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| - came here with a friend because this was the only venezuelan restaurant in the city he hadn't tried yet. the food here is amazing -- delicious, fresh, authentic. BUT, the service is ridiculously slow. my friend waited nearly an hour (i'm not even kidding. more than 50 minutes) for his cachapa.
at least the cachapa (corn pancake with cheese and beef) was fantastic. seriously delicious, and a generous serving too. i got the pabellon criollo (black beans with cheese, white rice, fried plantains, and shredded beef stew), which was also delicious and too much for me to finish (even with my friend's help) so i had to pack it up to go.
we also got the tequenos (cheese sticks), which came with chipotle, guacamole, and ranch? sauce. my fav was the guac but my friend was really into the ranch sauce.
the cheese here is incredible. apparently it's imported from montreal or something, which sounds about right because it's unlike any other kind of cheese i've ever had before and goes perfectly in the tequenos and cachapas.
this place is a bit on the pricey side. those two entrees, plus two tequenos, and a passion fruit juice and papelon con limon (sugar cane and lemon drink), plus tax and tip all totalled to just over $50 for lunch for two people. the service is nice enough (and actually pretty cute -- the little girls actually made conversation and were sweet), but the wait is kind of a killer. worth it if you're coming for the authentic venezuelan fare, but just be prepared to wait there for a pretty long time to get it.
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