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La Surena arepa:grilled chicken and chorizo,with avocado slices and spicy chimi-churri sauce De Pabellon arepa:shredded beef,black beans,white salty cheese and sweet plantains La Surena close up De Pabellon close up jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-135-1683′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});This was the fourth stop on Rob’s Birthday Food (Fattie) Tour. I still don’t know how to pronounce the restaurant’s name. Out of all nine stops on the tour,this was probably the least well-received,despite all the rave reviews on Yelp. Like the other restaurants we visited,we opted for the take-out window.  $14.75 and 15 minutes later,we quickly realized that arepas are sloppy,drippy,and downright messy. This makes them awkward to share amongst four people –napkins anyone? The “De Pabellon”($7.25) was a tinge too sweet and way too juicy.  The arepa itself broke apart and failed to contain the meaty goodness.  Epic fail. The “La Surena”($7.50) held lots of promise,with it’s grilled chicken,chorizo (magic word),avocado and spicy chimi-churri sauce (other magic word).  Unfortunately it was pretty bland and we had to keep dipping the arepa into the tangy orange dipping sauce to taste anything. Not the tastiest food stop on our list but at least they had indoor take-out seating. Got to rest our footsies for a bit before our next stop:Stand!