Gothamist: There's More to Dulce de Leche than Just Ice Cream

gringoincolombia.com

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:09:19 -0500

The most common way to use arequipe in Colombia is to slather it between obleas. The obleas are a wheat flour wafer, very thin and crispy. They are commonly sold this way on the street, or through cafes. There is even a restaurant chain, a sort of coffee shop called Obleas Jose A. There are also various pastries that have arequipe inside, very good with a nice cup of tinto.

coconutella

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:40:53 -0500

one of my favorite things from mexico -- little churros (mexican piped donuts dusted covered in cinnamon sugar) filled with cajeta. incredible!

sp

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:20:00 -0500

my best friends growing up were brazilian and columbian/uruguayan, so i was fortunate enough to be introduced to dulce de leche at an early age. if you find yourself in a good south american grocery store, i recommend you seek out Alfajores (the j is pronounced like an h). like the above poster alluded to, this is a cookie sandwich with dulce de leche in the middle that has been dipped in chocolate. some words of warning, we used to fight and pull each others hair out over these, dont think it wont happen to you.

Ariadna

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:55:26 -0500

Like most great things dulce de leche is from Argentina and the best way to eat dulce de leche (besides straight from the tub with a spoon) is nestled between two cookies and dipped in chocolate, in other words, as an alfajor. The best, hands down, are from Havanna.

John

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:47:30 -0500

Itzocan on 9th (or 10th?) between 1st and A has blue corn crepes with dulce de leche on top, they're very good (as is everything else I've eaten there).