- This food's blessing me, I wanna bless this food.
- (speaking in foreign language)
Recently, I was in Dominican Republic, right?
And I went to a Venezuelan restaurant
and they had something called cachapas.
(speaking in foreign language).
So I decided when I came back to Los Angeles
I'm gonna have my friends try some cachapas
for the first time.
(speaking in foreign language).
- My name is Curly, this is Kimmy and we're both your two
new favorite Salvadorian queens.
- I'm Alexis Tirado, I am Puerto Rican and Salvi.
- I'm Alexis Garcia, I'm Puerto Rican.
- My names Eli and I'm Puerto Rican and Mexican.
- What's up, I'm Davi and I'm Brazilian.
- [Producer] You guys are gonna try Venezuelan cachapas.
- Cachapas can be shoes. - Yeah it sounds like it could be
- It could be a type of music.
- I don't know what that is
- Never had it.
- I'm trying to think about what that is.
- I think of ajacas.
- I don't know why I think of tamales.
- It sounds like something you would eat
like when you're already full.
- Mm yeah.
- Like I'm full but I could use a cachapa right now.
- I could use a cachapa.
- It can be like (speaking in foreign language)
or (speaking in foreign language).
- Its a street food in Venezuela, right?
- Wow. - [Producer] Yes.
- Look I've had Venezuelan food before and it is so good.
- I have never.
- It's so good.
- I wanna try it cause I like food.
I've never had Venezuelan food before.
- The really do take foods to like a whole nother level.
- Really? - They're really good, yeah.
- [Congregation] Ooh!
- My mouth watered already.
- It's like a pancake quesadilla.
- It looks like a cheesy hipster pancake.
- Yeah, yeah.
- That you get like in Brooklyn or like Silver Lake
or something like that.
- You probably could get this in Brooklyn.
- Yeah, and it's like $20.
- Yeah, this looks like a Venezuelan grilled cheese.
I know there's definitely cheese.
This is, cachapas has cheese, I'm wondering what this is.
- The smell, - The smells amazing.
- The smells phenomenal.
- It smells like corny, like not corny but like corn.
- Like it's gonna be like corn bread.
- To me, it immediately looks like a hash brown/pancake.
- It looks like a cheesy cornbread pancake grilled cheese.
I'm about it though.
- The cheese looks amazing like on the sides here.
- Cutting into it already is so like easy peasy.
- Wow.
- It was really soft just like a pancake.
- Can I eat this with my hands.
- I'll do it.
- You gonna do it with the hands?
Cheers.
- (groans)
- That's really good.
- That's good.
- I can taste the corn.
- Damn!
This is like cornbread, like a cheesy cornbread.
- That's bomb.
- This is like a tamale de elote with cheese in it.
This could be dessert, breakfast, a snack.
- It's sweet mixing with like savory.
- Just look at that.
- I feel like this would taste really good
with a hot drink or something.
A hot chocolate or like a cafe or something like that.
- This would go really well with hot chocolate.
- Also, super appreciate the consistency of this,
like the texture.
- Yeah.
- A lot.
- It's really, wow.
- I actually can't believe I haven't seen this more
in like, on the internet.
- I don't you they don't disappoint.
- Wow, you were right.
- They know how to make food y'all.
- And I think it's actually even tastier than arepas.
Is that like an unpopular opinion, I don't know.
- It's a hot take
- Is it a hot take?
- We are people of the corn, we come from the corn,
we are the corn.
- Yes, so inventive too.
- It tastes like home, it tastes like something your abuela,
your mommy would make.
- It tastes like when your mom yells as you, you're crying
and she, you know when she kind of feels bad after.
- Oh right.
- And she's like you know what, I'm gonna make some cachapas
for you.
- And make some, ohh!
- And then you're eating the cachapa
and you're crying a little bit.
- You're still eating cause you're hungry.
This is definitely post ass whooping food.
- This is where we're gonna shout out Joanna Hausmann
who's a Venezuelan comedian.
We love her, she's our homegirl.
Yo, you never told us about this.
- I'm speechless.
That's what I got to say.
- My final is thank you for being so inventive,
and thank you for making this, thank you for introducing us
to this.
- We just keep just surprising each other.
We're like whoa, you never tried this before.
- There's so much depth to Latin cuisine and
when you think you've figured it all out,
there's like so much more to discover.
Like I'm humble today.
- Thank you Gadiel for sharing this delightful dish with us.
And shout out to Venezuela, you guys have incredible dishes.
- I love how we are able to preserve our traditions
through our food.
It's just another cultural icon.
(upbeat music)
- Like if you knew there was a cachapa waiting for you after
your ass whooping.
- I might look forward to the ass whooping.