WHERE TO EAT The best Arepa de queso in the world (according to food experts)

"If you’ve never had an arepa, you need to try one at Quero Arepa. They have regular cheese filled ones, but also tons of other combinations. My personal favorite had chicken, plantains, beans, and cheese. The sweet and salty combination was perfect."

"For breakfast in town, head to La Tienda de Teresa, where you can have arepas with almost anything you can imagine, think arepa with cheese."

"For a more savoury breakfast, try arepas – cornmeal flatbreads filled with cheese – in the lovely Abasto."

"At an arepa bar, it's hard to think beyond the goodness of those crisp, off-white corn cakes. The place proffers large, tasty arepas with fillings ranging from Guayanés cheese to many others."

"Las Vegas strip malls are where you can find some of the best hole-in-the-walls we’ve got. Take Viva Las Arepas, which began in the kiosk now occupied by Goodwich, and gained such a following it needed a bigger kitchen and an actual dining room. Vegetarians can opt for cheese arepa."

"Arepera Guacuco serves up fresh Venezuelan cuisine that’s as close to home cooking as you can get. Vegetarians can indulge in creamy white Venezuelan cheese arepa."