Colombia, Miller Duenes started his “lechona” business 28 years ago

*“Lechona” dish gains popularity in Bogota *In the street “La Zonal” it is possible to find what has been named the best dish in the world

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00:00And in other news, the lechona, a typical Colombian dish that represents tradition and

00:13unity, is positioned as the best dish in the world according to the Gastronomic Ranking

00:18Taste Atlas 2024-2025.

00:21From Colombia, our colleague Valeria Cardona tells us more about this.

00:27Twenty-eight years ago, Miler Dueñas González came to Bogotá from Chaparral, Tolima, and

00:33here in the south of the Colombian capital, he set up his family business with his children.

00:38I started this business many years ago.

00:42It is more a family business than anything else.

00:45I started with my children when I first came from the village.

00:48I had the skills because I'm from a town called Chaparral, Tolima, and there anyone

00:53can make a lechona for their home.

00:55So I came to Bogotá, and I saw that it could be industrialized here, and that's why we

00:59developed the business of selling lechona.

01:02Although where he comes from, they do not add rice to the lechona.

01:11Once he arrived in the capital, he realized that this side dish was very popular in the

01:15city, and he adapted to the palate of the rolos, name given to the people of Bogotá.

01:21And he began to sell this typical dish, cooked in the way of the capital.

01:27The lechona is prepared with pork loin, pork leg, rice, and peas.

01:33It is cooked for 12 hours in the ovens.

01:36When the client comes, we explain to him how to handle the product.

01:40We also sell portions if people want to come and eat here as a family.

01:49In this street of the Yellow Zone, Miller and his family share with other families and

01:54companies of lechona, in the place where for more than 40 years, a tradition, coming from

01:59the departments of Tolima and Huila mainly, began to grow, and where the visitors can

02:04taste a typical dish that, according to the Gastronomic Ranking Taste Atlas 2024-2025,

02:12is positioned as the best dish in the world.