Reading Colombian restaurant menu will make your mouth water within a second. Each region of the country has its own Colombian dish which makes it reach in variety. Most of the Colombian dishes are fried. Beef, pork, fish and chicken are popular and served with rice, beans or potatoes.
Here some of the popular Colombian foods you must try:
Here some of the popular Colombian foods you must try:
- Colombian Empanadas: These are popular snacks served in all Colombian restaurants. These are made with savory yellow corn dough stuffed with beef and pork mixed with cooked potatoes.
- Arepa: It is a popular food in Venezuela and Colombia. It is made of corn flour and served with butter or cream cheese. Arepas can also be filled with meat. Just like other Colombian dishes, arepas are also deep fried. It comes in different verities like Maracaibo, Desmechada, Campesina and Hawiana.
- Bandeja Paisa: It is cooked with beans, white rice, fried eggs, ripe plantain, ground meat and lemon. Colombian Government has declared it as national dish, it is too delicious.
- Ajiaco: It is a popular Colombian dish made of chicken, potatoes and Galisoga parviflora herb. The herb gives this soup a unique and wonderful flavor.
- Pinchos: It is a small snack consists of slices of bread with mixture of ingredients placed and fastened with toothpick. These are usually eaten as an appetizer and served with wine.