{"id":10228,"date":"2019-11-10T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2019-11-10T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T23:41:39","slug":"mandato-fruit-grocery-corp-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=10228","title":{"rendered":"Mandato Fruit & Grocery Corp. – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram Post 11\/10\/2019<\/h4>\n

I\u2019ve written about Mandato, the three-in-one Mexican destination at 7220 3rd Ave, Brooklyn before:<\/a> it\u2019s a take-out restaurant featuring tortas, cemitas, tamales, picaditas, tlacoyos, sopes, quesadillas, huaraches and more; a market where, in addition to packaged goods, you\u2019ll find authentic Mexican ingredients including quesillo, nopales, and store-made barbacoa, carnitas, and tamales; and an authentic panader\u00eda where they bake their own Mexican panes dulces (sweet breads) available in store and sent out to close to 30 local groceries and bodegas as well \u2013 and that\u2019s the subject of today\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

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\nShown here are three from among dozens of varieties of baked goods prepared daily, all delicious, all made without preservatives or lard. Sleeping at the bottom is a yoyo; moving clockwise a taco de crema; and holding down the 2 o\u2019clock position is a cherimoya, so called because it\u2019s crafted to look like the eponymous fruit.<\/p>\n

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\nA peek inside sheds more light on the names. Like its real-life counterpart, the yoyo actually comprises two halves, bonded in this case by a fruity layer. The taco de crema, airy and flaky, guards creamy custard within. The cherimoya encloses a surprise as well: a generous amount of sweet cinnamon filling.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a unique stop along my Bay Ridge Little Levant ethnojunket<\/a>, or if you\u2019re in the neighborhood, check it out for yourself!<\/p>\n

(Note that this venue is officially Mandato Fruit & Grocery Corp, not the restaurant of the same name next door \u2013 there\u2019s no connection.)
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When is a yoyo not a toy? (Hint: Don’t play with your food!) Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,59,18,21],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-10228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-eats","category-instagram","category-shopping","category-sweets","tag-mexican"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10228"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10231,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions\/10231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}