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  • Having only ever eaten the wonderful arepas a Pica Pica in San Francisco (featured on DDD on the Food Network), I had pretty high expectations of Arepa Café in Toronto. Plenty of great reviews on Yelp, so we headed there after a book launch. The vibe / ambience of the place is brilliant, old red brick walls, funky "paper plane" installations, and modern seating. We started with the plantains and the yucca and all ordered the Arepa Sampling plate - three 4oz arepas - one with chicken and avocado, one beef, and one bean and cheese (these are obviously not the actual technical terms for the arepas, but you get my drift). We were told there would be a 20 minute wait, so we order a couple of pitchers of sangria to pass the time (maybe this was their excellent sales plan all along?) The yucca came out steamy, hot and delicious, but sadly the plantains were limp and stone cold :( However, they quickly whipped them away and brought us a fresh, hot plate which was delicious. The best part was the sauces - three of them! One was a green, mild, cilantro sauce, one a red hot spicy sauce, and the other a garlic mayo. I passed on the mayo, but the other two were unbelievable. I honestly just wanted to covet the whole bottle of the green one to myself then secretly squirt the herby deliciousness straight down my throat...you'll be glad to know I refrained :) Moving on to the star...THE AREPAS! I started with the black bean, for me it was seriously under salted, but that was quickly remedied. The corn arepa was good, but just seemed a little heavy and dry. I felt like it needed a gravy of some sort - so I piled on the sauces. So, I went for the chicken and avocado next - same - under seasoned. This was definitely my favourite. Finally, I had the beef. Not impressed - it was dry and chewy and I really couldn't face more corn meal. I'm glad I had the sample, and I would recommend Arepa Café, but I would probably try something else next time. The price of the food was very affordable, but $30 for a small pitcher of sangria (which in its defense had a boat load of fresh fruit in it) was a bit pricey. Maybe I'm just a tight-arse when it comes to paying for drinks :)
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