{"id":11665,"date":"2025-06-18T18:19:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11665"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:19:34","slug":"el-centro-americano-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/el-centro-americano-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"El Centro Americano Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Dr. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n

El Centro Americano, located at 3439 Hill Ave. in Toledo, Ohio, is a Honduran & Mexican food restaurant. If you have never been to Honduras, or if you have, this place will make you feel like you are there, eating their food. It is very authentic and served as they serve you in Honduras. Your nacho chips come with refried beans topped with a crumbled white cheese, not a red salsa. If you crave \u201cmaduros,\u201d like I do almost every day, this is the place to get them, where they are cooked to perfection and served with refried beans and a cream. Maduros are a popular side dish, appetizer, or dessert in the Caribbean and throughout Latin America. They are very ripe plantains that are fried until caramelized, golden brown, and are sweet and tender. Maduro<\/em> in Spanish means \u201cripe.\u201d Also, if you are into tamales, well, their tamales are not like Mexican ones; they are wrapped in a banana leaf instead of a corn husk. They are big, filled with meat that is in chunks and not shredded or mashed as in the Mexican tamale. And if you are a fan of yucca, as I am, and especially the fried yucca, which tastes like a thick French Fry, you will love their dish of fried yucca with nice warm and fried pork rinds that are topped with a pickled slaw. It is amazing! Then, for a drink, try one of their fruit waters. I had a water made of tamarind, which is extremely refreshing on a hot day.<\/p>\n

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Restaurante El Centro Americano<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por la Dra. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n

El Centro Americano, en el 3439 Hill Ave. en Toledo, Ohio, es un restaurante de comida hondure\u00f1a y mexicana. Si nunca has estado en Honduras, o si ya lo has estado hay, este lugar te har\u00e1 sentir como si estuvieras all\u00ed, disfrutando de su comida. Es muy aut\u00e9ntica y se sirve como en Honduras. Los nachos vienen con frijoles refritos y queso blanco desmenuzado, no con salsa roja. Si tienes antojo de maduros, como a m\u00ed casi todos los d\u00edas, este es el lugar ideal: est\u00e1n cocinados a la perfecci\u00f3n y se sirven con frijoles refritos y crema. Los maduros son un plato adicional, aperitivo, o postre popular en el Caribe y en toda Latinoam\u00e9rica. Maduros son pl\u00e1tanos muy maduros que son fritos hasta que se caramelizan, se doran, y quedan dulces y tiernos. Adem\u00e1s, si te gustan los tamales, los del Centro Americano no son como los mexicanos; se envuelven en hoja de pl\u00e1tano en lugar de hoja de ma\u00edz. Son grandes, rellenos de carne en trozos, no deshebrada ni machacada como los tamales mexicanos. Y si te gusta la yuca, como a m\u00ed, y sobre todo la yuca frita, que sabe a papas fritas, te encantar\u00e1 el plato de yuca frita con chicharr\u00f3n caliente y frito, cubierto con una ensalada de col encurtida. \u00a1Es incre\u00edble! Y para beber, prueba una de sus aguas de frutas. Yo ped\u00ed una de tamarindo, que es s\u00faper refrescante para un d\u00eda caluroso.<\/p>\n

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