Then there's the ropa vieja main of shredded beef with a goat cheese sauce.

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Nico's Arepas Grill cooks up Venezuelan arepas, savory cornmeal patties filled with ingredients such as shredded beef and salty cheese.

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The menu is filled with familiar Cuban dishes like ropa vieja, shredded beef in a Cuban Creole sauce, and marinated pork, fried for good measure.

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Peruvian food has gone international in recent years with television chefs such as Acurio taking the likes of cerviche and lomo saltado (a Chinese-Peruvian fusion dish made with shredded beef) into the mainstream.

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