Where To FInd Gourmet Food Items In Medellin

theflatline says on Jul 23, 2009, 12:58:

Colombia, home of the pepperoni pizza with chopped hot dogs on it.

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el norteño (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 23, 2009, 13:08:

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cstew47 says on Jul 23, 2009, 13:51:

Yeah, and don't forget the hot dogs that are so covered with accesories that they can't be seen or eaten without a bib.

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theflatline says on Jul 23, 2009, 13:56:

Manizales had a hot dog truck that someone imported from the states. Like a Roach Coach almost.

They had dogs with chili, kruat, and cheddar cheese, Chicago dogs, jalepenos. Even brats. But no one ever ate them but me.

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Mononoke28 says on Jul 23, 2009, 14:20:

I also ate hot dogs from a roach coach trailer in Tuluá, but they were your standard Colombian dogs. Lots of cheese and other funky things. Deelish.

Diana

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ColombiaBoard says on Jul 23, 2009, 15:07:

Try POMONA supermarkets. The Delikatessen area usually has lots of cured meats, cheeses, sauces, pastries, spices, etc. imported from the US and Europe.

There are specific stores in Bogota and Medellin that sell asian food items and european stuff. There are also some german bakeries in Bogota and Medellin.

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theflatline says on Jul 23, 2009, 15:54:

Azuno,

I am in florida and let me take a look. I am going to be in Colombia in Agust and in Med on Thursday the sixth with una de mis amigas, if you care to stake me for a few cold ones at the barking spider I will certainly bring some. Let me look around and see what I can do.

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pavo says on Jul 23, 2009, 16:01:

One of the main things I bring back to Colombia when I travel is hard to find food and cooking items. In Bogota,Koehler has a butcher shop around the 122 below the 19th I think. Haven´t been in a while but they have the reputation for the gourmet cuts of meat. There is a small shop with gourmet type shop with wines and such on the north end of the park on the 11 con 80 in Bogota. Also on parque 93 next to Juan Veldez I´ve seen a gourmet shop with what looked to be gourmet cuts, cheeses, enlatados, Cuban Cigars, ect..

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theflatline says on Jul 23, 2009, 16:11:

When I lived in Manizales I had a student whose dad spent a great deal of time in the states, and was a big cattleman in Colombia.

Once a month he would have his kid bring me a huge box of t-bones, sirloins, and a porterhouse.

The kid was always an A student!

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theflatline says on Jul 23, 2009, 16:28:

Hahaha, I love that beer. I might have to bring you a bottle. Even I can get that in Slo-Cala. There is a bar in Jacksonville that has a 32 oz mug for 4 bucks on Sundays. It is also a Mongolian BBQ that does a brunch and we show up at 10:30 am, and get asked to leave about 4:00 pm.

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Shortiao says on Jul 24, 2009, 03:37:

that mall where the Apple store is has a 'gourmet deli'

expect to remortgage your house though for some cheddar cheese.

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Shortiao says on Jul 24, 2009, 03:39:

I'm trying to get the rights for this range right now http://www.sharwoods.com/ but some dick in Miami currently has it and he cannot be bothered to import it into Colombia

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johnny - i can make most of them sauces. Out of curiousity - what do you do out there?

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 04:24:

that mall where the Apple store is has a 'gourmet deli'
expect to remortgage your house though for some cheddar cheese.

Yeah, that's San Fernando Plaza. I bought some cheese and meat there one day and had to increase my ATM limit to pay for it. Nice place though.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 05:59:

cstew....those ubiquitous antioquian hot dogs with more rubbish than the dump are called 'prarie dogs', by my buddies up in llanogrande who've been around. they're like fricken volcanos with the 'fixin's' drippin on the ground. only in colombia. i try to tell my friends who've never had anything but zenus about hebrew national but they don't have a clue what i'm talking a about.

maybe we could drag a rabbi to colombia and start making kosher dogs there.

patriarch

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 06:25:

ALL HAIL THE HEBREW NATIONAL AND HORMEL CHILI WITH NO BEANS!

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 07:01:

correct me if i'm wrong..................i don't think there's a rabinical seal on hormel chili. but maybe one of those rabbis that were arrested in new jersey for scams and scheaming yesterday would be willing to sign off on it. another madoff ponzi scheme sponsered by the local temple. pity. these guys are too much. yamika and all. as they were hauled off in hand cuffs, incl their wives, et al, they were smiling like hogs eatin shit. those pitiful bastards. clerics! yeah, right, like the priests with their hands in the pants of children. clerics. ha! 'i'ma stealin for the LORD..............'

