Mora Castilla — Restaurant in Popayán

Highly recommend coming here to try traditional Popayan foods while you’re in town!

We tried: -champu (maize drink made with lulo, pineapple, Panela) it was sweet with the taste of cinnamon. The cinnamon is a bit overwhelming. if you don’t love cinnamon, choose one of the other drinks! -Lulada: made with chunks of lulo fruit, which looks similar to a tomato with a green/orange color. Very tart but highly recommend! -salpicón payanese: the best local drink! BlackBerry, lulo and guanábano (white tropical fruit). Delicious and sweet!

The small sizes for drinks are tiny, so go for the grande!

Empanadas de pipian: local empanadas made with potato paste and peanuts. They come in an order of 10 and you’re going to want more than one! It sounds like a lot, but they are tiny for empanadas. They came out hot and fresh. It was hard to stop eating them! Served with yummy peanut sauce.

Tamale de pipian: made with corn and the same potato/peanut paste. Served with peanut sauce. It was okay, but the empanadas are...

I went to the restaurant, and asked 2 times in Spanish, to be sure, if there was peanuts in the dish because I'm very allergic. They told me no. Took a bite and obviously there was. Then another employee confirmed that there's peanuts in everything i ordered. I got sick and went right away to the nearest clinic to be treated. This could have been very dangerous for my life. It also ruined my...

This is a must visit in your trip to Popayán Colombia. 500 years of culinary traditions found in one place. The local beverages like "lulada" and "champus" are so good and refreshing. Made of the fruit Lulo. We also had "empanadas de pipian" a mini fried empanada stuffed with local yellow mash potatoes served with a side of peanut and hot...