Taste of Houston: If you’ve never had Venezuelan food, check out Arepa Xpress in Spring for traditional Latin flavors KPRC2
– Houston’s Venezuelan population is booming and – like any other transplant – the natives are always looking for a place where they can sit, enjoy a strongFor many, that place is a little Venezuelan place in Spring called Arepa Xpress Cafe. The restaurant offers all the typical favorites from arepas that come with a wide variety of fillings to pabellón criollo, which comes with shredded beef, black beans, rice and fried plantains.
“My mother bought this restaurant from a couple who had owned since 2012,” Ordonez said. “It was very challenging when we became the new owners because most customers were unhappy with the food and service. Therefore, we began making changes to the menu, adding new items and making sure the food tasted if they were eating their grandmother’s food. Then, we started receiving more positive feedbacks from customers.
Ordonez said the arepa pabellon is special because it has all the elements of Venezuela’s most traditional dish, but inside a delicious, hand-held arepa, which comes filled to the brim with shredded beef, black beans, cheese and fried plantains.“We know that if a customer is new and wants to try one of our arepas, we recommend this one because we would not be wrong,” Ordonez said. “We know everyone loves it once they try, and most customers either come back for one or two more.
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