Mr Shawn & Miss Chicken
+5
Just off Broadway along Shepherd St is La Herradura Coffee Stable, a Colombian spot in Chippendale that means arepas, empanadas and hearty meaty soups. Giddy-up. We've been eyeing off this place for some time, so when a lunch date is on offer we're in. We think the ability to share a single basket of fried plantains is a sign of true friendship, much like sharing a bowl of hot chips. These crisp slices of green banana starch and a salsa dip always help seal the bond of mutual love of fried stuff.
Came here some time ago as I heard it was one of very few places to get real Colombian food! I was intrigued as there was not many of them in the land down under and Colombians love soup!The decor is rather basic but nice, Staff are friendly despite the fact you have to order at the counter. But I was here for the food!I ordered the Caldo de Costilla; a rich beef ribs and potato soup served with rice and avocado. I actually did not get any avocado but meh. The soup was heavenly flavoured by the fat from the ribs! Oh so comforting! Highly recommend this place!
I’m liking the explosion of Colombian cafes in Sydney and La Herradura does the best coffee from the ones that I’ve visited - very strong and rich. The food was also good but I only had snack foods - great pandebono and particularly the sweet corn arepa, great cheap snacks to go with coffee. The service is very disorganised though. The signs say pay at counter but after ordering, they launched into preparing it, leaving me standing around holding money, and even took the coffee to my table before telling me I could pay later. When I got a second round of coffees, they gave me a number and had to search for the previous order to link it. Then they forgot part of the order.
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