The food court at Harvest Natural Market is under renovation, but Arepas
de Pilon is a separate business and is still serving. I stopped in the
other day for lunch while shopping and had an empanada, an arepa, and a
passionfruit drink.
The empanada was a Mechada, filled with
shredded beef. It was deep fat fried and pretty greasy, with a hard
shell. Now, I don't mind grease at all--that puddle at the bottom of
the container is a sign of good things to come. I very much enjoyed my
empanada, the beef was tender and flavorful and I love a crunchy shell.
But some may be put off.
For the arepa I chose the Venezuelan
Queen. An arepa on its own is a corn pancake. These arepas are split
and filled, making a sandwich, and it's kind of like eating a sandwich
on an english muffin. The Venezuelan Queen is a chicken avocado salad
arepa. It was generously filled with a smooth and tasty filling. Not
super flavorful but just fine.
Either of those items would make a
good meal. I washed them down with the passionfruit drink, which was
sweet and refreshing. I tried the sugar cane lemonade and don't
recommend it unless you specifically know and like sugar cane drinks.
South American food, particularly Venezuelan food, is trending now. We will see more of it as
refugees from South American start businesses here. It's going to provide another facet for our very diverse restaurant scene.
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