Latin American: Pupusas at the Brooklyn Flea
Continuing my food tour at the Brooklyn Flea (I sampled cupcakes and hot dogs here and here), I recently had my first Flea pupusa from a stand manned by the Red Hook Food Vendors. What exactly is a pupusa? Keep reading…
A pupusa is a dish originating from El Salvador, with a thick corn tortilla surrounding gooey cheese, meat, beans and squash. All this goodness is topped with a cabbage slaw, thin salsa and crema. We added some plantains and sausage to seal the deal. The result was sweet, salty, savory, chewy and crispy – a taste and texture explosion, if you will.
The diverse mix of flavors in the pupusa may be a bit of an acquired taste – my eating buddy wasn’t as crazy about it as I was. However, if you’re ever at the Brooklyn Flea or the Red Hook Ball Fields, give the pupusas a try!
An interesting flavor combination worth a try!
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Have you tried pupusas before?
omfg that looks so good. Every single time I read your blog I get so hungry.
1even the word pupusa is so appetizing, isn't it? it looks great!
2I go to these guys all of the time!! I love their pupusas.
3that looks so good! I love crunchy and gooey textures together.
4That looks alot better than the one I had at the Oakland Food Fest here in CA. I didn't like it either but will give it a second chance given the right vendor.
5I've had them at the Brooklyn flea – 3 apples for me too!
6That looks delicious! I need to find someone who makes it here in the SF bay area.
7I'm not a huge bean lover but it certainly looks amazing. Everything else in there is right up my ally so I would probably make an exception for this.
8Hmmm that sounds really interesting! I think I'd have to give that a go…
9Again with the whole NY/Dallas thing. I'd love to get my hands on some of these, but while Dallas is choc full of Tex Mex, it's a little more difficult to find good food from other South American countries. All that to say, I'm jealous.
10I remember pepusas from my trips to El Salvador, but this looks so much better!!
delicious!
11I love the Brooklyn flea, I try to eat something different everytime I go, I haven;t had these yet.
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