ABOVE: A Venezuelan-syle pernil arepa from Valencia Luncheria.
172 MAIN STREET, NORWALK
2/1/2010
The pernil roast pork shoulder at Valencia Luncheria approaches perfection.
In an arepa, a corncake that is fried and split, it’s both crispy and tender in a sublimely ideal ratio.
It’s seasoned traditionally, yet delicately, so that the flavor of the pork is absolutely dominant.
Yeah, you can put sauce on it – Valencia provides both a chipotle sauce and a green salsa – but the unadulterated pernil is ridiculously good.
And it’s $3.75.
–CP
