He Says: How Tipico
Friday means lunch out. Last Friday meant lunch out in Morristown’s La Casa Del Pollo. Let’s start slow as even the mere sight of Colombian food can cause panic and confusion in the hearts and minds of healthy food blobbers.
La Casa Del Pollo, Ext.
The menu, Int. All items are in Spanish and English.
The gang started with exotic (to us) drinks including Pony Malta which kind of tasted like cough syrup.
Someone got a Guanabana juice[?] and someone got something else. Sorry for the vague-ness, I just don’t remember what these things were called there was so much excitement going on. I would call them the Bubbly Banana and The White Knight if I invented them.
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink them both together.
“Hot sauce” that was more sweet than hot with a mild cilantro flavor. This serving was for the whole table but I could use all the cups myself just on my chicken.
Arroz con Pollo. I sampled some and it was tasty. Dark meat chicken was prevalent.
Mini especial con pollo
My dish was the Mini Special with Chicken.
There’s very little description on the menu for each of the choices but I was happily surprised when the waitress asked me how I wanted my chicken. I had assumed it would be grilled rib meat so took a gamble and said “grilled chicken breast”. She smiled and accepted my idea which made me feel warm and loved. Nice.
In case you’re wondering the beans are not vegetarian. There’s a couple unspecified meats in there, I’d wager that bacon and pork (fat) are 2 of them. The rice was tasty and the plantain one of the best I’ve ever had, not covered with stickiness and light and crispy, not heavy and soaked with oil.
The price is extremely reasonable at $5.50.
Grilled Liver, pronounced “Leeever”. Nice and big so you can see all the details.
The liver, the chicken, and all the the frothy beverages in the world don’t hold a candle to this next dish – the real reason a meat lover would trek more than 20 miles to spend a precious lunch hour at the House of Chicken is the Typical Lunch Platter. Funny we travel so far and long for something so “typical” and I imagine that most people don’t consider many of the items shown “typical”, but since this is the second Colombian place I’ve been to in my life that featured this lunch special, I concede.
This is typical for Colombians
- Pan fried beef steak like item
- Rice
- Beans (with meat parts)
- Chorizo (deep fried sausage-like item)
- Corn meal bread puff
- Pork Rind (belly or back, I don’t know)
- Oh, yeah, a soft fried egg
BEHOLD THE WRECKAGE!
Note only the corn bread puff thing survived.
2 little corn syrup drop lozenges will surely remove the salty from thine tongueispiece. Not.
Morristown Colombians are a very accepting people, choosing to live in racial harmony, posting bills for both the All White Party…
And the Black Party…
Salted meats, sugary beverages, and racial harmony all covered in running egg yolk – that my friends is Paradise.
nothing typical there is typical for me! but fun to know!
Chorizo and I are looooovvvvvaaaahhhs!
¡Olé!
Too funny!
That food looks amazing. Except the drinks. They remind me of horchata and I am not a fan.
And yeah, not nearly enough hot sauce. Every time I pick up Mexican food, I am “repremanded” for not getting enough hot sauce or salsa. No matter how much I get.
wow. glad you had fun at the meat party . . . no need for flyers.
Me encanta la comida Columbiana! (I love Columbian food!)
Haha… those posters.
Now that’s one manly meal if I’ve ever seen one. I’ll admit it wouldn’t be MY first choice, but I’m sure glad you enjoyed every morsel haha
That’s a lot of meat! (that’s what she said!)
Mo’Town! That’s where I grew up! Well, not specifically in Little Columbia, as we refer to that part of town, but I grew up in Morristown! I’ve actually never eaten there but maybe now I’ll give it a try!
Wow, those posters…the liver!! Haha, awesome post
that looks like one amazing experience………..not your Applebee’s down the block
Fun restaurant – I agree, that is CLEARLY not enough hot sauce for even one person!
I’d like to say I wasn’t disgusted. I’d like to, but I just can’t.
Oh my gosh, lovely!
oh wow. that is cheap. i might have to find my way over to morristown sometime soon.
Um, am I the only one disturbed by the woman advertising the Black Party?
why aren’t there restaurants like that around my neck of the woods?
sweet posters too. hawt.
1. The “unspecified” meats in the beans are in fact pork chunks, not exactly bacon or “fat”
2. That “corn meal bread puff” is actually an Arepa
3. Colombian cuisine is not Mexican, so therefore there shouldn’t be any “hot spice” expected
4. That last “corn syrup drop lozenge” is actually a coconut chewy candy, which I’m sure you could have deciphered from the wrapper’s depiction of palm trees and the word “coco”.
5. “White and Black Parties” I’m sure you are aware that refers to the decor of the fete rather than party-goers race.
Glad I could help.
Nice validation from the waitress!
Love the poster. I think I’m the only one though.
Wow. What a meatfest!
hmmmmm columbians speak spanish?
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I think I would like an Arepa if it tastes like corn meal bread puff.
All of those eats remind me of the food in Ecuador! Which really, makes sense since they boarder Columbia. And I’ve had me some Guanabana juice. It’s pretty good!
love the eats!!!! i love spanish food like there is nothing else. if only i could cook it.. or my man could cook it.. we would be happily stuffed every single night!
and yep.. up in boston there are tons of black and white parties.. i love them. free admission if you show up in the proper colors??!!! hulllo im there!
funny because my friend is Colombian and they usually eat tons of veggies and very little meats.. and in all the pictures from her trips she is eating FISH, rice, and salad hahahahhahahaha