Empa Mundo

This marks a first for the Pink Candles blog...please welcome Bert, my husband, as he guest blogs his trip to Irving, Texas (work related). When I say "guest blog", I mean to say that he uploads his photos and I put them into posts. I also cut and paste his comments. He's not afflicted with verbal diarrhea like me. He is a man of few words. My snarky comments will be highlighted in yellow. Even it they weren't, you could probably figure out it was me. Heh.

A few nights ago, he searched on yelp and found this place...Empa Mundo, an Argentinian place that speciaizes in empanadas.

Interior....(ooh, love the 70's wall paneling)

The refrigerator of drinks:

That's Raul (Argentine) and his wife (Indonesian). Nice guy, very friendly. He's been to many countries  and has even worked for a Philippine company (affiliated with Nabisco crackers). I met two friends of his that drive 30 min south (from Plano) just for his empanadas.
Their menu (click to make bigger and view in pornotastic vision)



Bert ordered three empanadas, all of which were individually wrapped, along with an alfajor cookie. He told me that the empanadas were very filling.

This, apparently, is a very good representation of a classic Argentine empanada. I spoke with some patrons that drove 30 minutes just for these.

This was my second favorite. Raul said he cut the brisket so that you could still see the muscle fiblers, and diced the potatoes. He said that other places with the same brisket empanada look more like ground beef and mushy potatoes.

I liked this one the best of the three. The tuna had a spiciness to it that didn't require any chimichurri sauce.

Alfajor

A bit dry and crumbly, but tasty...

Well, didja like that people? If you did, there's more posts coming up as Bert uses his work's lunch and dinner stipend for our bloggy entertainment.

 Coming up, the largest equestrian sculptures in the world, the Mustangs of Las Colinas! Plus more food posts throughout this week.