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| - I absolutely love love LOVE this place. My mother and older brother are Colombian (from Bogotá), and they both agree that it is the best and highest quality Colombian food they have ever tasted in Toronto. Trust me, we have all visited many places and this place is BY FAR the best. I've also visited Colombia and tried these items, so I agree on the accuracy of taste. Just like "back home".
Whenever I go I order empanadas(beef and potato patties), morcillas (blood pudding "sausages"), chicharrónes (fried pork rinds), buñuelos (deep fried corn flour and cheese balls) and tamales (polenta-style steamed corn flour with beef, pork, chicken, veggies wrapped in plantain leaves).
Obviously, it's not a place to visit if you are watching your weight. It's a place to INDULGE to high heaven!
*The staff are able to speak some English, but it doesn't hurt to try and speak slow and point if you need to. No one expects you to just know Spanish like that!
**Also, to save a little money, specify IF YOU DO NOT WANT AREPAS. Otherwise, they will be charged and added along to every cooked food item you buy. That adds up really quick, but just tell them "no arepas" or "sin arepa, por favor."
***If you like the aji (pronounced a-hee), which is the spicy red salsa served in bowls around the places, and want to take some home along with your order, you can possibly ask for some in a cup.
I'm not a fan of spicy, but aji adds a wonderful complement to the empanadas, and if you're weird like me, even to the chicharrónes and morcillas.
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