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| - My wife is from Brazil and there are not any home cooking style Brazilian restaurants in Charlotte or surrounding, so we tend to eat a lot of food from Central to South America instead. We have been to some really good ones, but Los Paisas is the bar. We have been to 4 Columbian restaurants specifically and none of them really compare.
The flavor, the value, the service, it's all there. I always get the Bandeja Tipica Columbiana. It has the best bang for the buck for me. It's so much food, I always have enough for another meal later. It comes with grilled beef, beans, sausage (which is the best I've had), pork crackling, rice, egg, plantains (which I swap for Yuca), avocado and white corn tortilla. Even just saying all of that is a mouth full.
The first thing we do when we are seated is order some beef empanadas. You'd think that if you've had empanadas before then you already know what to expect, but that's far from the truth. I've had my fair share of empanadas in my life and I can't even compare them, as they are in a league of their own.
Bring your appetite, bring your wallet and bring a blanket (for the nap after, since you'll be in a food coma).
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