South American restaurants are some of the most popular culinary venues in RI’s Blackstone Valley. you can find mouthwatering Brazilian barbecue at Mina’s braZiL in East Providence, with different side dishes and specials each day. Try the Mina's brazilian steakhouse Café, traditional feijoada, a stew of black beans with beef and pork. East Providence you can’t go wrong with the food or the view at shark’s peruvian Cuisine. ponto um brazilian Takeout, Situated on the beautiful Blackstone River, you will experience the freshest and East Providence most authentic Peruvian specialities, combining local ingredients and family recipes. must-try dishes include the Rellena de Pollo (mashed potatoes marinated COLOMbia aji amarillo with a filling of chicken salad, mayonnaise, fresh avocado and black La Casona, Central Falls olives), Bistec a la Pobre (deep fried steak topped with chopped onions, tomatoes El paisa, Central Falls and cilantro, served with white rice), and Arroz con mariscos (Peruvian style Cafe Colombia, Cumberland seafood paella rice). La delicias de Mi Tierra, Pawtucket Next you can travel to Venezuela without packing a suitcase by enjoying a meal at La sorpresa bakery, Central Falls La arepa. The national dish is Pabellon Criollo (shredded beef with black beans) which you can find on their menu, as well as many varieties of arepa dishes pEru (a corncake that is a cross between a tortilla and a pancake, and can have savory shark’s peruvian Cuisine, or sweet fillings) and cachapa, a thin, sweet corn cake, also served with your Central Falls choice of many different toppings or fillings. VEnEZuELa A very popular Colombian restaurant is La Casona, where you can try the La arepa, Pawtucket traditional dish of Plato montanero, which is beef, pork, chicken or ground beef with rice, beans, chorizo, fried pork rinds, sweet plantain, corn arepa and egg. A “quick food” favorite is Salchipapas, a mixture of cut potatoes and chopped hot dogs with a choice of sauces. la Arepa Cheese Cachapas Shark's Peruvian Cuisine El Paisa Seco de Cordero Chuzo de Pollo Salmon con Vegetales TOuRBlACkSTONE.COm 19