Lidia’s Dominican Truck Brings Patacon Pisao to L.A.
I still remember the very first time I read about the sandwich known as patacon Maracucho. Named for the city in Venezuela that it comes from (Maracaibo), I remember it because for somebody as committed to being fat as I am finding out about a sandwich that uses fried plantains in place of bread is something that sticks with you. Yes, you heard that right. There is a town in Venezuela where they take shredded meat and sandwich it between two large patties made up of fried plantains. (KFC Double Down, eat your artery clogged heart out.)
In New York, this sandwich (and the popular Vendy Award nominated truck that serves it) became known as patacon pisao, literally flattened plantain, and the rest is history. The open faced version of the dish, known simply as patacon, can be found at any number of Columbian restaurants in L.A. (like Cafe Columbia in Burbank.) But the Venezuelan sandwich version is a bit more rare. So you can imagine how excited I was to read that the newly launched Lidia’s Dominican Truck was serving up their own version of patacon pisao off a truck on Miracle Mile.
Posted at 11:00 am, September 14th, 2011 under Food Truck, Lidia's Dominican.
