The Bear and the Arepa

The arepas were the highpoint of our first Verde Arepa Bar event yesterday.  The Bears, sadly, weren't even in contention for the top spot.  But as one of the chefs, I'm only semi-disappointed. :) 

Steve, Ryan and Dan came over for the event, and I think it went smashingly.

First, the spread...

We had two items on the menu:

Steak and sofrito arepa

Chicken and chorizo arepa

Then, we had all the necessary accompaniments: avocado, black beans, fried plantains, chimichurri sauce, cotija cheese.

And nothing says arepas and football like pink paisley and Disney princesses.  Can you tell what kind of life we lead, these days?

Here's my first arepa-- steak and sofrito, plantains, black beans, cheese, avocado.  Holy cow, it's so good.  Thank you, whoever came up with the arepa; it's the perfect canvas.

And the enjoyment.  You'll see that everything's better with an arepa; the Bears were even winning at this point in the game.  And the boys were warned that I would (dorkily) take pictures.  They didn't seem to mind. :)