La Carta

The Menu

Posada Café la Huerta

Entradas

To Start with

• CREMA DE TOMATE - tomates maduros macerados con especias y un toque de crema de leche.
• TOMATO SOUP - Ripe tomatoes fresh from the garden to your table.
• CREMA DE CHAMPIÑONES - Champiñones de la vereda salteados y en una base de caldo de pollo y crema.
• MUSROOM SOUP - From the Guasca Valley simmered in a natural chicken broth with a touch of cream.
• SOPA SUIZA - Crema de papa con queso gruyere y tocineta ahumada, un legado perdido del ataño suizo redescubrierto para usted en su Posada Café la Huerta.
• SWISS SOUP - A potato-based cream with melted gruyere cheese and toasted smoked bacon bits, a lost swiss legacy rediscovered for you in Posada Café la Huerta.
• BOUILLABAISSE DE LA HUERTA - La versión francesa original de esta sopa estrella se elaboraba con los pescados sobrantes del mercado diario. Ya que ésta, la de la Huerta, la receta reina de la Bouillabaisse, fue vilmente plagiada, su origen no será divulgado en esta carta.
• BOUILLABAISSE DE LA HUERTA - Our version of the tradicional french recipe made from the bayside daily fish market leftovers.
• PAPA PARAMUNA - Una deliciosa combinación de varios quesos, pechuga de pollo o atún en puré de papa con crema, arvejas esmeraldas, un toque de jengibre y gratinada al horno de leña. (Entrada o Plato Fuerte).
• PAPA PARAMUNA - A delicious combination of different cheeses, shredded chicken breast or tuna among layers of mashed potatoes, cream, fresh garden peas, a faint touch of ginger with oven-browned sharp cheese on top.
• TOMATES QUESO MOZARELLA - Al horno de leña con tomate maduro, una insinuación de pimienta negra, albahaca y aceite de oliva.
• TOMATES QUESO MOZARELLA- Ripe tomato slices condimented with black pepper, basil and olive oil, oven baked with a browned sharp cheese topping.
• TOMATES MANOLO - Tomates tajados bañados en una deliciosa combinación de aceite de oliva y especias italianos.
• TOMATES MANOLO - Cold, sliced tomatoes in an inspired combination of olive oil and italian spices.
• CONSOME DE POLLO
• CONSOME DE POLLO - Homemade chicken broth, seasoned just right.
• CONSOMÉ DE POLLO CON JEREZ
• CONSOME DE POLLO CON JEREZ- Homemade chicken broth, seasoned just right, with a good dash of Sherry.
• ENSALADA DE LA HUERTA - Para dos personas, sobre una cama de lechuga, champiñones, tomate maduro, manzana y queso.
• ENSALADA DE LA HUERTA - For two, over lettuce, mushrooms, ripe tomatoes, sliced apple and several cheeses.
• ENSALADA DE LA HUERTA con Pollo
• ENSALADA DE LA HUERTA - For two, over lettuce, mushrooms, ripe tomatoes, sliced apple and several cheeses--with shredded chicken breast.
• ENSALADA CESAR - Para dos, sobre lechuga con croutones de pan aliñado, tiras de pechuga de pollo, con nuestra exclusiva Salsa César.
• ENSALADA CESAR - CESAR SALAD: For two, over lettuce, with croutons de seasoned bread and chicken, with our exclusive Cesar dressing.

