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Blend

Long Island City, New York, United States

47-04 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, New York, United States
11101
718-729-2800
blendlic.com
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Overall Experience: 6 / 10
Date Visited: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Cuisine:Latin
Visited:Dinner
Seating:Dining Room

Blend is a Latin restaurant located in Long Island City, NYC. The restaurant is a fairly nice looking place with decor slightly nicer than average. I think there was a garden in the back, but it wasn't open when we visited.

Dress

Fairly casual

Cost

Most entrees were around $12-$15.

Reservations

We visited around 6:30pm on a Sunday evening and there was plenty of room available.

Items Ordered

Empanadas (chorizo and espinaca y queso)

Chorizo - spanish sausage guiso
Espinaca y Queso - spinach, tetilla cheese & spicy pecans
Cost:$3 each

The empanadas were a fair size, but were mostly dough. The dough appeared to be lightly fried. The spinach empanada (the green one) was full of cheese and spinach, and the chorizo empanada had a medium-spicy chorizo. Both were pretty good, but were quite different.

Ropa Vieja

Braised shredded beef over mashed sweet plantains, in au jus sauce, served with rice and beans
Cost:$15

The Ropa Vieja was a bed of very sweet plantains topped with beef in a mild sauce and wrapped in a fried (and very bland) plantain. The sweet mashed plantain went quite well with the beef and suace. The rice and beans were served on the side. The rice had a slight tomato flavor. The beans were a bit too watery.

Pernil

Cuban style slow roasted pork served with yellow rice, black beans and fried yuca
Cost:$14

The slow roasted pork must have been very fatty, because it was floating in a pool of oil. It felt very heavy. There was a lot of meat in this dish, but not much else. The fried yuca was pretty good - they were like large french fries with a slightly sweeter taste and thicker texture. The rice and beans were the same as the beef dish.

review contents

Dress
Cost
Reservations
Items Ordered
Empanadas (chorizo and espinaca y queso)
Ropa Vieja
Pernil

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