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[QUOTE=Doc Bill]Had a great Middle-East style dinner somewhere in El Poblado, thanks to another Forum member's hospitality. I actually had gotten tired of baby beef.[/QUOTE]In Parque Lleras there is a Middle Eastern Restaurant called Lebanese. Or at least The sign on the outside says that. Great food. Had the multi-dish meal which brought 14 different mini versions of popular dishes. It's about half block down from the middle of the Parque Lleras center park but I forget which street. It might be down from Restaurant Lomo's (which has excellent steaks as well).

Never been to this one, but in Laureles there is Fenicia which also features Middle Eastern cuisine, Cra. 73 #2-41 (Ave Jardin).

BTW- Aside from Middle Eastern food, someone mentioned eating at Mondongos on Calle 10 (on the edge of Parque Lleras). My suggestion is going there for lunch Monday through Friday to see some beautiful executive type women and office secretaries having lunch around noon. Lots of high heels and nylons & skirts and formed pant outfits as opposed to just jeans. Oh and the food is pretty decent and at a good price.

Another well kept non-secret is Dodger Dogs right next to La Triada. Dodger Dog has excellent Bar b Que Pork Ribs!

BTW- La Triada is good for lunch or dinner during the week but absolutely Shitty in my opinion on a Friday or Saturday night for dinner. Why? Horrible service when busy. More than once had to wait 15 to 20 minutes for a fresh beer and they practically sneer at bringing prepagos. I have even seen them turn away guys with girls feigning that the tables are reserved to keep out the prepago/monger scene on Friday and Saturday nights.

Also for great snacking or even a meal during the afternoon try some excellent Empanadas on Ave 10 just 1/2 block up from Ave Poblado (half block down from Mondongos). Mmm Mmm good eating! Take some to go, the girls love them to snack on and especially good late night if you have a microwave handy. Excellent picante sauce given to you to go. Standing room only at the little shop front.

Now going down Calle 10 and crossing Ave Poblado is Parque Poblado where the cabbies hang out. Go right on the 1st street parallel to Ave Poblado about 1 & 1/2 blocks (1/2 block past Calle 9) and you will see on your left a Mexican/Italian combo restaurant (it's a one way street). EXCELLENT food!

Well enough writing, think I'll go and grab a bite somewhere.

Stay Hungry My Friends!

Cubanut

[QUOTE=Cubanut]In Parque Lleras there is a Middle Eastern Restaurant called Lebanese. Or at least The sign on the outside says that. Great food. Had the multi-dish meal which brought 14 different mini versions of popular dishes. It's about half block down from the middle of the Parque Lleras center park but I forget which street. It might be down from Restaurant Lomo's (which has excellent steaks as well).

Never been to this one, but in Laureles there is Fenicia which also features Middle Eastern cuisine, Cra. 73 #2-41 (Ave Jardin).

BTW- Aside from Middle Eastern food, someone mentioned eating at Mondongos on Calle 10 (on the edge of Parque Lleras). My suggestion is going there for lunch Monday through Friday to see some beautiful executive type women and office secretaries having lunch around noon. Lots of high heels and nylons & skirts and formed pant outfits as opposed to just jeans. Oh and the food is pretty decent and at a good price.

Another well kept non-secret is Dodger Dogs right next to La Triada. Dodger Dog has excellent Bar b Que Pork Ribs!

BTW- La Triada is good for lunch or dinner during the week but absolutely Shitty in my opinion on a Friday or Saturday night for dinner. Why? Horrible service when busy. More than once had to wait 15 to 20 minutes for a fresh beer and they practically sneer at bringing prepagos. I have even seen them turn away guys with girls feigning that the tables are reserved to keep out the prepago/monger scene on Friday and Saturday nights.

Also for great snacking or even a meal during the afternoon try some excellent Empanadas on Ave 10 just 1/2 block up from Ave Poblado (half block down from Mondongos). Mmm Mmm good eating! Take some to go, the girls love them to snack on and especially good late night if you have a microwave handy. Excellent picante sauce given to you to go. Standing room only at the little shop front.

