I did an assessment just off the Holloway road today and wondered where the hell I was going to go for food round there afterwards as this area is a bit of a desert.
Well I asked a couple of people who told me of a place called chicken Village. Well the sooner places like that burn down or get shut down the better as far as I am concerned unless 10 pints have been had on Saturday and there's nowhere else open!
The third person I asked mentioned this south American restaurant called El Rincon Quiteno which he said was a Ecuadorian cafe. Not surprisingly I was intrigued.
The person who told me about this place lead me there as he was going there himself. He suggested a south American breakfast which I went for. It consisted of some kind of bread with rice and beans, plantain and 2 chunks of slightly spiced belly of pork that tasted a bit like pate. I also had some sausages on the side which turned out to be home made Chorizo which was really meaty and very good. the pork was tough and fractionally dry but it had an interesting pate kind of taste and was generally quite pleasant. the chorizo sausages were homemade and really meaty. Coffee was fresh ground and good and strong. I also had an orange juice and something that was described to me as south American Iron Brew.
Some of the food was a fraction on the dry side but over all it was a little unusual and very worth the find. Most of the people in the cafe, though by no means all, were Spanish speakers which is often a good sign.
the complete meal cost me £11 which, as it was a bit unusual, I was very happy to pay. Staff were helpful about reading the menus and I certainly did not leave hungry!
This is a basic cafe that is well worth a visit in what is a bit of a bleak area for fodder. I give this cafe 7.5 out of 10.
