Arepa & Co (Dalston)

• Modern design with a touch of South American style
• I think the best combos are "
• I think the prices are fare enough and portions are quite good
• It's a quirky place with colorful hammocks and rainbow tiled open bar but also simple metal chairs and humble wooden tables
• Oddly enough you can see how it's a casual brunch place by day and a Latin themed party venue by night with lots of rum
• The atmosphere is friendly and lively and most importantly
• Look like English muffins but are corn cakes that are crispy and buttery on the outside and fragrant and soft on the inside
• They're generously filled with avocado and chicken
• They're also good just with a nob of butter
• Are arepa's distant cousin made with fresh yellow corn and are much sweeter and softer and much like a glorified breakfast pancake
• Can be filled with the above but definitely try them plain as well
• On the menu is also a range of starters with amazing underrated Venezuelan cheeses
• A lovely place with pleasant atmosphere
• It seemed like a perfect place for a late Sunday desayuno with friends and that's exactly what we did a few weeks ago
• When we arrived around 12 1pm the place was totally packed and our empty stomachs were rambling quietly in anticipation of some huevos
• Perhaps our stomachs' anticipations were set a bit too high
• Plantain (I asked to omit the cheese that is supposed to come with as well)
• The waitress was equally helpless in trying to solve this mathematical conundrum
• The plantain was sweet (as it should be) and very greasy (as I would rather for it not be)
• Roasted vegetables were just a pile of reheated overcooked sad looking and dull tastings vegs
• The cassava fingers we ordered on a side were presumably made from some very old cassava that must've spent too much time travelling and sitting on a shelf before it arrived on our table
• The cheese in the egg dishes that my friends went for was not incorporated into eggs in melted form as one would imagine
• The only two things that were all right were the above mentioned arepas and the guacamole
• This little Venezuelan eatery overlooking the canal in Haggerston is the best place to grab breakfast or brunch on the weekend
• From flat whites made with Nude espresso to peppermint tea
• The desayuno reina is my favorite
• The chicken and guacamole is so finely shredded
• Plantains (those I usually ask for these to be removed as it's too filling) the perico (Venezuelan scrambled eggs) are truly a treat to have on a Sunday morning
• Os or a huge Cachapa with guayané
• This colourful and cosy Latin American eatery is located on the banks of the Regent's Canal
• First time trying Venezuelan food and I can say it was really good
• I have tried the Arepa Pabellon which is something like a wrap (Arepa) filled with what you find in their national dish Pabellon such as beef
• I found the food nicely presented but incredibly salty though maybe it was meant to be
• I have pork shreddings which was soooo dry it felt like it had sat there the whole day only to land on my plate when I arrived at 7pm
• T usually associate with Bethnal Green

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