Seeing as how no one we encountered spoke English, I thought Natty's Dominican offerings would outshine the basic American food. How wrong I was.
They have a whole menu of club sandwiches, burgers, grilled chicken and breakfast sandwiches and platters, all at crazily cheap prices. A regular burger is $2.75. A 1/2 lb. cheeseburger with fries is $5.50. Her huge club sandwich was also $5.50, and served with a mountain of fries.
On the back of the menu there are the lunch specials. Stuff like arroz con pollo, carne de res guisada, etc. These offerings vary every day, are not priced, and sit in a hot food bar behind the counter. I made the mistake of choosing one of these over a burger.
Me: How much is that? ::points towards dark meat in dark sauce:: Her: Bistec. Me: Uh, OK. I'll take that.
Now, the dish I pointed at looked delicious. But when I bit into it, something was wrong. The rice and beans were fine; it was the meat that had an odd consistency…it crumbled, more than it tore. And it tasted like old beef jerky. When my girlfriend tried it, she immediately insisted it was liver. And perhaps it was. But it was not bistec. And it was not good.
Her club sandwich was OK though, and I think you'll be all right as long as you stick to basics.
Seeing as how no one we encountered spoke English, I thought Natty's Dominican offerings would outshine the basic American food. How wrong I was.
They have a whole menu of club sandwiches, burgers, grilled chicken and breakfast sandwiches and platters, all at crazily cheap prices. A regular burger is $2.75. A 1/2 lb. cheeseburger with fries is $5.50. Her huge club sandwich was also $5.50, and served with a mountain of fries.
On the back of the menu there are the lunch specials. Stuff like arroz con pollo, carne de res guisada, etc. These offerings vary every day, are not priced, and sit in a hot food bar behind the counter. I made the mistake of choosing one of these over a burger.
Me: How much is that? ::points towards dark meat in dark sauce::
Her: Bistec.
Me: Uh, OK. I'll take that.
Now, the dish I pointed at looked delicious. But when I bit into it, something was wrong. The rice and beans were fine; it was the meat that had an odd consistency…it crumbled, more than it tore. And it tasted like old beef jerky. When my girlfriend tried it, she immediately insisted it was liver. And perhaps it was. But it was not bistec. And it was not good.
Her club sandwich was OK though, and I think you'll be all right as long as you stick to basics.