"Venezuela, like neighboring Colombia, boasts a long coastline along the Caribbean — and accordingly shares a number of culinary traditions with the region’s islands and archipelagos. And while Caracas Arepa Bar isn’t necessarily a Caribbean restaurant, it is a fine establishment that sells, like so many other Venezuelan spots, one of the South American country’s signature dishes, the pabellon criollo, a style of beans and rice found throughout the maritime basin. Caracas serves it as a bowl — mixing the rice and beans with the dish’s other staple ingredients: fried sweet plantains, shredded beef, and cotija cheese — or in an arepa, without rice." - Korsha Wilson, Brianne Garrett, Ryan Sutton
