Empanada Maker

2 Reviews on “Empanada Maker”

• Eddie WannaBee

  The best thing about The Empanada Maker is definitely its title. As for the empanadas, and the many many 5 Star reviews, I do not agree with the praises. Two dozen were purchased, at the tune of $25+ each for their original style group, which are a little less expensive than the more gourmet?Place is kind of big, but it looked like it was a little deserted for all the hoopla we had been led to believe, and fall for. We were passing through, so we purchase on faith alone, something along the lines of if so many people think they are great, what could possibly go wrong then?First dozen: chicken, beef, spinach, ham and cheese. Dough was appropriate, not spectacular. Beef and chicken filling almost creamy, as if a food processor had been used to mix all the ingredients, sacrificing texture and pretty much all the aspects that makes an empanada a memorable bite. If their chicken and beef are part of the 5 Stars praises, then the ideal empanada surely would deserve 50 Stars? Spinach were definitely much better, perhaps for the fact that they require less ingredients. All the empanadas, must be said, had liberal amount of filling.Ham and cheese were decent, service was all to ourselves as movement of people was minimal, which brought forth the question: since it has so many enthusiastic reviews, at what time exactly it begins to gather clientele? Go figure, for we arrived around 12:30 PM, and one other patron was already eating. Empanadas are served in pizza type boxes, which I thought was a nice touch, with proper advertisement in such a large surface. The second dozen included: four cheeses, more ham and cheese, spinach and beef. Not very innovative on our part, I concede, but we figure they were going to be so good, who cares? Decent enough to be edible, but please dont be saying these are the bees knees, okey? Usually busy places indicate large number of happy customers. The chimichurri? was very oily, and somewhat usable, but one of the two given, was tossed away. If I want to overdose on oil, I will do it in the comfort of my home, with either olive oil or canola purchased at reliable Costco. Should mention that my beautiful companions said that the ladies bathroom was nice and clean, and that should count for something. 3 Stars.

  September 26, 2020, 11:55 pm

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• Sahar Kashef

  Great food 🙂

  July 27, 2014, 2:39 am

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