Platos Fuertes

Main Dishes

CARNES

Meat

• PARILLADA - Corte de Chatas costeña añejadas, Chorizo, papa salada y ají.
• PARILLADA - Grilled sirloin steak with pork sausage, salted boiled potato and hot sauce.
• PAPRIKA ESTAMBUL - En nuestra salsa excepcional de Paprika Marrón y Crema agria, bocados de lomo de res y pollo.
• PAPRIKA ESTAMBUL - Our exclusive recipe of browned beef ternderloin and chicken breast bits in our dark Paprika and sour cream sauce--something to talk about, really.
• WOK RANGOON - Nuestra exclusividad birmanesa, bocados de carne y pollo en salsa de mandarina y ostras.
• WOK RANGOON - Your priviledge from old Birma, browned beef ternderloin and chicken breast bits in our secret sauce of fresh-squeezed tangerine juice with a hint of oyster sauce.
• MEDAGLIONI -Lomo de res con champiñones, tocineta y arvejas esmeraldas al horno en la salsa tersoro de Italia antigüa.
• MEDAGLIONI - A forgotten italian recipe of beef tenderloin wrapped in smoked bacon with fresh mushrooms simmered with fresh garden peas--perhaps the smoothest, lightest meat dish on the menu.
• LOMO AZUL - Medallones de lomo de res con tocineta, pasados por la plancha y luego al horno de leña, nadando en nuestra salsa secreta de crema y queso azul, enaltecida con ciertas especias europeas, gratinada y servida con arroz blanco.
• LOMO AZUL - The first and most sought-after meat dishes on our menu: beef tenderloin wrapped in smoked bacon; first browned on top of the firewood stove then oven baked in our secret sauce of blue cheese bits and fresh cream, enhanced by a certain, almost cabalistic combination of european herbs and splashes of unexpected liquors, finally topped with browned cheese and served with white rice. Of course you´ll decide for yourself but for years every six months a brazilian traveller makes an unnecesary layover in Bogotá just to take a taxi to Café la Huerta where he orders Lomo Azul, medium rare. You figure it out.
• LOMO BACAO - Medallones de lomo de res en nuestra exclusiva salsa Bacao de Timor Oriental y gratinado.
• LOMO BACAO - If you like tomato and onion you´ll love this only-in-la-Huerta meat dish: beef tenderloin wrapped in smoked bacon; first browned on top of the firewood stove then oven baked in our exclusive sauce revealed in 1966 by the portuguese manager of Posada de Santiago in Bacao, East Timor, finally topped with browned cheese. Most guest who try this first never order anything else.

• PECHUGA RICHARD - Boned chicken breast first browned on top of the firewood stove then baked in our apple sauce with a touch of wild ginger root, white wine and a hint of spanish brandy. Something to talk about.
• PECHUGA INOLVIDABLE - Una pechuga de pollo deshuesada, pasada por la plancha, luego horneada con salsa de ciruela, vino tinto, brandy español y recubierta de tocineta ahumada tostada.
• PECHUGA INOLVIDABLE - Boned chicken breast first browned on top of the firewood stove then baked in our prune, red wine and spanish brandy sauce; served with toasted smoked bacon bits on top. We didn´t name it. It was the first guest who ordered it that exclamed, "Unforgettable!"
• PECHUGA DE LOS SIETE QUESOS - Pechuga de pollo pasada por la plancha con aceite de oliva, luego al horno con crema, tomate maduro, especias, una combinación afortunada de siete quesos finos salpicada de jerez y gratinada.
• PECHUGA DE LOS SIETE QUESOS - Boned chicken breast first browned on top of the firewood stove in olive oil then baked with an unusual and fortunate combination of seven cheeses, chopped ripe tomatoes, cream, spices and a few drops of uncommon liquor. This along with LOMO AZUL is one of our first and most-ordered dishes. Some guests have reported going into an existencial crisis, an unreconcilable internal debate trying to decide which they like more, LOMO AZUL or PECHUGA DE LOS SIETE QUESOS. Nowadays most patients go to their psychiatrist for less.
• POLLO MADELEINE - Pierna Pernil marinada con nuestra salsa barbecue amanecida en el horno de leña a fuego lento.
• POLLO MADELEINE -Chicken drumstick and thigh baked overnight in our firewood oven basted with something like bar-b-que sauce. It comes out almost burned on top but that keeps the juices in. Some eat it with a spoon. Ask doctor Edmundo del Castillo why he only orders POLLO MADELEINE.

