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| - I love love love Empanadas ever since I had one in Costa Rica and fell head over heels into food love. I was on a mission when I came back: find something similar. It was obsessive. I have been to many, many restaurants in search of my holy grail of deliciousness. And then, when I wasn't expecting it, deliciousness was mine!
We came early on a Saturday, and La Casa Latina was pretty busy. The servers were nice, although there were only two in the restaurant. Still, they sat us down quickly in the colourful, adorable restaurant with glass tabletops... It was super cute, all yellows and everything!
We were actually there for papusas, not empanadas (having found some tasty samples of other empanadas in Calgary.) But, because the papusas are small, we decided to get the mixed plate too.
So! Papusas - the pork and cheese mix is totally delicious (so is cheese!). They were great (Papusas are like little pancakes of dough with stuff in them). But the fried empanada I had - corn meal and what I think was pulled pork on the inside, was just amazing - flavourful, heavy but light, delicious. Gah. Magnifique! And unexpected. And now I can't wait to go back and get my fix! The wait staff were super sweet when I got a little over-enthusiastic with them.
The prices didn't seem too bad in comparison to similar restaurants in Calgary. Highly recommended!
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