There are many Venezuelan restaurants dotted around the island, famous mainly for their Arepas. This week-end we went to ´La Carajita´, a Venezuela restaurant at Puerto de la Cruz.
This joint is famous for its wide variety of Árepas´, Venezuela’s home grown alternative to bread or rolls. These are cornmeal "cakes" about the size of a hockey puck that are crunchy on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside, and they are stuffed with the variety of fillings to make a delicious snack.
Then there are Cachapas, which are sweetest to taste and made like pancakes from cornmeal and has cheese as filling
Tequenos are cheese rolls that are served with jam
Salchita bravas is the dish that kids enjoyed a lot. These are sausages with potatoes cooked in tomato gravy.
What I like best about this restaurant is that they have very good sauces to serve with meals. I like Salsa Picante, a chillie sauce and ´Guasacaca sauce´ an Avocado sauce similar to Mexican Guacamole but not as thick, and it is great for drizzling over arepas or empanadas.
This joint is famous for its wide variety of Árepas´, Venezuela’s home grown alternative to bread or rolls. These are cornmeal "cakes" about the size of a hockey puck that are crunchy on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside, and they are stuffed with the variety of fillings to make a delicious snack.
Then there are Cachapas, which are sweetest to taste and made like pancakes from cornmeal and has cheese as filling
Tequenos are cheese rolls that are served with jam
Salchita bravas is the dish that kids enjoyed a lot. These are sausages with potatoes cooked in tomato gravy.
What I like best about this restaurant is that they have very good sauces to serve with meals. I like Salsa Picante, a chillie sauce and ´Guasacaca sauce´ an Avocado sauce similar to Mexican Guacamole but not as thick, and it is great for drizzling over arepas or empanadas.