PESCADO

Fish

• TRUCHA AZUL - Pasado por la plancha, luego horneada con salsa de queso azul, crema, gratinada y salpicada de jerez.
• TRUCHA AZUL - Firewood-stove griddled trout then baked in our often imitated but never duplicated blue cheese sauce, browned with a sharp cheese toping, then splashed with spanish brandy.
• TRUCHA ALMENDRADA - A la plancha, favorecida con una combinación única de almendras tostadas, jengibre, aceite de oliva y unas gotas de jerez español.
• TRUCHA ALMENDRADA - Firewood-stove griddled trout then baked with our exclusive almond topping inhanced with a fortunate combination of ginger, olive oil and a splash of spanish jerez.
• TRUCHA AL PISTACHO - una trucha rosada pasada por la plancha aderezada con nuestra salsa de pistachio.
• TRUCHA PISTACHO - Firewood-stove griddled trout then baked with our unique pistachio topping.
• TRUCHA AL AJILLO
• TRUCHA AL AJILLO - Firewood-stove griddled trout then baked with our toasted garlic sauce. If you like garlic you´ll love this one.
• TRUCHA A LA PLANCHA
• TRUCHA A LA PLANCHA - Firewood-stove griddled trout.
• ROBALO BACAO - Filete de Róbalo pasado por la plancha y bañado con nuestra deliciosa salsa Bacao.
• ROBALO BACAO - Firewood-stove griddled haddock fillet. If you like tomato and onion you´ll love this only-in-la-Huerta fish surprize: white sea fish fillet browned on top of the firewood stove then oven baked in our exclusive sauce revealed in 1966 by the portuguese manager of Posada de Santiago in Bacao, East Timor, finally topped with browned cheese. Most guest who try this first never order anything else so you might want to try other dishes and then work your way up to this one.
• WOK RANGOON - Nuestra exclusividad birmanesa, bocados de langostinos, carne y pollo en salsa de mandarina y ostras ¡o sólo langostinos enteros!
• WOK RANGOON - Your priviledge from old Birma; browned beef ternderloin and chicken breast bits along with chunks of jumbo shrimp--or just whole jumbo shrimp--in our secret sauce of fresh-squeezed tangerine juice with a subtle hint of oyster sauce
  
• LOUANGPHRABANG - Nuestra primicia de Laos, Langostinos y puntas de espárragos sobre espaguetti con la salsa auténtica de nueces Marañón tostadas encima.
• LOUANGPHRABANG - Your primacy from Indochina with a storybook origin just as exotic as its indescribable flavor. Jumbo shrimp griddled on our woodstove top over spaghetti with the autentic asparagus and cashew nut sauce.
• SALMON CHARTREUSE - Filete de salmón dorado en aceite de oliva agraciado con la centenaria salsa de alcachofa de Pierre Mirón.
• SALMON CHARTREUSE - Salmon fillet browned on top of our firewood stove in olive oil then enhanced with Pierre Minón´s legendary artichoke sauce.
• SALMON ESCANDINAVO - Filete de salmón dorado en aceite de oliva favorecido con nuestra recóndita receta de salsa de eneldo fresco en yogurt y crema agria.
• SALMON ESCANDINAVO - Salmon fillet browned on top of our firewood stove in olive oil then lighted with our secret sauce of fresh dill weed, yogurt and sour cream.

NOTA: Usted también puede eligir la Porción Especial (un poco más pequeña) de cualquiera de nuestros platos fuertes.

PLEASE NOTE: all of our main dishes are available in a smaller portion "Porción Especial".

PASTAS

Pasta

• ESPAGUETTI AL PESTO - La salsa clásica con aceite de oliva, albahaca, ajo y el toque Café la Huerta salpicada con tocineta ahumada tostada.
• ESPAGUETTI AL PESTO - Spaghetti with a olive oil sauce of garden-fresh basil, chopped garlic and toasted smoked bacon bits.
• SPAGUETTI LA HUERTA - Una agradable y suave combinación de tocineta ahumada tostada, crema, petit pois, champiñones y queso.
• SPAGUETTI LA HUERTA - A smooth combination of spaghetti with our unique cream sauce of toasted smoked bacon bits, fresh garden peas, fresh sliced mushrooms and melted cheese.

