Tropical Star Menu and Prices

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Tropical Star Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Appetizers

Alcapurria

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Tasty croquette made of grated green bananas, filled with seasoned beef. A Puerto Rican favorite.

Papa Rellena

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Potato puff crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, filled with seasoned beef.

Relleno de Yuca

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Puffed yucca root, crisp on the outside and soft on the inside filled with a bled of seasoned pork and beef.

Platano Maduro

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Naturally sweet ripe fried plantain. Also makes a great dessert.

Tostones

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Green plantain cut in thick slices, dipped in garlic sauce and fried to create a crispy coating.

Yuca

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Boiled or fried, yucca root has a refreshing potato-like taste. Served in bite-sized pieces.

Empanadas

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Two pieces. Colombian creation of mildly seasoned potato and beef in a lightly browned cornmeal jacket.

Chorizo con Arepa

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Colombian sausage served with cornmeal griddle cake.

Morcilla con Arepa

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Colombian black sausage served with a cornmeal griddle cake.

Chicharron con Arepa

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Homemade pork rings served with a cornmeal griddle cake.

Arepa con Queso

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Cornmeal griddle cake filled with cheese.

Pupusas Salvadorenas

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Two pieces served with encurtido.

Bacalaitos

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Two pieces of cod fish fritters fried to a golden brown.

Pastelillos

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Deep fried turnover filled with you choice of beef, chicken or cheese.

Argentinan Empanadas

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Two deep fried turnovers filled with your choice of chicken, beef or spinach. Served with chimichurri sauce upon request.

Bigoron Nicaraguan Specialty

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(Chicharron con yuca) Boiled yucca served with pork rind topped with a spicy veggie vinaigrette.


Sandwiches

Cuban Sandwich

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Slices of roast pork and ham topped with Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and mayo served on baguette bread and pressed hot. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.

Brazilian Bauru Sandwich

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A warm ham and cheese sandwich filled with sliced tomato and oregano. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.

Spanish Chorizo Sandwich

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Spicy sausage and melted cheese, served hot on baguette bread. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.

Carne Asada Sandwich

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Grilled seasoned beef, sauteed onions and tomatoes on baguette bread. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.

Vegetarian Sandwich

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Cheese, lettuce, tomato, bell peppers, onions, mustard, mayo and dressing. Our tasty meatless delight. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.

Milanesa Sandwich

$6.55

Lightly breaded beef, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Served with choice of tossed salad or french fries.


Combos

Arron con Pollo

$8.25

Tender pieces of chicken cooked with rice, seasoned with tomato, onions and bell peppers. served with red beans and green salad.

Fricase de Pollo

$8.25

Caribbean style chicken fricassee served with white rice and red beans.

Chuletas de Cerdo

$9.35

Two center cut pork chops served with white rice and red beans.

Tamal Colombiano

$8.75

A savory mixture of pork, chicken and vegetables in a cornmeal base, and cooked inside a wrapping of banana leaves. Served with white rice and arepa.

Pernil de Cerdo Asado

$8.75

Sliced roast pork served white rice and red beans.

Pastel y Arroz con Gandules

$9.35

Puerto Rican delight created with seasoned pork and grated green bananas boiled tamale-style in a banana leaf. Served with rice and pigeon peas and green salad.

Filete de Pescado Paulista

$9.35

Brazilian style red snapper fillet seasoned with lemon and garlic. Served with white rice and black beans.

Pabellon Venezolano

$11.55

Venezuelan combination plate of seasoned shredded beef, white rice, black beans, fried ripe plantains and a cornmeal griddle cake.

Bistec Encebollado

$9.85

Tender beef topped with sauteed onions and tomatoes, accompanied by rice and red beans.

Pescado Frito-Mojarra

$12.05

Whole fired porgie fish served with salad and your choice of white rice, tostones or fried yucca.

Bandeja Paisa

$14.25

Colombian combination plate of seasoned beef, white rice, fried egg, red beans, sweet fried plantains, pork rings (chicarron), a cornmeal griddle cake and avocado.

Lomo Saltado

$10.45

Peruvian beef delight. Sliced steak sauteed with fresh tomatoes, onions, cilantro an fresh fries. Served with white rice. Beef can be substituted for chicken if preferred.

Ropa Vieja

$11.55

Cuban style shredded beef seasoned with garlic, onion and bell peppers served with white rice, black beans, fried ripe plantains and green salad.

Arron con Camarones

$11.55

Caribbean style saffron rice and shrimp cooked together with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers, served with green salad and red beans.

Milanesa-Bistec Empanizado

$11.55

Breaded steak, white rice, beans, green salad, and sweet ripe plantains.


Side Orders

Arroz con Gandules

$3.59

Seasoned rice and pigeon peas.

Arroz Blanco

$2.15

Steamed with rice.

Habichuelas-Frijoles

$2.15

Red or black beans.

Papitas Fritas

$1.95

French fries.

Pastel

$3.85 - $38.50

Puerto Rican tamale.

Pernil

$4.95

Slices of roast pork.

Tamal Colombiano

$7.15

Colombian tamal.

Porcion de Aguacate

$1.65

Slices of avocado.

Arepas

$2.20

Two pieces. Cornmeal griddle cakes.


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