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| - A few weeks back I was talking to someone about empanadas and they said "if you're in Madison, you have to try La Taguara". So I bookmarked it and lo and behold, was able to stop in this past weekend.
First, the location is super convenient - right off 30 & Washington. There's a small parking lot and a small, simply decorated eating area. You place orders at the counter and the friendly staff will happily walk you through the menu if you aren't familiar with the cuisine.
Of course, we ordered empanadas (one beef, one chicken) - they're BIG. Two would make a meal - ours were well stuffed, full of flavor but perhaps a tad oily. Get them anyway, they're delicious.
For mains, the Mister had cachapa which is a corn pancake filled with homemade cheese and served with fried pork chunks. Very tasty but FILLING! I went with pabellon which is rice, black beans and stewed beef. It reminded me of Cuban ropa vieja - tender beef stewed with peppers, so delicious especially when mixed up with the rice and amazingly tasty black beans. Seriously, those beans are everything - I'd happily order beans and rice as a meal.
Prices are cheap (most things $10-12), portions are huge (my entree could easily have fed 2) and it's delicious. Feel free to open a satellite location in Milwaukee, La Tagura!
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