MENU INFANTIL

For the Kids

• MEDIA PARRILLADA - Medio churrasco, papa salada.
• MEDIA PARRILLADA - 1/2 Sirloin steak with salted potato.
• LOMO A LA PLANCHA - Lomo asado a la plancha con papa a la francesa.
• LOMO A LA PLANCHA - Small strip of griddled babybeef with french fries.
• PECHUGA DAVID - media pechuga deshuesada con un adobo simple a la plancha y papa a la francesa.
• MEDIA PARRILLADA - 1/2 Sirloin steak with salted potato.
• PASTA INFANTIL - Media porción de espaguetti con mantequilla, crema y queso.
• PASTA INFANTIL - Small serving of spaghetti with our butter, cream and cheese sauce--the kids just love it!

BEBIDA INFANTILES

• AVENA CON SABOR A VAINILLA
• AVENA CON SABOR A VAINILLA - Vanilla-flavored cold oatmeal drink.
• HOT CHOCOLATE - Chocolate importado con Masmelos flotantes.
• HOT CHOCOLATE - Imported hot chocolate drink with tiny Marsmallows floating on top.
• MALTEADAS - Vainilla, Fresa, Banano, chocolate.
• MALTEADAS - Vanilla, Strawberry, Banana or chocolate flavored malted milk.
• MILO - Fría en leche.
• MILO - Cold Nestlé chocolate drink.

PARA MEDIA TARDE

Snacks

• CAFE CREMOSO DE LA HUERTA - Combinación afortunada de café recién colado, helado y licor.
• CAFE CREMOSO DE LA HUERTA - An fortunate combination of fresh-brewed coffee, vanilla ice cream and liquor.
• CAFE AMARETTO - Café fresco, licor de amaretto, crema y canela.
• CAFE AMARETTO - Fresh-brewed coffee, amaretto liquor, whipped cream and cinnamon.
• CAFE IRLANDES - Con whisky y crema.
• IRISH COFFEE - Whiskey and whipped cream.
• CAPUCCHINO - Versión casera de la Huerta.
• CAPPUCCHINO - la Huerta version.
• CAFE MOCHA - Con chocolate y crema.
• CAFE MOCHA - Fresh-brewed coffee with chocolate and whipped cream.
• CAFE VIENES - Con crema.
• CAFE VIENES - Fresh-brewed coffee with whipped cream.
• CAFE CON LECHE
• CAFE CON LECHE - Fresh-brewed coffee and milk.
• FRAPUCCHINO - Café granizado con crema.
• FRAPUCCHINO - Coffee frappé with whipped cream.
• MOCHAFRAPUCCHINO - Café granizado con chocolate.
• MOCHAFRAPUCCHINO - Coffee frappé with whipped cream.
• TÉ
• TEA
• CHOCOLATE DEL PARAMO - Con pan, queso y mantequilla.
• CHOCOLATE DEL PARAMO - Colombian hand-whipped hot chocolate with homemade firewood oven bread, cheese and butter.
• CHOCOLATE SIECHA - Huevos pericos, pan de sartén o pan matutino, queso y mantequilla.
• CHOCOLATE SIECHA - Scrambled eggs or either of our homemade firewood baked bread specialties, cheese and butter.
• AGUA DE PANELA
• AGUA DE PANELA - Traditional colombian dark sugar hot drink.
• AGUA DE PANELA - Con queso y pan.
• AGUA DE PANELA - Traditional colombian dark sugar hot drink with homemade bread and cheese.
• CHOCOLATE
• HAND WHIPPED COLOMBIAN CHOCOLATE
• CAFE EXPRESO
• CAFE EXPRESSO
• TINTO O AROMATICA
• TINO - Black coffee
• AROMATICA
• AROMATICA - Our unique combination of native aromatic herbs, fruit and spices.

SANDWICHES

Sandwiches

• De Queso Caliente - Hot grilled cheese.
• De Jamón y Queso Caliente - Hot grilled ham and cheese.
• De Jamón frio con lechuga, tomate y mayonesa - Cold with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
• De Atún con lechuga, tomate y mayonesa - Tuna, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
• De Pollo caliente en salsa bechamel - Hot chicken with bechamel sauce.
• De Pollo frio con lechuga, tomate, apio y mayonesa - Cold chicken with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
• De Tocineta con lechuga, tomate y mayonesa - Fried smoked bacon strips with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.