Olivia C.
Yelp
Visiting my friend in El Monte, she brought me to La Fruta Feliz to pick up some fruit for her parents. We walked in and looked at pictures on the wall of what they had until someone saw what we were doing and handed me a menu in English.
We ended up getting a chamango, a magoneada, and a bionico. When asked the difference between the chamango and magoneada drinks, we were told that they had the same ingredients but that the magoneada was frozen. Anyone who knows me knows I love tamarind so when I saw the addition of a tamarind straw, I got really excited!
I had the chamango. The chamoy (basically a savory and spicy sauce created from fruit that has been put in a brine and the resulting brine is seasoned with chile powder and the final product is chamoy) and the mango mixed together were a perfect combination. Stir in that tamarind straw and you've got yourself a winner!
For more of a slushee-type drink, go with the magoneada. Same thing but frozen chips of ice that make it refreshing.
We also had the bionico for dessert. I enjoyed the combination (strawberry, cantaloupe, papaya, banana, apple, granola, raisins, shredded coconut, and sweet cream) but the sweet cream was a bit too runny for me. I will say that I normally dislike raisins but I did eat them in the bionico.
It was the first time I'd ever had any of these items so I was thankful for the experience and would definitely come back and recommend it to anyone!