Don't worry, Miggie, I don't know what a lot of those mean either!

Let's try to look some of those up for both our benefit:



Antojitos means "little whims" -- I assume appetizers, so this would be a combo plate I guess.

First, it seems they misspelled "Alcapurrias de Yuca" -- this one is tough, but this site says alcapurrias = "a fritter made from grated yautía and green bananas, stuffed with meat" (yautia = "taro root" , yuca = "cassava a root vegetable"). Okay, let's call this a banana eggroll.

Anticuchos = small pieces of grilled skewered meat. So like a shishkabob.

Empanadas = a stuffed pastry. What they stuff it with here, I don't know, but it seems like a handheld pot-pie sorta thing.

I already know that chorizo is a yummy spicy sausage

And mojo, of course, is what Austin Powers and I have. Okay, in this case I think it means a type of hot sauce perhaps...



I'm assuming that they don't mean corvina wine grapes here, so let's look at the rest:

A torta is a type of sandwich, arugala is perhaps a misspelling of arugula (type of lettuce)?? Got me on this one....


Miggie, see, I have no clue either. But luckily I'm experimental, and am not afraid to ask the waitress if I'm unsure. Maybe someone will bring a laptop with them during dinner? I do know I like paella already so my time will be easy.

But please don't be discouraged -- we'll find you a great dish where ever we end up!!

Some more definitions can be found via:

http://www.elboricua.com/food_vocabulary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cuisine (great search engine)