Fulanitos Candelaria - Bogotá

Visited here on a Sunday at 1300 after a few too many pisco sours the night before downtown. It was the perfect antithesis to a fuzzy head and a rumbling stomach that missed breakfast. The food was hearty, filling, delicious and reasonably priced. I had...the traditional paisa type dish from Valle Cauca region (North West Colombia) which is depicted in many photos here and has widespread varieties across the country but generally contains rice, hearty beef bean stew, some slow cooked shredded beef, local chorizo type sausages, a local black pudding sausage and then dressed with a slice of avocado, some plantain (of course and a fried egg on top. If you finish this you are doing well and for less than $10 a plate you cannot get a better Sunday afternoon dish! My partner had the pacific style fish in coconut sauce with cassava, rice and potatoes apparently it was a real contender against traditional pacific island lovo food (earth oven). Again all absolutely delicious and the entire meal with four home-made lemonades, two bottles of water and two espressos was $42,000 COP (about $13 USD I would have paid $100 USD for this plate without blinking, the restaurant is an old colonial style house (casa) with exposed beams antique trinkets. Well, there was also a 1980's camera on the wall which I recall taking photos with on family holidays in Tenerife ....the type you have to roll on the film with (by hand)! I would add a note of caution to book/reserve, as when we arrived at 1300 there were few table remaining and if you want the outside courtyard with view over the rooftop of Candelaria definitely book. By 1400 the place was turning people away. There are many places like this in Bogotá to eat, but this was done with such local charm and effortless tradition that it fitted the Sunday hangover/family lunch bill perfectly. We then followed the meal by a stroll through the cobbled streets of Candelaria to try walk some of it off! I will definitely go back!

Visited Bogotá to introduce my country to friends from the UK. My niece proudly took us to Fulanitos because the restaurant features food from Cali and El Valle, the region where she grew up. This was a new experience for me and a great introduction...to local /regional food for my friends. The staff could not have been nicer. Great smiles, prompt service and very accommodating. As a chef, I am always curious about how kitchen staff juggle spaces and handle ingredients. When I asked about the possibility of visiting the kitchen, I was handed a hair net and was greeted by 3 smiling cooks that proudly showed me their impeccably clean working space. I loved the whole experience and was delighted to discover dishes that were new to me.

En general la comida bueno, sin embargo el arroz atollado no estaba espectacular, le faltaba sabor, el sancocho si estaba bastante bueno y tal vez volvería solo por el, el servicio bueno. La presentación de los platos es bonita.

El entorno y el sitio es diferente. El servicio muy amable. El almorzar en una casa con 180 años de antigüedad es un valor añadido

SE me "hace agua la boca" !!! que delicia ! Aborrajados, marranitas, atollado, cholao, sancocho, etc , delicias de la comida valluna