Arepas are always made with corn dough, baked or fried and filled with various ingredients or stews. At Santo Bokado, a restaurant that opened its doors only a few months ago at Altamira Village, a trendy gourmet mall, their flavorful japo arepitas became famous immediately. These “little arepas" are made with the usual crunchy corn dough, but fried in tempura and filled with wakame mixed with traditional reina pepiada, a common stew made with chicken, mayonnaise, petit pois and avocado. Japo arepitas can be dipped in a jelly made with "ají dulce," a unique sweet pepper that grows only in Venezuela.

Mil Sabores

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