It's not every day that you find authentic ethnic food downtown Columbia. If you, like I, crave something out of the ordinary Arepe South has you covered! Casual grab and go environment, offering traditional Venezuelan fare. Dishes are made to order so would suggest ordering ahead if you're on a tight lunch schedule. Well there is no table service, there are there are lunch tables for dining in. For my first trip, my guest self ordered the Pernil Arepa, Special Queen.
The Arepa was relatively dry yet provided the perfect base to hold the moist meats that were generously stuffed inside. The pernil was incredibly tasty and melted in your mouth with every bite. I opted to add in sweet plantains and avocados to the Pernil Arepe and strongly encourage that you do the same!
The special queen was a shredded avocado, chicken with cilantro and citrus flavors. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of cilantro and I'm very sensitive to it yet I could not notice it in the special queen.
While the Arepe are served à la carte, the quantity is more than sufficient for a lunch meal or two.
Staff was incredibly helpful during our first visit and we look forward to returning soon. read more