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Shortiao says on Jul 24, 2009, 07:24:

perro caliente.....i nearly shit myself when I got served one of those things.

crisps on a hot dog?.....blasphemy!

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 08:45:

I think we could do a booming business with those Old El Paso or Ortega. You know the ones that have the season packet you mixed with pound of ground meat and then bake the taco shells. They are like 2.50 for 12 tacos in the states. mmmmmmmmmm

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 08:52:

dwmte7, I'm with you. I think there is a huge potential for good Gringo style food here.

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 09:02:

La Casa Blanca in the Frontera mall in EL Poblado has a good meat selection. There are other stores in this mall so it's worth a look.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 09:11:

although me personally am not much on prepackaged foods...cans etc. if one did it right and brought in ortega, o e paso and goya and others and bahia spices and so much more and did the rounds hawking their stuff in the right quarters, over time they could build up good business. it's not exactly like takin coal to newcastle, there's an unsupplied market. but it's just not a giant market. maybe if they did good mkt research en re the brits (their fav. products not avail in colombia) the frogs and italian and auzzies as well. then with a warehouse and inventory, one could get around to the areas in bogota, ctg, cali and medallo where the expats congregate and offer the goods to local markets incl exito, pamona, carulla, etc or, over time, open one's own outlets. kinda like an expat quartermaster.

there you go somebody, a plan. go get rich.

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patriarch

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 09:46:

well, knowing differently, i don't know how i made that mistake. selling to those folks is like pulling teeth. it takes time, didn't mean to paint a picture of gettin rich on easy street.

it's just that i've seen variations on this thread numbers of times, john, and they always, in one way or another, want the same thing.....what they ain't got. the stuff from 'back home'.

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patriarch

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Haddeman says on Jul 24, 2009, 10:00:

I just had a vasectomy so my testicles are indeed colossal,I thought that might interest you.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 12:00:

well thanks for sharing....i mean you've really got balls, haddeman.

john....somehow i didn't make it or you missed my point. the point is/was to sell/appeal to only the target audience, as the 40 million colombians ain't interested in tacos and other worldly delicacies that move the expat community. they might in the future develop a small taste for certain things i.e. hamburgers. but one cannot import thinking of selling to an audience that doesn't even know what it is that's being sold. i agree with you whole heartedly. no, the target audience was only the expats and their eccentric tastes. no mas.

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 12:44:

I agree with Johnny. Marmite or Vegemite. Well, I think they would eat pickled pigs feet, or at least try and cook with them.

If I ever opened a restuarant I would server Ortega tacos, as I think would be a big hit, and are cheap to make, the only thing is the cheddar cheese, but then again, the white cheese would do just fine.

If you give me jalepenos, fresh tomatoes, onions, and shallots I can make salsa that lasts three weeks in the fridge, but would have to adjust the heat to the Colombian palate. More like tomato sauce at that point.

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ferran says on Jul 24, 2009, 12:47:

I got the solution, you guys are very sure of the succes of a good gourmet/deli shop in Medallo, carrying all the good stuff and traditional American junk fare. OK listen up, all I need is five guys to invest $10.000usd $20.000.000cop and I will open the best kick ass gourmet/deli in Medallo, beer and wine also.

A section of all kind of spices, Indian, Mexican, Asian, Cajun, Indonesian and Spanish
A section of imported cheeses.
Charcuterie department, Italian, Spanish cured meats and also carrying, Nathans and Hebrew National hot dogs.
Smoked products, trout, salmon, ribs, bacon, ham.
A frozen dept. ready to go, all kind of soups, Mexican, Indian, BBQ and Asian sauces.
Sandwiches, roast beef, pastrami, heros, meatloaf, chicken liver, tuna salad etc.
Sawerkrut, coleslaw, potato salad, macaroni salad and relishes.
A good selection of Asian products.
Hand picked paisa sales girls to make sure you return again.

So if you have ten grand laying around not producing anything, let me make them grow while you eat what your heart desires.

Serious replies only.
YOU GOT THE MONEY, I GOT THE GRUB WITHOUT INCREASING YOUR ATM LIMIT.

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 24, 2009, 13:25:

theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 13:38:

Pappassito

I am making my boudin run from Florida to Louisiana in November, otherwise if I had any at home in the freezer I would bring you some.

i make a run about twice a year for salt meat and boudin and to see the family.

