker shades of this same color scheme, see the EIT page on Facebook.
Ajo y Orégano
1556 White Plains Rd. (Archer-Guerlain Sts.), Parkchester, Bronx
347-657-1201
www.AjoyOregano.com
