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| - Every now and then but frequently, my taste craves for a different flavor. Columbian cuisine is one I hadn't visited in my touristy state of adventure. After coming here, I'd learn something about myself I didn't expect.
Sorting my bookmarks to 'distance from me' Oiga, Mire, Vea resulted. They were open, I was hungry, they were close by. Pulling and pushing on the entrance door, it was locked - a little dark. Hours indicate they're open. So I peek into the window, seeing people inside, I pulled and pushed the door again until someone heard and saw... Right? That's the stubborn bag lady in me ppptthh. An almost four star 3.75***\
I'm seated by a young girl, given a menu. She acknowledges me for it being my first time there. Then offers a beef empanada to start. I browse the menu and notice it's empty in the restaurant except a couple watching sports.
Beef empanada is presented to me with a green onion sauce. I order arroz con pollo and a sprite. While waiting on my dinner I take the first bite of the beef empanada. Holy cow! Take another bite with the sauce... That's some tasty delicious combo cow! At this point the wheels in my mind are spinning and thinking why I don't have this kind of reaction to Filipino empanadas. Cuz THIS beef empanada tells me why.
The beef empanadas are filled with meat, lightly wrapped, and has a perfect texture to the dough. It's not overly doughy nor oily. With the sauce is how they always serve it. Eating their beef empanadas came with a lesson. One of the owner's daughters told me about AJI. She told me the ingredients. It's one of those sauces I smother onto everything. The sauce recipe is Googlable.
My dinner plate came out after about 15 minutes. The yellow rice was really good. Here is another culture that serves plantains with a meal. Very nice flavor. It looked as good as it all was consumed.
They're a homely people. Extremely pleasant to speak with. They introduced me to Bunuelos and Columbian soft drinks. I enjoyed this cuisine a lot. I must return to order more beef empanadas with aji. That will be the number one for me at this place.
I recommend to try them. Especially for their lunch specials only $7.99 - their busiest time of the day. I'd totally go for it if they were only a couple blocks a way. However, the beef empanada won my attention with this dining experience.
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