Pernil asado: 4 Long Island restaurants serving the Latin classic
Dominican Restaurant 5 in Deer Park offers traditional Latin-American fare prepared on premises such as this plate of pernil asado (roast pork) with rice and beans. Credit: Doug Young
Roasted pork, or pernil asado, is popular throughout the Latin American and Caribbean world. Easy to understand why, since you're talking about marinated meat that's slowly cooked in an oven until it falls from the bone.
Here are three restaurants serving this hearty Latin classic.
This no-frills Dominican spot serves a pernil asado that's succulent, dripping with savory juices. ($13)
224 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, 516-307-1750
The pernil asado at this bi-level Cuban spot is slow-roasted with garlic and herbs ($18)
944 W. Jericho Tpke., Smithtown, 631-670-6277, cafehavanali.com
At this no-frills Dominican eatery, which shares ownership with Casa del Campo, the moist, well-seasoned pernil falls in shreds and hunks, a cap of oven-glazed skin placed jauntily atop. ($14).
1897 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park, 631-940-9783, domrest5.com
CASA DEL CAMPO DOMINICAN RESTAURANT
Live Latin music fills this Dominican restaurant, but the real enjoyment here is the food. Pernil asado, soft shards of roasted pork meat and crisp pieces of skin, make for fine eating.
1159 Deer Park Ave., North Babylon, NY 631-586-1171
