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| - So me, J.V and Daniel met up at I Love Arepas after having a convo at work about Colombian food ( Daniel's family is Colombian). I told them about I Love Arepas and we had decided to finally check it out, once we arrived, we realized its Venezuelan and not Colombian but Daniel said arepas is a Colombian dish also? Hmm okay...
Well, it was a very HOT day and since this place is just a stand with a few tables set up, we decided to sit at one of the tables and eat instead of in our cars. We started with the fruit juices- sugar cane with lime for me, mango for Daniel and Tamarindo for JV. We all thoroughly enjoyed our drinks, you can tell everything was freshly made. I thought my sugar cane/lime drink would be too sweet but it wasn't, it was PERFECT on this extremely hot day.
Food, we ordered almost everything on the menu..Arepas are like sandwiches with the patties made from cornmeal which is grilled then stuffed with meat, cheese and other delightful things...
Here's what we ordered:
Roasted Pork Butt (Hot filling)- yummy! shredded pork similar to carnitas, had great flavor
Shredded Chicken (Hot)- also very good, similar flavors to the pork butt
Beef Tongue (Hot filling)- oh my, SO good, one of my favorites! tender, slightly spicy
Honeycomb Tripe/Menudo (Hot)- another of my favorites in the hot filling category, this was the spiciest of all the arepas we tried. Again, full of flavor with the garlic and spices!
Cold fillings-
Reina Pepiada- they said this was their most popular but I was not a fan. There was just too much mayo going on with this one, I couldn't even eat it all. It's similar to a chicken salad with avocado and green peas but umm, yeah, too much mayo...
Garlic shrimp- this was BOMB, I mean seriously good. It was like having shrimp ceviche in a sandwich...this is a must have!
Empanadas- the guys loved the black bean and cheese, I got the shredded beef. They loved it and said it tasted really fresh, mine was okay, seemed that my shredded beef had more filling than their black bean/cheese ones.
Hallacas- this alone would have me stopping by daily. It's the most expensive item on their menu at $5 each but it's so worth it. It's similar to a tamale with empanada filling wrapped in banana/plantain leaves and steamed. For me, the cornmeal dough was SO yummy! It' reminded me of a Vietnamese dish very similar to it that's got ground pork and also steamed in banana leaf...this is a HELL yeah dish for me!
After we were done trying all the dishes, we were thirsty again so I ordered the Guava drink next and JV ordered the Guanabana (soursop). Both drinks again were fresh and you could taste it!
This is a definite return for us, but next time, after the sun goes down or when the weather was cooler!
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