Now going down Calle 10 and crossing Ave Poblado is Parque Poblado where the cabbies hang out. Go right on the 1st street parallel to Ave Poblado about 1 & 1/2 blocks (1/2 block past Calle 9) and you will see on your left a Mexican/Italian combo restaurant (it's a one way street). EXCELLENT food!

Well enough writing, think I'll go and grab a bite somewhere.

Stay Hungry My Friends!

Cubanut[/QUOTE]Thank you for this highly informative post (as usual). It is very timely for me. Few days ago I asked for a empanada recommendation and no one responded. I was starting to give up.

Ok, guys, I was able to get the info on that Mid-Eastern place I ate at:

El Tabun
Carrera 33 No. 7-99
El Poblado
phone: 311-8209

Highly recommended!

[QUOTE=Poturu]I'd like to know your thought: which is less expensive between Medellin and Lima for fucking, enjoying oneself and living for 2 weeks?. But particularly expenses for fucking.[/QUOTE]Except for the Trocadaro in Lima, and Of course it is the lowest of the low with even some grand mothers working at the Troc so I hate to even mention the place, but I do try to give accurite info. The best value for sexo is MDE

Beautiful girls in the MDE Casas for as low as 30K for 30 minutes. The mid range strip clubs in MDE offer great value compared to the Lima clubs.

Also the street walkers in Mira Flores (the best section in Lima) are terrible compared to MDE SW's. In Lima for almost every locale you need a cab while a guy who knows how to operate in MDE needs only the Metro for all the downtown Casas.

As far as expense other than sex I would rate Lima a little cheaper, but for me the added airfare and travel time all make MDE my number spot in Latin American. Of course I still have not been to Brazil yet.

[QUOTE=Poturu]I'd like to know your thought: which is less expensive between Medellin and Lima for fucking, enjoying oneself and living for 2 weeks?. But particularly expenses for fucking.[/QUOTE]For overall general expenses (food, taxis, hotel/apartment) Lima may still be a little cheaper than Medellin, but not that much. Your question may not have a definite answer. How many girls/pops do you need in a day? And what type/quality of girls? I do think MDE is a much better monger destination than LIM if one of the goals is frequent GFE experiences, and not simply spending as little as possible. I haven't found any source in Lima that has offered anything like the duo I used on my last trip of romancelatina girls and mansion girls for combination of reasonable (not budget) value, attractiveness of girls, and consistent GFE performance. I'm not an expert on budget options but Lima does have them in abundance.

Some Lima guys have had assistance from David_33 and are happy with his girls and I hoped for an introduction or two on my last trip there- but I was unable to get his help so still can't speak to that. GFE is reported but I do know his chicas are over 200 soles so not budget either.

Civilian girls is something else if it is your thing, Lima is a super destination for that. My dates with regular girls are almost always a nice time and can be done very cheaply, but for me only a small percentage of the girls do I end up fucking, and if I do it sometimes takes 2 or 3 dates or a follow up visit. Very often either I or the girl loses interest first. But for me these dates are part of the vacation experience I enjoy no matter what may or may not happen with a girl. But if your plan is to date civs in the early evening just for the company and likely not getting laid, so then needing to go out later for a professional fuck, then your expenses obviously are going up as opposed to simply P4P.

I believe those empanadas, which I suspect are those fried things you put hot sauce or ají on, are actually on calle 9, not calle 10. Also on calle 9, just across the street, are those two places to get a great breakfast, just a block up from the main street, which is 43a, Cra. Poblado I believe. On calle 10, apart from Mondongos, just two blocks or so further up and on the same side of the street, there is a great restaurant catering to the locals, at least great for breakfast.

Best middle eastern food I have ever had. It is owned by an Israeli, Shlomi Something. Try the Marrakech wings. Reasonably priced. Also, best wine I have had in Medellin. (Kaiken Malbec from Mendoza.)

