Quesito
A puff pastry roll filled with cream cheese and glazed with sugar, baked in every bakery on the island. You eat it warm with coffee and it costs little more than a dollar at a neighborhood spot. The guava version is the most ordered after the plain one.
Example
Walk into a bakery at seven in the morning, order a warm quesito and a café con leche, and you have understood the local breakfast.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it sweet or savory?
Sweet, even though the filling is cream cheese. It is glazed with sugar on top.
When do people eat one?
At breakfast or mid afternoon with coffee. Bakeries pull warm trays out through the day.
