Been a while since I posted. Got busy with trip planning and traveling. Which means I have even more posts to catch up on over the rest of the year. But today we ventured out for breakfast / brunch to
La Vinotinto and I decided it was worth a quick write up.
It is technically in Roma Sur. About as sur in Roma as one can get, on a corner wedged between Insurgentes Sur, Avenida Coyoacán, and Viaducto Miguel Alemán. We have passed this place dozens of times over the years. Anytime we come home from the airport, for example, as we exit the Viaducto and bang a left onto Patricio Sanz. Never gave real thought to visiting it, though. Unti Judy took the wrong Metrobus last week and took note of it when she got hopped off to reverse course and get on the right metrobus. So today we walked the 15 minutes straight up our street to check it out.
Pretty quiet upon approach, but the kind of modestly inviting place that I'm inclined to like.
We grabbed the table in the window right behind the menu chalkboard. They dress up the view as best they can, given that one way looks out to an abandoned project and the other side is the Viaducto on ramp.
I failed to get pics of the menu, but you can
check them out within the google listing of course. I spent 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica in July, so I had been recently reintroduced to palate pleasing platano macho. Was happy to see the platano featured in a few options on the menu here and we selected the empanada pabellón to start. $90 MXN seemed a little heavy for an empanada, but then it arrived.
(About 30% of the empanada is not visible. That little nub on the plate is a bite of the a tequeño, which is their version of a mozzarella stick, but wrapped in like pizza dough. Delicious with that red salsa.)
Also ordered the papa rellena, which turns out to be kind of a Venezuelan answer to the arrancini. Solid enough. Judy loved it, I liked it. Also good with that red salsa.
Finally we got an arepa. Went for the Reina Pepiada (should have asked about the name, but did not). It's pollo con aguacate.
Not sure what I expected, but what we got was like chicken salad with avocado instead of mayo. Very good. I may reject all future chicken salad that does not include avocado in the receta. It's also worth noting that I'm not usually an arepa guy. I find the masa kind of annoying, too crunchy, too crumbly, too something. This was strong. But, as the señora explained while we were ordering, they prepare everything a la orden. Fresh. Good stuff.
(Update: Gemini says that Reina Pepiada is a famous arepa filling in honor of a 1950s Venezuelan Miss Universe. Now we know.)
Verdict: Very solid. Our usual go-to of El Diez has some competition for our future empanada business.
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