Venezuela
Queso Guayanés
Soft, very white, mildly salty cheese from the Guayana region, sold in rounds swimming in their own whey.
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Queso Llanero
Hard, extremely salty cheese from the plains, aged and grated over pabellón, pasta and black beans.
Venezuela
Reina Pepiada
Arepa filled with shredded chicken mixed with avocado, mayonnaise and coriander — created in 1955 in honour of a Venezuelan beauty queen.
Argentina
Rice Pudding
Arroz con leche
Argentine rice pudding of rice, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes lemon zest or vanilla. A classic home dessert, served warm or chilled with a dusting of cinnamon.
Venezuela
Sancocho
Big pot of meat or fish boiled with yuca, ñame, plantain, corn and coriander, cooked outdoors and shared straight from the pot.
Venezuela
Tequeños
Strips of dough wound around a stick of white cheese and deep-fried, so the cheese stretches when pulled apart.
Venezuela
Tizana
Chopped fresh fruit in sweetened fruit juice, served in a cup with a spoon and drunk as much as eaten.
Caracas, Venezuela
Torta Bejarana
Colonial Caracas cake of stale bread, papelón, ripe plantain, aged cheese and spices, dense and dark.
Colombia
Tostones
Patacones
A Cuban fried green plantain slices, flattened and double-fried, a daily and essential side In Antioquia the thick-cut rounds are served as "tostadas" alongside bandeja paisa.
Venezuela
Venezuelan Arepa
Arepa
Disc of precooked white maize flour and water, griddled until a crust forms, then split open and packed with a filling — eaten at any meal, every day.
Venezuela
Venezuelan Empanada
Empanada
Half-moon of maize dough — not wheat — filled with cheese, shredded beef, black beans or shark, and deep-fried until the shell blisters.
Mérida, Venezuela
Venezuelan Hot Chocolate
Chocolate caliente
Local criollo cacao ground and cooked with milk and papelón into a thick, dark, barely sweet drink.
Venezuela
Venezuelan Rum
Ron venezolano
Aged rum protected by denomination of origin, requiring a minimum of two years in oak — Santa Teresa and Diplomático are the export names.
Zulia, Venezuela
Yoyos Zulianos
Yoyos zulianos sandwich salty cheese between sweet plantain slices, dip the bundle in batter and fry it until crisp.