When scouring Manhattan a few weeks ago for an interesting place to go to dinner, I ended up not at the trendy new restaurant in Meatpacking... but at the tiny Caracas Arepa Bar in East Village. Becky, I'd never heard of an arepa before- have been seriously missing out. The corn cake is slightly thicker than a tortilla and ten times as crunchy. Normally I'd say the filling is the best part but really, it was the hot cake that tastes like cornbread with the texture of a tortilla (kind of). Sadly, no arepas at home... hoping someone will open a Venezuelan or Colombian restaurant soon!(L-R)- Pork arepa, chicken and avacado arepa, black bean/white cheese arepa.
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