And eat and booze.

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 24, 2009, 13:44:

ferran says on Jul 24, 2009, 13:45:

Yeah I forgot to mention Pappasito, In the cajun dept. will have crawfish pie, crawfish tomato cream sauce for your pasta, crawfish gumbo,crawfish cakes with roumalade sauce, sauteed red fish with a crawfish butter sauce, crawfish dirty rice, crawfish etoufee, and also mofoletas, so you ready? got that ten grand?

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:15:

ok coonasses.............what's boudin?

patriarch

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:21:

Boudin is sausage stuffed with pork and rice and spices. Are you can get it with crawfish, shrimp, or in a form like morcilla with blood. Sometimes even with gator.

I like the traditional one with the dirty rice in it. I will just eat it hot on a piece of crunchy french bread with nothing else.

Or with eggs for breakfast. OR boudin on a stick for lunch at a gas station.

Nothin like a plate lunch at a south louisiana gas station. 5 bucks will get a shrimp stuffed pepper, shrimp stew over white rise, some toasted buttered bread, a salad, and sliver of pie. mmmmmmm mmmmmmmm

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:23:

take a break.............

patriarch

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:25:

dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:45:

for you swampland homies......the king of zydeco:

patriarch

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 24, 2009, 14:59:

theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 16:10:

Not Zydeco.

Give me some Opelousas Sostan. "You can't hear the jukebox play"

But I love the Hank Jrs. Big Mamou, almost like a vallenato.



Or Jole Blon with Sonnier and Kershaw.

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 16:11:

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 16:36:

now were talkin homies. i grew up on a different genre of southern/country music, but down home, just the same:

patriarch

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 16:47:

dwmte7

Hank Jr is the man, and I do not much like new country music. Well, Texas still can bring it!

Dinosaur is my favorite Hank Jr. song.

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:06:

This thread is like the party game where one person whispers something into the ear of another and he in turn to another etc. At the end, the final version is compared to the original and rarely is close. This thread went from gourmet food to country music. Oh well......

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theflatline says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:14:

cstew47

We used to call that chinese telephone

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:27:

heh, cstew.....good food good music.....that's about all you can expect on pbh. at least on good days.

flatline....can you believe it, hank jr went to school at hollywood high sch.?

patriarch

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:33:

this ain't old, but it's good..............

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patriarch

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:44:

Yeah, I guess other threads have devolved into worse detours than this. BTW, I like the music.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 17:53:

glad you like it.
you started the thread out mentioning nues moskada.......oh so many years ago like /89, the owner, maria, something or other, she and i were designing leather sofas together. i had a mfg business there in those days, mfg furnishings and she and i were trying to see if we could come up along side jaime toledo (puro cuero) and some other guys in cali....forget their name...both quality leather producers. i figured out early on that i was gonna dump a hundred grand in sofas before we figured out what we were gonna do. so i bailed on the modern leather furniture business. you can visit puro cuero's factory up in el retiro. it's nice.

maria was quite the looker back them twenty years ago.....really pretty, really classy. wonder what she looks like now? i haven't seen her in at least 15 or more years. i'd drop by and pick up stuff for the mrs but she's rarely in. in fact, i was in there, this last year when we were visiting the family but she was out.

d.

patriarch

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dwmte7 says on Jul 24, 2009, 18:08:

if anyone actually meets the owner of nues.....tell her an old friend from waaaaaaaaaaay back (she probably doesn't remember) douglas martin whom she was working on designing leather sofas with, said hello. and ask her if she's still as incredibly beautiful as she was then?
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patriarch

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cstew47 says on Jul 24, 2009, 18:26:

When I was there this week, there were two women, one of whom may have been Maria. She was attractive and sophisticated. I'll try to remember to mention your name when I go back.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 25, 2009, 04:53:

just remember....by now, none of us are spring chickens. she looked like that type of lady who would age gracefully. and with total respect to her, when looking at ladies, it aint the age, it's the milage.

patriarch

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theflatline says on Jul 25, 2009, 05:13:

watch this video, shows the mileage, plus has some eye candy.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 25, 2009, 07:52:

kinda does relate to the food stuffs---the original thread--as all this brings to mind things edible...young or old.

patriarch

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cstew47 says on Jul 25, 2009, 08:04:

Amen brother

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dwmte7 says on Jul 25, 2009, 08:11:

numma..numma

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