Colombia was one of our favorite teams in this year's World Cup and we were sad they didn't make it further in the competition. We were hoping to honor them with a nice dinner with some of our favorite Colombian foods, like rotisserie chicken and arepas, but we just didn't have time to fit that into our schedule. If Farmers were still around, Colombia would have probably been the first country we crossed off the challenge list. But since they're not and since we only had time to hit Colombia in a food crawl, we decided to stop at the La Sabrosura Bakery since we were already in Astoria for Bosnian food.
We ordered one buñuelo and one Colombian empanada with hot sauce on the side. It cost $3 total.
They had a bunch of empanadas in the window at the bakery and they seemed to be popular with all the people stopping in that afternoon. I originally asked for the Colombian empanada in chicken, since that was an option on the menu, but she said I could either get the chicken or the Colombian one. Since we were at a Colombian bakery, I, of course, opted for the Colombian empanada. I have no idea what type of meat was inside it but the combination was tasty. It was even better with the hot sauce.
A buñuelo is a fried dough ball which, in Colombian cuisine, often has cheese mixed in before it's fried, making it even richer and giving it a unique texture. This buñuelo was a little on the sweet side, but the texture was nice. A liked the buñuelo better than the empanada, and I was the opposite.
We thought our snack at La Sabrosura was okay, but there are so many Colombian restaurants and bakeries throughout Queens that I'm not sure we'll be back here. If you're in the neighborhood and want a quick pastry or empanada, it wouldn't be a bad choice but it's not so much of a destination place in our opinion.
La Sabrosura Bakery is located at 3802 Broadway, in Astoria, Queens.
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