Medina kitchen and catering — Restaurant in Mount Rainier

I actually got treated to these by a friend. I buy her food when we head out to a restaurant, so she did so this time. I took this picture from the 2023 Festival del Rio Anacostia (Anacostia River Festival) in Bladensburg, MD.

These are the best empanadas I've probably had! I had the beef and chicken ones. Crispy crunchy shell and flavorful stuffing.

The line was long at some points in the afternoon. So it had a popular turn out. I may head to the festival if the entrance is better handled because it's infamous it's HARD to access the part because there's no turn light and several lanes to pass to turn into the park (coming from across...

This is my kinda place: family owned, friendly service, and tasty dishes cooked with attention to detail. Probably the best Dominican food I've had in our county. The beef empanada was flakey and crisp without being dry, and the yucca was similarly done - lightly fried without being either too greasy or too dry. Near perfect. Hot bar with several choices of different fried rice, beef stew, chicken stew, catfish, oxtail, etc. The chicken stew was fantastic: flavorful without being too spicy or overwhelming. I plan on going back and trying everything...

My first time trying Dominican food it was delicious everything I had beef it was tender only thing missing was peppers I had 2 different rice an peas mixed together with a fluffy beef patty for 17$ best lunch in a long time the juices an spices are out of this world if they add peppers to this nobody will every leave the man is has great customer skills I didn't have my money I said I live next door I came back an he was out front walked me an said u ready momma I appreciate everything...