?> {"id":1296,"date":"2009-08-27T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T01:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2009-09-22T21:43:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T01:43:37","slug":"revisiting-margon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/08\/revisiting-margon\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Margon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was a bit disappointed with my last visit to Margon but like I said in my review<\/a>, I know their Cuban sandwiches can be inconsistent depending on how busy they are. So when Josh told me he was meeting up with his cousin at the restaurant for lunch, I invited myself along because I was eager to give them a chance to redeem themselves.<\/p>\n

This was my first time actually eating in the restaurant but luckily they weren\u2019t super full so we were able to snag a table. We started out with an order of tostones while we were waiting for the sandwiches to be prepared. These did come topped with mojo this time, much to my relief and delight. And they were better than usual because we were eating them fresh at the restaurant instead of carrying them out in a tinfoil container where they tend to get cold and soggy. These tostones were still warm, a little bit crunchy on the outside, and doused with the deliciously tangy and garlicky mojo. Yum!<\/p>\n

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\"Tostones

Tostones topped with mojo<\/p><\/div>\n

After we worked our way through half of the tostones, Josh went back to the sandwich counter to pick up our Cubans. At first glance these sandwiches just looked so much better than the ones I got last time. The bread was pressed flat and had toasted marks on top, and the melted cheese was oozing out.<\/p>\n

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\"Crispy

Crispy and hot pressed Cuban sandwich<\/p><\/div>\n

The verdict? Perfection. The bread was crispy on the outside and the sandwich was still warm enough to burn my tongue a little. The flavors of the meat, cheese, garlic, and pickles just all work so well together. The sandwich guy asked Josh if he wanted hot sauce on the sandwich, to which Josh replied yes, but I didn\u2019t taste any hot sauce. Not a problem, I didn\u2019t miss anything. The sandwich was absolutely wonderful as is.<\/p>\n

\"Autopsy

Autopsy shot<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t know if eating at the restaurant was the difference, but maybe now we\u2019ll start eating in more often rather than taking it out! I hope every trip I make to Margon will be as good as it was on this day.<\/p>\n

Margon<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span>36 West 46th St. between 6<\/span><\/em>th<\/sup><\/span><\/em> and 7<\/span><\/em>th<\/sup><\/span><\/em> Ave.<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>New York, NY<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was a bit disappointed with my last visit to Margon but like I said in my review, I know their Cuban sandwiches can be inconsistent depending on how busy they are. So when Josh told me he was meeting up with his cousin at the restaurant for lunch, I invited myself along because I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[113,4,3,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}