Colombian's Taste in Itasca, IL

Arroz con Pollo

$8.75

Rice with chicken and vegetables. Served with Colombian potatoes (papita criolla) or fried cassava.

Tostada con Todo

$9.25

Deep fried plantain served with your choice of any 2: shredded beef, pork rinds, chicken or eggs and 2 sides: guacamole, hogao (Colombian style sauce), sauteed mushrooms and onios or salad .

Tamal Tolimense

$6.5

An inheritance form the Indian-Colombian culture. A corn cake filled with chicken, pork, beef, potatoes, rice, peas and egg. All wrapped in a banana leaf.

Sancocho de Gallina

$11.95

Traditioanl hen soup, often considered stew. Served with rice, potato, yuca, tomato and avocado.

Chuleta de Cerdo

$13.95

Breaded pork loin, served with fried plantains, rice and salad.

Bandeja Paisa Colombians Taste

$15.5

Combination of white rice, beans, green plantain, pork rinds, sausage, fried egg corn cake, avocado.

Tilapia Colombian's Taste

$13.95

Filet of sauteed tilapia served with rice, green plantains (patacon) and salad of the house.

Ajiaco

$11.95

A thick soup made with shredded chicken, 3 varieties of potatoes and guasca herb served with rice, capers, cream and avocado.

Sobrebarriga a la Criolla

$14.95

Flank steak cooked in guiso (homemade Colombian creole sauce) served with rice, potatoes, cassava and avocado.

Picada 2, 5, or 7 Servings

$22

Bite size assorted pork rinds, pork ribs, Colombian sausage, grilled chicken, fried cassava, green plantain, tomatoes, arepa served with green hot sauce.

Beef Passion

$15.95

Grilled skirt steak stuffed with cheese, bacon, mushrooms and onions served with white rice and tomatoes.

Plato Mixto

$15.95

Skirt steak served side-by-side with grilled chicken, rice, fried cassava, salad and chimichurri.

Arepa con Pollo

$5.5

Grilled chicken served with corn cake.

Arepa de Choclo

$3.5

Grilled sweet yellow corn dough filled with cheese.

Arepa con Carne

$6.5

Grilled white corn docug (add cheese for an additional charge) served with grilled skirt steak.

Arepa Rellena

$7.25

Grilled white corn dough filling with shredded meat or shredded chicken or chicharron with hogao and cheese.

Sandwich de Pollo Sandwich de Pollo

$7.95

White hoagie 6' bread, grilled chicken, provolone cheese, tomato, onions and Colombian garlic sauce.

Sandwich de Carne

$8.25

White hoagie 6' bread, grilled steak, provolone cheese, Colombian garlic sauce.

Sandwich Hawaiano

$7.95

White hoagie 6' bread, ham, pineapple sauce, provolone cheese, tomato and Colombian garlic sauce.

Huevos en Cacerola

$3.5

2 eggs with corn cake.

Huevos Pericos

$3.5

2 scrambled eggs with tomatoes and green onions served with corn cake.

Calentado de Frijoles

$8.75

Red beans mixed with white rice. Served with grilled beef and corn cake.

Platano Maduro con Queso

$3.5

Whole sweet plantain with cheese.

Salchipapa Salchipapa

$6.5

Combination of Colombian potatoes (papa criolla) and beef sausage served with salsa rosada (mix of ketchup and mayonnaise.

Morcilla con Arepa

$3.95

Colombian blood sausage served with a small arepa.

Pandebono

$1.25

Each. Delicious cheese bread, perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack with coffee. It's a simple recipe made with cheese and 2 kinds of flour - tapioca flour (cassava or yuca starch) and precooked cornmeal.

Chorizo con Arepa

$3.95

Colombian sausage with arepa.

Yuca Frita

$2.95

Fried cassava.

Patacones

$2.75

Fried green plantain.

Platano Maduro Frito

$2.75

Fried sweet plantain.

Arroz Blanco

$2

Plain white rice.

Yuca Cocida

$2.95

Steamed cassava with garlic.

Bunuelos

$1.5

It's a deep fried dough recipe made with cheese and corn flour.

Empanadas

$1.25

Each.

Mini Empanadas

$5

10 pieces. The outer crust is made with precooked cornmeal. The filling choice of chicken, beef or vegetables and potatoes seasoned with hogao.

Chicharron con Arepa

$3.25

Pork grinds with corn cake.

Papa Criolla

$4.5

Fried Colombian potatoes.

Soda

$1.5

Aguapanela con Queso

$3.5

Hot panela drink served with queso fresco.

Cafe Negro

$2.5

Colombian black coffee.

Chocolate

$2.5

Aguapanela con Limon

$1.5

Colombian limonade.

Gaseosa Colombianas

$2

Colombians soda.

Jugos Tropicale

$4.25

100% natural trolical fuits juice

Cafe con Leche

$2.5

Colombian style of latte coffee.

Tinto

$1

Shot of coffee.

Pony Malta

$2.5

Malta.

Gaseosas Colombians

$2

Colombians soda.