Try the National Dish Barndeja Paisa
if you ever come to Colombia one dish you absolutely have to try is Barndeja Paisa (which means flag of the country man)...this meal is very similar to the set plate that I talked about earlier but has more things in it. It is also a great value.Barndeja Paisa contains:1) white rice2) really big red beans in the brown gravy 3) ground beef - the best one I had was a mixture of ground beef and pork (I think) but was the consistency of saw dust...and VERY tasty4) plantain - normally the sweet ripe one...cut in half and baked...its almost a desert5) fried egg - I cut it up and mix it with my rice and beans6) chorizo - I found out that chorizo here just means sausage...but 90% of the time they mean a stuffed something this is almost like our sausage dog and quite good but nothing like the chorizo I get at home7) Chicharrón - a fried piece of pork that includes the pork skin, the fat and the...
