Dominicans Try The Best Mangu In New York City

Gadiel and Julissa from Pero Like take Melba Garcia, which is Gadiel's Mom on an adventure to find the best Mangu in Washington Heights. The went to 3 different places in New York City. La Casa Del Mofongo, El Conden, and Malecon.

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Meet the Team:

Claudia Restrepo

Curly Velasquez

Gadiel De Orbe

Maya Murillo

Julissa Calderon

MUSIC
Amor Guajiro
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STILLS
Map of Manhattan streets.
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Close-up of a green plantain
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Melba Del Orbe
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[DeaJasmine]

I freaking love Julissa's laugh. It has such a soulfull sound.

[alanathebespectacled]

Thanks for speaking Spanish in these videos! I really enjoy listening to it and I feel like it helps me learn by osmosis, at least a little bit

[andelysrodriguez]

This is the most Dominican video I've seen on this channel 😂

[hi-yohi]

“No comas con tus ojos” -Every Dominican mother

[ellaofficiel]

in the Philippines we call this "silog." this is like the ultimate breakfast meal for us. It's filling cheap and yummy. I can't believe our cultures are so close, we just have different names for it. But we also call sausage as Longganisa. Wow. This channel makes me learn so much!!

[raymondbatista]

It's crazy I live on 180th and wadsworth and I've been to all three of these places. Big ups you guys for bringing the series all the way from LA back to the "Dominican Times Square" you have a fan in me

[elyazaaa]

rest in peace Gadiel. Forever roasted lmao

[khristinaconka]

La madre la Gadiel es una típica cibaena en NY, me mato con su frase ''me siento como un renacuajo'' hahahaha guys you are doing an amazing job showing the world our dominican culture! Thank you!

[RottedDollface]

Soy Boricua, y mucho pero muchoooo amor para la bella gente de DR, familia al fin. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🇵🇷🇩🇴🤘🤘🤘

[tst]

Wtf his mother is sooo young looking! And I love how they segue from English to Spanish so effortlessly, love bilingual people.

[luzdaryfernandez]

"YO QUE SUFRO DE ESO" Hahaha
Qué linda, Gadiel's mom. I love this team

[justinmercado]

When gadiel was saying everyone was gonna be constipated after eating all this mangu and his mom was like “yo que sufro de eso” 😂😂 I YELLED

[yassan]

Ya yo se a quien salió Gadiel con su sentido del humor! Que risa con su mamá 😂😭😂 we Dominican women don’t age! “Thank you Jesus for letting me be born in the 🇩🇴 Amén ! 🙏🏽🙋🏽‍♀️😂

[rogersalas]

Love you guys chemistry like brother and sister Funny

[jacquelinem]

You know Gadiel's mom is Dominican, her face is frozen in time 🤣 I would NOT wanna get on her bad side though lmao!!

[jennabonfardine]

Thought it was gadiels younger sister. 😬

[MarickaOglesby]

I LOVED watching this. Look forward to trying mangu for the first time. Thank you for sharing and for the recommendations!

[emilyromero]

She’s so pretty I love how Latina moms don’t age

[brittfull]

It's so interesting to here the linguistic differences between Spanish from different Spanish speaking countries.

[kiarabrown]

I've never had Mangu, but it does look good!!
😊😊!!