De Mi Tierra Restaurant is a small not too fancy but comfortable casual restaurant that serves Latin Food. This restaurant is located in an older small strip mall. The menu showcases dishes from Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Ricco and The Dominican Republic. Latin Posters are on the walls and Latin Food TV was playing.
We started by sharing a Chicken Empanada. The Empanada was large and was stuffed with very tender and VERY FLAVORFUL moist delicious chicken. The pastry was slightly greasy but had this really nice bubbly crisp crust. This is a must get dish and is a really nice bargain for only (at the time of this review) $3.50.
I tried the Pollo Guisado. From what I read this is the staple of meat dishes from the Dominican Republic. It was carefully stewed mostly chicken legs. I do note I never had this dish before so I don't know how it compares to others but I can tell you the chicken was prepared to perfection and the flavors were very balanced. I had yellow rice studded with pigeon peas with my meal. They gave me a very large portion and the rice was flavorful.
My husband tried the Chicharron De Pollo or what you would call Fried Chicken. The chicken was moist with a nice natural chicken flavor. The skin had a minimal coating with crispy skin. This was a Dominican Republic Style Fried Chicken but to me it just seemed like good fried chicken from anywhere. My husband picked the white rice with red bean stew for his side. The beans were like a bean soup and they gave a very large portion of white rice.
Service was efficient.
Prices are low portions are large.
Interesting little stop that gives you the feeling you traveled to South America.