O Velho

[QUOTE=Vitrea]Thank you for this highly informative post (as usual). It is very timely for me. Few days ago I asked for a empanada recommendation and no one responded. I was starting to give up.[/QUOTE]Recently returned from MDE as well and had an excellent and interesting meal at the Lebanese restaurant noted in the post. Watch out for the beets though.

Plan on writing of my experiences in MDE, San Andreas, and Cartagena in near future.

[quote=chesrep001]i believe those empanadas, which i suspect are those fried things you put hot sauce or ají on, are actually on calle 9, not calle 10. also on calle 9, just across the street, are those two places to get a great breakfast, just a block up from the main street, which is 43a, cra. poblado i believe. on calle 10, apart from mondongos, just two blocks or so further up and on the same side of the street, there is a great restaurant catering to the locals, at least great for breakfast.[/quote]an authentic empanada is baked and not fried, but i know what you mean as they look like they may have have been fried. also, a good empanada is not greasy inside or outside. every south american country i go to, i try their empanadas. for me it is part of experiencing true latin culture. can't wait.

Do you have the contact info. I am in Medellin for the next week and would like to try this. They closed my favorite Chinese restaurant by Parque Bolivar so I am looking for another nice place to visit.

[QUOTE=O Velho]Best middle eastern food I have ever had. It is owned by an Israeli, Shlomi Something. Try the Marrakech wings. Reasonably priced. Also, best wine I have had in Medellin. (Kaiken Malbec from Mendoza.)

O Velho[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Justafool]Do you have the contact info. I am in Medellin for the next week and would like to try this. They closed my favorite Chinese restaurant by Parque Bolivar so I am looking for another nice place to visit.[/QUOTE]El Tabun
Carrera 33 No. 7-99
El Poblado
phone: 311-8209

Just lifted this from Doc Bill's report on this page, 8 reports down.

[QUOTE=Vitrea]An authentic Empanada is baked and not fried, but I know what you mean as they look like they may have have been fried. Also, a good empanada is not greasy inside or outside. Every south american country I go to, I try their empanadas. For me it is part of experiencing true latin culture. Can't wait.[/QUOTE]Vitrea

Don't know exactly where you got your information about 'authentic empandadas' being 'baked and not fried' but that certainly isn't my understanding. The varieties of this tasty snack seem to be as varied, and authentic, as the people who make them. The consensus seems to be that they can be either baked or fried, with the latter variety being considered more tasty.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada[/url]

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[quote=chesrep001]i believe those empanadas, which i suspect are those fried things you put hot sauce or ají on, are actually on calle 9, not calle 10. [/quote]chesrep001,

sorry my bad. you are so right. i got it mixed up because i walk down ave poblado to calle 10 first to drop off my ink cartridges for refilling then walk back to calle 9 for empanada snacking then walk back to calle 10 for the cartridges.


[quote=vitrea]an authentic empanada is baked and not fried, but i know what you mean as they look like they may have have been fried. also, a good empanada is not greasy inside or outside.[/quote]empanadas probably started out being baked rather than fried. sort of like a meat pie. however, i don't believe any of the empanadas i have had in colombia have been baked. and as for the little empanada stand on calle 9, you can watch the dozens upon dozens of empanadas being fried as you munch there. the greasiness of fried foods usually occurs when old worn oil is used or if oil is not hot enough yet when something is place in to fry which allows the oil to soak in. calle 9's empanadas would probably taste different if they baked them but they sure wouldn't be able to keep up the pace of sales they do if they did bake them without a heck of a lot of ovens going.

hope you still try them and post what you thought of them.

stay hungry my friends,


cubanut

[QUOTE=Ciao Ciao]Vitrea

Don't know exactly where you got your information about 'authentic empandadas' being 'baked and not fried' but that certainly isn't my understanding. The varieties of this tasty snack seem to be as varied, and authentic, as the people who make them. The consensus seems to be that they can be either baked or fried, with the latter variety being considered more tasty.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada[/url]

Ciaociao[/QUOTE]Sorry, My Argentinean girlfriend told me. Thank you for enlightening me. Let me go home and enlighten her.