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Shark empanadas

The island’s breakfast: fried corn pastry stuffed with stewed shark.

Best time
Morning
Area
North coast
Duration
1 h

If you eat one thing on Margarita, make it this. The shark is stewed with sweet pepper, onion and annatto, folded into corn dough and fried to order. You eat it standing, mid-morning, with your hands and hot sauce on top. The best stalls are the beach ones that open early and close when the dough runs out.

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