My box of Sazon is running low and I have run out of coffee a long time back. AAARRGGGGgghhh, now what? Where can I go? Any Restaurants where I can have a Boricua meal? Where else can I go to do some shopping for Puertorican seasonings etc. For ex: Where the hell do I buy the small sweet peppers for the recaito? Culantro and Cilantrillo? (Sigh).
Ok folks, so I have found only one tiny store in Lausanne where I can buy the occasional goya products but its slim pickings...like 2 products total! Ugh!
while looking for sliming products around switzerland it is hard as most swiss people are not fat if you still need help write a short mail to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) they will surely help you
I was in Bern last weekend and there are plenty of Puertorriquenos there, I even saw graffiti sprayed across a street wall stating 'Viva Boricua'. There were boricua-a-plenty there, so maybe you should make a trip out that way.
Quizas puedes descubrir una bodega alli...
LOL, thanks Sammy but what I said is that the choices of Puertorican products are slim, NOT that I am looking to slim down
Aquanexus - No me diga! Awesome! Ja, ja, ja...como me encantaria encontrar una bodega here but I doubt that's feasible.
im sorry my spanish is not so good once youve done good running you wont ned the products anymore
Thanks Sammy but again, I am not looking to loose weight. These goya products are NOT for weight loss, they are spanish seasonings - thats all.
intressting i must try it
They also make disgustingly flavoured carbonated drinks, with high levels of sodium benzoate...but you just can't stop drinking them.
I have my mom ship adobo and sazon over, and I survive with the local brands of canned beans for habichuelas and garbanzos (often the Indian and Lebanese grocery stores have more selection than the Swiss shops, and as a bonus they usually have plenty of amarillos in the produce section).
It would be nice to have recaito and sofrito, but I'm scared the glass jars will break during transit so I haven't asked my mom to send any. Let me know if you find a source of those.
Also, this site sells goya black beans (maybe we can convince them to start importing others?) and adobo, but the adobo is a gringo brand I've never used: http://www.afoodave.ch/index.php?p=c...arch_str=adobo
For rice, I've found the portuguese "carolino" rice comes closest to the type used in PR. I've found it at Manor and Pfauen in Basel -- maybe your city has one of those stores.
Buena suerte!
Don't touch it! I simply cannot see how a non Puerto Rican could successfully combine garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, dry cuban oregano and lemon zest. Steer well clear.
Most people do react that way, but I've had many converts that love Puerto Rican food and afterwards discover its ingredients. It's merely a component. I am from PR so I'm biased, but I can't live without it. But even I wouldn't buy a non-Puerto Rican brand. I like the Goya line of adobo the best, because they have a variety of mixes to choose from for different dishes.
Ay Flaca gracias!!! I needed the tip on the rice, UGH...my yellow and white rice just isn't the same with either of the brands I have bought at Coop or Migro. I will try using the Carolino brand
Yes, I have survived here on the canned brands as well, and yesterday found a place that sells pigs feet so I will not try making the beans the way we do but we will see the outcome (fingers crossed).
Missing the small sweet peppers but have made the recaito myself so far without it, it is close but still not the same. For the sofrito, I also do this myself...at least it comes much closer than the recaito.
It would be a bit of a trek.. but you might want to check out the American market in either Nyon or Geneva ( either location very close to the train station )
I've never "looked" for PR food ( hey, Kraft Mac n Cheese is exotic to me !! )
but I know they stock some latino products... anything you'd be looking for? of course I couldn't say but good luck
Hi dkurlygurl,
Although it is a Mexican store, they may have what you are looking for. Maybe they too can order for you.
http://elmaiz.ch/oscommerce/advanced...keywords=adobo
The store is located near the train station. If nothing else, they have reasonably priced tequila and margarita mixes!
Por lo menos tienen Areparina para hacer arepas Colombianas y otras cositas que tanto me hacen falta...
saludos,
Gaebigirl
Grynch - Mac 'n Cheese is exotic to you...LMBO, you are too funny! Thanks for the site, I checked their products and there IS one product which I use ALOT! The Delmonte Tomatoe Sauce for my yellow rice, THANK YOU!!!
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p.s.. you can't find a suitable tomato sauce in the local markets?... is there something special about that one... I would have thought DelMonte sauce would be pretty close to kraft mac an cheese in the whole spicey-ness contest.
Grynch - Yes, there is a difference. The spanish canned tomato sauce is tastier. The local CH brands are very bland. Tiny differences like this make all the difference when you are already lacking the products of home. For ex: Mexican food here taste NOTHING in comparison to the Mexican food you have either there or in the US.
Shocking. Gringo bastards
thanks... and I do have to agree with you on that... I grew up just west of boston and surprisingly there was a good selection of mex restaurants there ( not just "chi'chi's ) and a large PR population. ( so a number of good mom n pop type shops, cafes )
speaking of mex for a mo... if you make the trek to Nyon you might want to check out this place... I've never been myself but I've heard good reviews...
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