In addition to the two best reasons I've found for my eventual move to Florida - the weather and, oh yeah, my boyfriend - I'm pretty excited about my upcoming proximity to cafe con leche and guava pastelitos. While living in Puerto Rico for three months this spring, I became a devoted follower of the guava pastelito. Pastelitos can be filed with a number of different things, most usually (and deliciously) guava paste. Every morning while in PR, my love and I would have breakfast at Mallorca (the picture to the left) in Old San Juan, where a freshly baked pastelito and a steaming hot cup of cafe con leche (hot whole milk mixed with espresso) run you about 4 dollars and are served by the awesomest waitstaff in town. The waiters at Mallorca wear vests and bow ties, and are consummate professionals. The pastelitos are made up of layers of dough, with delicious sweet paste in the center, and powdered sugar on top. I was heartbroken to leave them behind when I left PR.You can get pastelitos in Miami (this weekend we went to Porta Sagua), but they are Cuban pastelitos, which are a bit different (at least to my not-that-discerning pallet). They are flatter, less crispy, more chewy, and without powdered sugar on top. They will never have my heart the way that the ones from Puerto Rico do but, along with strong Cuban coffee, are a welcome addition to my diet that is unavailable in Boston (if anyone knows a Cuban bakery around here, let me know!).
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