The second part of our Monday adventure was to find a place to eat, a place preferably near the water and preferably a place we hadn't been to before.
Just south of Rincon on Carr. 115 we found a relatively new place on the hill over the water called Picoteo (which means "pecking" or "snacking" in Spanish). The view over the ocean is fabulous, the beer is frosty cold. The food is hit-or-miss which jives with the online reviews.
I had arañitas con pollo criollo (chicken in a local sauce served in cups of fried shredded plantain). The salsa criollo was some of the best I've had anywhere on the island, nice layers of flavor without any one flavor overpowering the others. Unfortunately, the arañitas were overcooked. They should be light and crispy and they were a bit hard.
Elaine had the nachos con salsa verde y charasco (nachos with greens sauce and skirt steak). Again, these were among the best nachos we've had here. The salsa verde was excellent. Someone put some thought into it; it was not salsa verde straight out of a jar (or if it was, it was a very different jar than everybody else uses).
Overall, I like Picoteo better than some of the other watering holes in and near Rincon. We will go back.
We hoped to have time to snorkel at Playa Steps again but we had to get back to Ola Lola's. This was a Monday-workday adventure. Steps will just have to wait for another day.
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