"I have had the pleasure of eating several dishes from Cocotaso and all of them were great. Whether you are planning an event or just a small get together, you would be hard pressed to find better. I cant wait to try the Chicken Rasta Pasta!"
Delicious food · Professional staff · Good for parties · Creative cuisine
Delicious food · Professional staff · Good for parties · Creative cuisine
Ward Bond
"Ordered a dozen Pasteles for Christmas Day dinner. Of course I snuck in and ate one already! It was delicious! Living far away from my grandparents who made them every single year for the holidays when I was growing up. I never learned how to make them myself.. but I am reminded of home when I ate my pastele. Thank you so much for bringing such happy memories back to my plate. Xoxo"
Good for parties · Creative cuisine · Professional staff · Delicious food
Good for parties · Creative cuisine · Professional staff · Delicious food
Stacy Jennifer O
"Delicious food! There hasn’t been a thing I’ve tried that wasn’t on point! From the pastelon(which I normally do not like), to pasteles to the pernil it’s everything you could ask for. This food is for sure made with fresh ingredients, and most importantly LOVE ❤️"
Delicious food · Personalised menus · Good for parties · Professional staff · Great value · Creative cuisine · Experienced chefs
Delicious food · Personalised menus · Good for parties · Professional staff · Great value · Creative cuisine · Experienced chefs
Kimberly Parolisi-Rivera
"Amazing family business. I go to their Saturday events from 5-10 PM. Food is great. Love it all from their pasteles, rellenos de papas, alcapurrias and arroz con gandules with pernil. Mind you, I'm a very picky eater!"
Good for parties · Delicious food · Creative cuisine · Experienced chefs · Great value · Professional staff
Good for parties · Delicious food · Creative cuisine · Experienced chefs · Great value · Professional staff
Iris Reyes-Rivas
![#Repost @cookingwgranny with @make_repost ・・・ Grandma’s Pasteles in Marlboro Projects in Coney Island every Thanksgiving (Puerto Rican banana leaf-wrapped masa and meat) “We lived in Marlboro Projects in Coney Island. Our buildings were adjacent, so my mom lived in one building, and my grandma lived in the other with a couple of my aunts and a lot of my cousins. Come the holidays, we would always go to Grandma's house, and it was like an assembly line there. Someone's in charge of soaking the bananas — we use three different types — in water. Then someone’s peeling and chopping those bananas. Someone’s cutting the yuca and yautia. Someone’s cutting up the onions and ajicito for the sofrito. Someone's cutting the pork. Once all these components were chopped and peeled, then the oldest person — my grandmother — would start seasoning and cooking the meat, making the masa [from the root vegetables]. Then we came in — the kids. We would help tie the pasteles together, or stuff them in a bag to give away as gifts, or put them in the freezer. As years went on, you kind of stepped up in that ladder of what you were able to make. Maybe Grandma trusted me with cutting the bananas one year. Then, peppers another year. Unfortunately, I didn't get to the very top until March of 2018, when Grandma passed away. Now, I'm the leader of the assembly line and everyone else comes in to do everything.” - Frances Roman, chef and founder of @cocotasocateringllc which sells Abuela’s pasteles at the @queensnightmarket in non-Covid times #foodstories #pastelescaseros #puertoricanfood #abuelas #recetascaseras #recetadelaabuela #grandmasrecipe #cookingwithgranny #cookingwithgrandma #multicultural #bipoc #foodstory #storytelling #storytellers #humansofnewyork #grandmasofinstagram #grandmas #nycfoodies #nycfoodgals #nycfoods #nycfoodblogger #yuca #bananaleaf #bananaleaves #culturalheritage #foodisculture #foodwriter #foodwriting #foodwriters](https://scontent-sjc3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/126358725_123123012782888_1520194468251847625_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=9hJbjbnW0pIAX_WVuew&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=491bbfe8f8020bd7351296096a8f876d&oe=602853DD)
