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| - I'm sad to say we didn't love La Taguara. I've been wanting to go after seeing their strong Yelp reviews. I will say that I'm not a fan of fried food in general, so that probably colors this review.
We walked up to the counter to order, and I was a little overwhelmed by the menu. There were some things I hadn't heard of before, so I wasn't sure what to get. The person working at the counter was not very friendly; she seemed irritated that I asked a question, and she was kind of cold when we asked a question about clean up later. (You bus your own table, which we were happy to do.)
We got El Papu Venezolano for an appetizer. The beef empanadas were VERY good. Everything else that came with it honestly didn't have much flavor... it just tasted fried. It did come with three sauces (one sour cream, two traditional), but I didn't love those either. :(
I got an arepa, and I didn't do a great job of picking what to go in it. I picked pork (very flavorful, but a bit too much pork for the size of the arepa), black beans (good), and cheese (nothing special and sort of stuck in the bottom). It was OK.
My boyfriend got the Pabellón and also thought it was okay. Good, not great.
Maybe I had my hopes too high, and maybe I need to try again with a different order. Sad to be disappointed here since it otherwise seems so well loved!
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