Holiday memory — Pabellón Criollo that transported me back

I first ate Pabellón Criollo on a trip five years ago and have been searching for a version this good ever since. This restaurant finally delivered the sweet-savoury from cornmeal base quality I remembered. guasacaca avocado sauce was handled correctly — something most restaurants here get slightly wrong.

the arepa is Venezuela's daily bread — eaten at all meals in countless configurations. It was the a Colombian-Venezuelan border town restaurant memory that I was really chasing and this recreated it. Malta dark malt drink was offered and brought the whole experience together. Some dishes are attached to a time and place. This one finally restored that attachment.